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Technology, Culture, Commentary on the Internet Revolution

August 8th, 2008

8,000-Year Software Installation

8,000-Year Software Installation

Filipina blogger Issai just tried to install Norton Internet Security on her son’s computer. Apparently, it will be done in 4,294,967,295 minutes. That’s just over eight thousand years.

What’s so special about the number 4,294,967,295? Read More

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By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

August 8th, 2008

Hitler on Twitter

The Hitler parody subtitles meme, which has been around the block so many times it actually iterated on itself, now gets applied to Twitter.

From Xbox to HDDVD to Twitter, this meme seems to work particularly well on just about any tech topic. Clearly, there’s a lot to rage about in tech. Wait ’til he hears that 4chan’s down.

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By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

August 8th, 2008

Rackspace IPO: $1.45 Billion

The tech IPOs are back, baby. Rackspace has a longstanding reputation as the luxury hosting company, the one you get before your business grows into needing a CDN. They were actually YouTube’s first hosting company: just two years ago, Chad and Steve had over a hundred servers there. Their IPO this morning is an overnight success ten years in the making. Read More

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By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

August 8th, 2008

$999 iPhone App Does Nothing. Apple Can’t Take the Joke.

I Am Rich

For a time, the iPhone store carried a $999 app called I Am Rich, which does absolutely nothing but show that you can afford to spend $999 on something that does absolutely nothing. Read More

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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

July 21st, 2008

Yahoo and Icahn: Foot in Mouth

Yahoo on Icahn

If it weren’t for all the drama he stirred up, that sick and greedy corporate raider Carl Icahn would never have made the Yahoo board. The guy knows nothing of tech.

Nevertheless, it’s better than the proxy board Icahn was pushing for: a bunch of yes-men who would tear Yahoo apart and sell it to Microsoft.

You have to wonder how Yahoo customers and shareholders must feel about this compromise, though. Read More

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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

July 21st, 2008

Happy Birthday Veronica Belmont!

She knows her geek culture, she knows her social media, she knows her technology, and she knows her gaming. And she’s totally cool about it all. Happy birthday to tech videoblogging queen Veronica Belmont!

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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

July 20th, 2008

Amazon Says S3 Outage is Internal

Amazon Web Services

Twitter avatars, blog images, and SmugMug photos are all vanishing because Amazon S3 is down.

Hackers? Alas, Amazon probably can’t put the blame on them. They say the problem is internal: Read More

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By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments

July 20th, 2008

Scoble Sandwich

Scoble Sandwich

A-list bloggers can do miracles. Literally.

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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

July 20th, 2008

Try the New iGoogle!

New iGoogle

Ionut Alex Chitu posts an great review of the new iGoogle. You really should try it for yourself. Here’s the trick to unlock the new features: Read More

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By Mike Abundo -- 4 comments

July 19th, 2008

Yahoo Shareholders See the Light

Yahoo

I say Yahoo did the right thing by fighting off Microsoft. Dvorak says shareholders who disagree are sick and greedy. Carl Icahn, champion of the sick and greedy, proposes a board full of losers.

Good to see Yahoo’s biggest shareholders finally see the light. Read More

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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment