Today’s Tech News : Cho Follow, Stay away from Yahoo, T3M Comic and too many peas . . .
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Tech News
Yahoo!
Yahoo gets a makeover. Wait, remind me what is Yahoo again? (BBC . . .)
It All Started With Yahoo Email Account
Wait? What? Another hack to Yahoo email? Who is using Yahoo email? Stop Immediately! (LA Tech Culture. . .)
PowerPoint Problems
Long read, should have made it into a PowerPoint Presentation. (Armed Forces Journal. . .)
Monitor Now A Monitor
If you are not sitting in front of the computer, the monitor will turn off. Problem – management can easily monitor when your not sitting at your desk. (New Scientist . . .)
Mind Control
Do you really want to dictate technology with a thought? Sounds like trouble to me. (New Zealand Hearald . . .)
Sub Prime Brokers Profit Stage II
The evil plan of Sub Prime Brokers is now into stage two. Who better to fix your mortgagee issue than the original broker who set you up with your current crappy contract. What is stage III? My guess, is fixing the second mortgage into swap up program. Don’t you love when a plan comes together? (MSNBC . . .)
Funny Thing About Technology
Reminder for all those willing to speak publicly – follow these three rules: 1) Fact Check 2) Edit 3) Use Basic Communication Skills 101. (Vanity Fair . . .)
Kindle Killer?
B&N found that selling a hardback book for $45.99 eats profits, but selling it for $45.99 as digital means same greater profit but without killing a tree, need for inventory or a store willed with minimum wage workers. (NY Times . . .)
It Used to be About Quality
83 year old technology still works. I just wanted my laptop to have a 12 yearl life span. (BBC . . .)
Women in Charge = Profit
Duh! (Tech Republic . . .)
McDonald’s Special Sauce
If this doesn’t keep you away from fast food, I have no idea what will. (Huffington Post . . .)
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Comic Book Pick
Paris, 1625. A young man called d’Artagnan, after a series of misadventures, attempts to join the King’s elite fighting force-The Musketeers!
Joined by Porthos, Aramis and Athos, the four make short work of the Crown’s adversaries. But little do they know, the evil Cardinal Richelieu is creating a counter force to the Musketeers, one which may soon challenge the power of the French throne itself!
The latest title in the Illustrated line reunites the creative team which brought you the much-lauded adaptation of The Man in the Iron Mask. All for one and one for all!
1st printing
Based on the novel by ALEXANDRE DUMAS
Written by ROY THOMAS
Art by HUGO PETRUS
Cover by GERALD PAREL.
Video Fail Pick
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GVrAFusTEY
Tech Deals
ACP-EP Memory ZY-SKATETC/8G Flash Drive
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Price: $27.99