Dvorak News Blog » tech http://www.dvorak.org/blog General interest observations and true web-log. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:59:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Missing CEO Located 20 Years Later http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/09/13/missing-ceo-located-20-years-later/ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/09/13/missing-ceo-located-20-years-later/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:56:54 +0000 McCullough http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=88324 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/09/13/missing-ceo-located-20-years-later/feed/ 16 Hacker Figures Out Geek Way to Kill Diabetics – Takes a Bow! http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/08/05/hacker-figures-out-how-to-kill-diabetics-%e2%80%93-take-a-bow/ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/08/05/hacker-figures-out-how-to-kill-diabetics-%e2%80%93-take-a-bow/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:10:36 +0000 Eideard http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=87488 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/08/05/hacker-figures-out-how-to-kill-diabetics-%e2%80%93-take-a-bow/feed/ 17 Fox Hacked with Phony Assassination Tweet http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/07/04/fox-hacked-with-phony-assassination-tweet/ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/07/04/fox-hacked-with-phony-assassination-tweet/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:16:38 +0000 Eideard http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=86873 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/07/04/fox-hacked-with-phony-assassination-tweet/feed/ 23 WHO Modifies Stand on Cell Phone Safety http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/05/31/who-modifies-stand-on-cell-phone-safety/ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/05/31/who-modifies-stand-on-cell-phone-safety/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 18:51:42 +0000 McCullough http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=86176 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/05/31/who-modifies-stand-on-cell-phone-safety/feed/ 45 Japanese TV Ghost Prank http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/05/03/japanese-tv-ghost-prank/ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/05/03/japanese-tv-ghost-prank/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 21:28:13 +0000 Eideard http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=85478 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2011/05/03/japanese-tv-ghost-prank/feed/ 15 Microsoft Headed to NYC http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2010/12/08/microsoft-headed-to-nyc/ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2010/12/08/microsoft-headed-to-nyc/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:57:31 +0000 John C Dvorak http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2010/12/08/microsoft-headed-to-nyc/

  • Google Chrome under attack by critics.
  • Operation payback cripples MasterCard site.
  • Wikileaks cannot be stopped say the experts.
  • Will Nokia jump to Android? Let’s hope so.
  • No Windows 7 slates by year end. Meanwhile MSFT gets huge government contract.
  • Japan misses Venus with rocket. Bad math?
  • Holiday shopping through the roof according to Comscore.
  • NYC getting MSFT store.

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  • Google does a demo and shows Chrome OS plus the new Android OS and other items. The company is also in a battle with Amazon over book sales.
  • 4Chan goes after the Swiss bank and others who attack the Wikileaks folks.
  • AT&T still the worst carrier after one day.
  • Cityville now on Facebook.
  • IE9 supposed to stop tracking. Oh really?
  • Japan floating around Venus.
  • Twitter worm using Goo.gl.
  • And Verizon thinks it can use LTE for home Internet service? Har!

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  • Google finally selling all those books it has been scanning.
  • Two new phones from Google including the Nexus S. Whatever happened to the Nexus 2?
  • Facebook on 60 Minutes to promote, uh, advertising?
  • Apple to hire hot designer for new campus.
  • Columbia backs off on anti-Wikileaks attitude.
  • AT&T is the worst says consumer Reports.
  • Samsung tablet news.
  • IBM giving it away.
  • Lose your job over off-shoring? Get money!
  • Tech deals will continue forever.
  • Tumblr blows up, for a day.
  • HP’s new University.

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  • Netflix streaming only service in USA for $7.99.
  • Novell goes private and sells 882 patents to Microsoft.
  • New special newspaper for the iPad coming from News Corp.
  • iPad doing nothing in the Enterprise.
  • Secret spy satellite launched.
  • Facebook promoted as homepage.
  • Thoughts on the Kindle.
  • Donkey Kong Country a winner.
  • HP thinking about moving out of Ireland.

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  • Hulu launches pay services. Did I say $8 a month or $6?
  • Google doing fashion search for some reason.
  • Beatles on iTunes finally.
  • China is ruining the Internet? Maybe.
  • Anti-matter created and captured at CERN.
  • Meteor show tonight. 
  • Today is National Unfriend Day. Who cares?
  • RIM CEO is kind of a dick about apps.
  • Religious leader worried sick about Facebook.

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  • Top of the news is Facebook new messaging system. Who cares?
  • iTunes announcement tomorrow. I have ideas as to what they will release.
  • Airport security is over-the-top.
  • How does MeeGo get any traction?
  • China takes over the top spot in the supercomputer game.
  • HP Slate is sketchy.
  • Wikipedia needs money and lots of it.

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  • Apple I to sell for $200,000?
  • Apple to jigger with Java in some odd way to screw Android.
  • Facebook going after GMail with Facebook mail. Cripes.
  • Big fuss over Pedophile book. Whole story is odd and dumb. I discuss.
  • Microsoft Kin back in play?
  • Kinect system deconstructed.
  • Want to see Phone 7, go to Radio Shack.
  • Boxee box now out.
  • Supercomputers will be inside sugar cube.

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  • Contrails getting attention.
  • Google adds dumb feature to results. I complain bitterly about this and other new features.
  • Apple launching newest iOS this week.
  • MSFT sends out patch for nasty outlook bug.
  • Call of Duty is killing.
  • Bubbles from the black hole in the center of the Milky Way.
  • Colored e-paper? How?
  • AMD expects to make chips for the tablet market.
  • MSFT sues Motorola over onerous patent royalties.

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