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Tiny Company Sues Apple, Microsoft, and Google, Has Balls the Size of Texas [Frivolous Lawsuits]
Cygnus Systems Inc, a small Michigan company, was recently awarded a patent for thumbnail previews of a file, and celebrated by immediately suing the biggest names in town. Cygnus has named Microsoft's Vista, Apple's OSX and Cover Flow,…
December 27 2008, 8:30pm | Comments
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Notebooks Beat Desktops for the First Time Ever [Laptops]
According to the trusted researchers at iSuppli, laptop computer sales outpaced desktops for the first time last quarter. Strong netbook sales may have played a decisive role in the change. Netbooks may have been the deciding factor in…
December 23 2008, 11:20pm | Comments
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Guy Gets Death Threat Over Xbox Live, Has To Pay To Change His Gamertag [Xbox Live]
Our buddy Zatz over at Zatz Not Funny received a death threat over Xbox Live. t's unclear whether it was a real one or just some kid mouthing off, but it doesn't matter. According to Zatz, some guy…
December 22 2008, 11:20pm | Comments
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The Dickensian 2008: A Look Back
This year might be the strangest year ever. It roared in with news of Robert Scoble having his Facebook account suspended for utilizing scripts to sync data between Plaxo and Facebook in violation of Facebook’s Terms of Service.…
December 22 2008, 6:40pm | Comments
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Testing out the latest Windows Live Writer
I’m playing around with Windows Live Writer, here’s their blog where you can download it from. They released a new version last week and it’s a very nice way to edit your blog (it’s an offline editor that…
December 22 2008, 4:23am | Comments
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Filed under: Software, Cool tools, iPhone, App Store, iPod touchDid hell freeze over? Microsoft Live Labs has released Seadragon Mobile [app store link] for the iPhone/iPod touch. It's free and available now for iPhone and iPod touch, but…
December 15 2008, 5:00pm | Comments
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"Zune Mobile" gets mentioned, plot thickens for Project Pink
Okay, so he doesn't have a thinner Xbox 360 than the rest of us -- at least, not one that's been captured on camera -- but Paul Thurrott still knows his way around Redmond, so when he utters…
December 14 2008, 5:40pm | Comments
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Does Microsoft have a speed problem?
I just saw that Redfin has switched its maps from Microsoft’s maps to Google’s maps. Why? The Redfin blog says “speed, speed, speed.” It says that Google’s maps are 385% faster than Microsoft’s. This matches my observations too,…
December 12 2008, 6:34am | Comments
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Ex-Yahoo technologist to run Microsoft's online services group
As expected, Microsoft has confirmed that Dr Qi Lu, formerly Yahoo's search guru, "will lead Microsoft's efforts in search and online advertising and all the company's online information and communications services," starting in January. TechCrunch has published the…
December 5 2008, 2:31pm | Comments
