Tech News Wednesday August 19, 2009
The Contemplation keeps you updated with the latest famous twitter accounts, tech and science news from around the world and sometimes more . . . all with a sense of humor.
Tweet Follow
Jamie Dupree :: A reporter covering Congress and Washington, D.C. – he tweets floor updates. (Follow Here . . .)
Tweet Sample: “Did you stay up until almost midnight watching health care work on CSPAN2? Probably not – http://bit.ly/rd9fh“
Quite Interesting Facts of the Day
Amsterdam is famous for its red-light district and readily available drugs, but is less well-known for the huge number of accountants that work in it. The Rolling Stones, Ikea and MTV are all registered as Amsterdam companies for tax purposes.
Tech News
Planning on Dying
You can live forever, virtually. (times . . .)
Speaking of Death
The Sun will die, sometime. Want to know what it looks like? Â (abc . . .)
Interesting Travel Option
Amino acids, the foundation of human proteins, were dropped here by a flying object. No, not Superman or UFO. (reuters . . .)
Skinnier PS3
But you still get fatter while sitting playing games and drinking Mountain Dew Red. (engadget . . .)
Smokeless Tobacco is Worse
Damned if you put out second hand smoke and double damned if you don’t. (new scientist . .)
12 Minute Hack
Too bad it is a UK ID card. Wondering, can I be 32 and maybe 2″ taller?(computer weekly . . .)
Check Is In The Mail
The US Social Security Administration has agreed to pay more than $500 million in back benefits to more than 80,000 a federal computer program designed to catch serious criminal. $500 million / 80,000 = $62.50 – don’t spend it all at once. (washington post . . .)
Stupid Company Said What
Women are 40% of technology profits. So what do tech companies think women want? You guessed it pink. Stupid companies think that we will buy the next gaming console because it is pink. The reason women are only 40% buying technology is because when it comes to large ticket items, technology and relationships . . . we invest. We are not as fickle or gullible towards commercials as men. Go ahead and slap a pink ribbon on that 100″ television screen or “Hello Kitty” on that netbook . . . until it has a warranty similar to Coach bags we will stick with what we have. (wired . . .)
iLike is Not an Apple Product
Social Networks are fighting it out for the profitable iLike web app. Soon to be seen iHate, iLove and iKinda. (techcrunch . . .)
One IM is All You Need
If you are not using Pidgin, you should. It now has Google Talk Video and Voice Support. It also supports : AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo! and Zephyr. It also runs on Windows, Source, CentOS / RHEL, Fedora Core, Mac OS X and Ubuntu. Just get it. (lifehacker . .)
If You Don’t Know How to Face an Audience . . .
Don’t use MS PowerPoint. Great article on what is wrong with using powerpoint. If you are creating a MS PowerPoint presentation right now, stop . . . STOP! Go back to college for public speaking 101, there is no PowerPoint section. (bbc . .)
Finally The FCC Get WordPress Blog
“Blogband will keep people up-to-date about the work the FCC is doing and the progress we’re making,” FCC Chief Julius Genachowski announced on Tuesday. “But we want it to be a two-way conversation. The feedback, ideas, and discussions generated on this blog will be critical in developing the best possible National Broadband Plan”. So they want feedback. MMMM – Right now the comments are sort of anonymous, when the tech/geek community starts giving feedback . . . I assume that anonymous will be removed. The site is already using hoverIntent to follow your mouse on the page and the hidden field is an email address (914897001250693432@fcc.gov). (arstechnica . .)
I thought These Were Tough Economic Times
Who has money for a lawsuit? Answer paranoid people who hate Facebook. (tech dirt . .)
Microsoft Pays for Study of IE Browser
Study response, “Safest Web Browser”. If you believe that, I have a bridge I would like to sell you. Hacker community says different, go Chrome. (tech dirt . .)
Microsoft Suits
Microsoft’s unethical theft of programming, software and misuse has always been a problem. Make the switch to Ubuntu, seriously. (digital trends . .)
Microsoft Hates USA
Even though Microsoft pays for a study to promote IE, steals software, copies programming code without permission and has a history of unethical decisions . . . Microsoft is charging more for Windows 7 in US than in UK – even with the conversion rate. Even though it took more programming power to allow ballot choice for browser. Why isn’t Microsoft corporate office in the UK? Because Microsoft would have to pay fine after fine to the EU. Here in the US we welcome cheating, corruption and unethical professional. (neowin . . .)
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