Article Archive for April 2008

Microsoft may smash Yahoo’s golden egg
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 29, 2008

Microsoft may smash Yahoo's golden egg What two things empower every company? That’s easy: customers and employees. But somehow Microsoft seems to be forgetting that as it grows more aggressive in its plans to take over Yahoo. With enough disgruntled employees, Yahoo may come apart at the seems leaving Microsoft with a series of loose threads connected to hidden treasures.

MySpace karaoke, the new feature from hell
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

MySpace karaoke, the new feature from hell Annoy your family and roommates now with MySpace’s new feature – karaoke!

If you’re figuring the apocalypse is near, seriously, karaoke on the Web is nothing new. It is, as AP reported, new to MySpace.

Time for Microsoft to make a decision over Yahoo
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

Time for Microsoft to make a decision over YahooMicrosoft’s bid to take over Yahoo is still ongoing, but with the three week deadline set by Steve Ballmer for a decision from the Yahoo board on a friendly takeover having gone by without comment on Saturday, the gloves are now coming off, and Microsoft will have to decide which way to play it now.

RIAA attacks MySpace’s music player for playing artist-approved tunes
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

At first it might have seemed like the RIAA is innocently out to protect the rights of artists, but enough is enough. Now the RIAA is filing a suit against Project Playlist, the music player used on MySpace to play music that has been approved by artists for consumers to listen to and include on their personal pages.

Apple refreshes the iMac; featuring faster processor, graphics
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

iMac.pngRumors have been circulating that the iMac would be receiving an update soon. Normally, Apple waits to Tuesday to update its product line but logging onto the Apple website I was greeted with an updated iMac.

Blockbuster touts GTA IV, Mario Kart releases; retails PS3, 360, Wii, DS packages
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

Ah, Blockbuster, love of our early days as budding gamers, how we adored thee! But how tragic and sorrowful your fall from grace has been. Blockbuster is trying desperately to get [...]

GTA IV for PS3 and Xbox 360 to sell 9 million copies at launch
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

 GTA IV for PS3 and Xbox 360 to sell 9 million copies at launchUnlike the launch of Halo 3 which was surrounded by trailer after trailer and game footage and to some extent "spoilers" there is no such thing going on for [...]

Free accounts available at Filedropper once again
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

Free accounts available at Filedropper once againAs suspected, Filedropper did indeed pull the offer of free 250Gb accounts due to extreme demand but they are not gone forever.  The free accounts will be returning tomorrow.

Video of Psystar Mac "clone" surfaces and it appears legit
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

bmg Psystar got off to a rough start, first it couldn’t get its address right then it couldn’t get it right a second or even a third time and second there were questions as to whether it was legitimate or not.  Well, it appears that the company may indeed be real because a video of what may be the first "in the wild" Psystar Mac "clone" has surfaced.

The Aptera and the VW GX3 would be very different rides
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

Aptera and the VW GX3 are very different rides The Atera and the VW GX3 both are three wheel cars with two front wheels and one back wheel.  There the similarity ends.  The Aptera was originally designed as an electric car that has added a hybrid twin.  The VW is strictly gasoline.

Sony fails to deliver free PS3s with 1080p Bravia HDTVs
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

Sony fails to deliver free PS3s with 1080p Bravia HDTVs For a limited time Sony was offering a free PS3 with certain Bravia HDTV models but now it seems the company may have some trouble actually delivering on that promise.  A reader wrote in with some problems he has been having receiving his PS3.

Filedropper retracts offer of free 250Gb lifetime accounts due to demand
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

Filedropper retracts offer of free 250Gb lifetime accounts due to demand You may have come across this story on any number of news sites, Filedropper, a new file sharing service was offering free lifetime subscriptions to its 250Gb accounts to anyone who signed up before May 15; or rather, it was.  Go over to the subscription page today and the offer is nowhere to be found.  My guess is that demand was so high that it doesn’t want to have so many users with free accounts.

Fujifilm lets you shoot, beam, blog and roll it via the Finepix Z20fd
Posted from PHOTO.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

The Fujifilm Finepix Z20fd is a point-and-shoot digital camera designed to tickle the fancy of the “Generation Z” camera enthusiasts.

Priced at US$ the Finepix Z20fd features four new color schemes, 10MP sensor and an improved face detection system with automatic red-eye removal.

iPhone gets an F for education: ACU’s iPhone experiment will fail
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

iPhone gets an F for education: ACU's iPhone experiment will failAbilene Christian University made headlines in February when it announced it would be the first university to provide an iPhone or iPod Touch device to all incoming Freshmen. The school’s chief information office and director of re-engineering had a chance to defend the gutsy move, but — despite the plan’s cool-factor — it’s still destined for failure.

Microsoft tries to get into the social game with Live Mesh
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on April 28, 2008

For Microsoft, the introduction of its new Live Mesh platform is almost an admission of defeat. After many years of taking a proprietary view of software and insisting that PC based applications were the only way to go, to jump into the online social application field is a huge change in tactics for the software giant.