Microsoft Corporation has announced that Bill Gates will leave his day-to-day role in the company. The departure, occurring in a two-year phase out, will result in a step up for Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie, who will become chief software architect. Microsoft reported that Ozzie will work very closely with Gates to ensure that the [...]
Shuttle Computers is preparing for one hot summer, with three innovative product launches planned for June-July. The most exciting of those is the Shuttle M2000, a home entertainment PC featuring wireless inputs, an Intel Core Duo processor with Viiv Technology, gigabit Ethernet and a DVD +/-R/RW burner. I’m sure that sounds like a lot to [...]
Jay Leno will play “Golden Mean” this evening on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” when two ideological extremes come together—-hopefully. Ann Coulter, the blonde bombshell/conservative firecracker whose latest book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, is causing an explosive stir, will be a guest alongside legendary comedian George Carlin. The two are scheduled for separate timeslots, however. [...]
And your mom said it would stunt your growth. “Drinking coffee could help protect against alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver,” according to a press release published by Kaiser Permanente June 12. Kaiser Permanente conducted a study of over 125,000 it its health plan members who received a medical examination between 1978-1985. They kept track of [...]
A series of posts and my own response on The Wiire encouraged me to write this followup. I have read and responded to many comments here and on Blogcritics…many well reasoned arguments that have caused excellent debate. Now, I obviously expected to take backlash from this article. I’m well aware of the excitement being generated [...]
There’s a gadget in the portable music market that seems to be creating a niche buzz and has even managed to find it self covered in the New York Times. It’s called Boostaroo Revolution and it is being hailed as a small, portable, high definition all-in-one audio product that will take your iPod (or any [...]
I don’t buy it. I like the small controller. I like the backward compatibility. I even like the concept and active movement by the player. But I don’t buy it. Let me say for the record, I hope it does well. I hope it’s a success. I even hope it is the new revolution in [...]
Little doubt exists of the generational, ideological, and professional differences between two generations of journalists. The “old order,” shipping under the flags of the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the Wall Street Journal, clearly fears the emergence of new media and Internet amateur press in the [...]
Well here we go, the weblog. The bane of the elite media right? Well, the next article hopes to show this NOT to be true, but nonetheless, the blog has created a spin in journalism, the likes of which even the best public relations professionals have been unable to craft out. And that’s where I [...]
Almost done…almost there…look at this, who else gives you a bird’s eye view of the construction process? Just what you always wanted to see right?