My primary email is Yahoo! Mail and therefore I have been dying to see the integration of Notes, Contacts, Calendar and Mail get better (After all, it has been years since Google calendar came out with AJAX). Unfortunately, Yahoo Calendar’s new Beta, released October 8th, is not even catching up to its already far-ahead competitors.
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Tivo and Netflix join forces
Tivo and Netflix have linked up a deal to provide netflix movies on TV’s through the Tivo DVR’s. Netflix and TiVo® Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL subscribers will now be able to stream movies and TV episodes instantly from Netflix directly to their TV sets.
“Joining forces with Netflix creates the ultimate video on [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop and Server now available
Canonical Ltd. has announced that Ubuntu Linux 8.10, code named Intrepid Ibex, is now available for download. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition.
Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop has featured built-in for a connected digital lifestyle.
It introduces new 3G network support where users can move from wired and WiFi networks [...]
October 30th, 2008 | rp | Comments | ContinuedObama = 666? How about Palin?
A friend of mine just sent me proof that Obama is the anti-christ. His proof -
Obama’s name when used on numeric phone keypad is O(6)-B(2)-A(2)-M(6)-A(2) i.e 62262. (You can also get Obama related information by texting GO to 62262).
Notice 62262 can be rearranged to 6, 6 and 222. Now 2+2+2 = 6
Therefore, OBAMA = 666
I [...]
Social gaming play, Playfish raises $17 mil series B
Social gaming play, Playfish, announced today that it has completed a new round of funding led by Accel Partners and Index Ventures. The $17 million Series B investment will be used to grow Playfish. The company is betting on social games, which according to Playfish, has an important role in the future of the gaming [...]
October 28th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued“McCain is not Bush” but he too lives in denial
This does not need much elaboration. George W. Bush ignored the painful reality of the war in Iraq for far too long and it did cost America dearly. In fact, one of the most definitive record of his management by denial is in the aptly named book State of Denial by Pulitzer Prize Investigative Journalist [...]
October 27th, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedApple supports Gay Marriage, helps with $100K
Apple is political now. In a very unusual move for the industry, Apple has declared itself publicly opposed to Proposition 8. Proposition 8, titled ‘Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry’, is an initiative measure to amend California’s constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. Such marriages were legalized following a decision of the [...]
October 26th, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedStill the “most popular” governor?
Despite McCain’s personal gaffe’s, his attempts to vilify Obama by taking things out of context, his campaign rallying divisive forces in the country to win an election and his erratic behavior during the financial crisis, it may be Sarah the Barracuda that may ultimately cost him the presidency. Senator McCain choose Sarah Palin without much [...]
October 25th, 2008 | rp | Comments | ContinuedFunny Video: What if the world hates you for not voting
What if result of the Presidential Elections comes down to one vote - yours? And what if you have failed to vote by 4th of November? I am not talking about the movie Swing Vote (2008). I am talking about a new customizable hilarious video campaign from CNNBC videos.
CNNBC have created an interactive video that [...]
Sarah Palin: From Drag to Disaster
It is not always her fault. But if there is anyone who is holding John McCain’s campaign down, it’s Sarah Palin. I have always believed that John McCain gambled with the country when he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. But with every passing day, every new gaffe, every scandal unearthed; it seems [...]
October 23rd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued5 Ways You Might be Helping McCain Win
As historic as this election has been, it is not November 5th yet. In fact, the race is just heating up and if previous Presidential elections are any guide, the Republican Party is going to get as negative as humanly possible in the final 10 days. Just today, RNC sent out fliers that invoke 9/11 [...]
October 22nd, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedYahoo to layoff 1500 as Profit falls 64 percent, gets sued by AA
As we reported of layoff season plaguing the valley, Yahoo announced removing 10% of its 14,300 workforce as its profits fall 64 percent for 3rd quarter. The layoffs will happen over the next two months. Yahoo stock went down 6% to close at 12.07 but in the after hours trading after the announcement, stock is [...]
October 21st, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedLayoff season: Wikia, Veoh cut jobs on Monday, Yahoo to detail on Tuesday
We’ve Sensed It. We’ve Seen The Signs. Now… It’s Happening. - The Happening (2008)
It was expected, that melting WallStreet will hurt everything in its vicinity and now it is happening in the valley. Wikia.com, a community based plateform for wikipages, has laid of 30 percent of its 43 person workforce on Monday, according to ValleyWag. [...]
Re: Top 10 Reasons All Video Games Should be 2D
I just read on Old-wizard.com, Top 10 Reasons All Video Games should be 2D and I wanted to shoot that person’s 2D ass with my 3D Dark Matter Gun. Some of the arguments presented in that article are so absurd, they do deserve a good hearted laugh.
10. Simpler: Remember how simple Mario 1 was? Remember [...]
October 20th, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedFirefox 3.1 Beta 1 Released (and it gives Beta a bad name)
Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is now available for download. The release is intended for testing the core functionality of many new features scheduled for Firefox 3.1 release. New features in this release include usability improvements, Web standard improvements in Gecko layout engine, added support for CSS2.1 and CSS3 properties.
However, my experience with this version of [...]
Powell endorses Obama: financial crisis, the final exam; McCain appears fickle, Obama a steady hand
General Colin Powell, the secretary of state for the Bush Administration from 2001 - 2005, today confirmed his endorsement for Barack Obama as the next president of the United States of America.
Powell felt that the recent financial crisis was the final exam that he was looking at for the two candidates. According to the former [...]
Campaign Enthusiasm Gap - 13 times?
Barack Obama has won the final Presidential Debate of 2008 giving his campaign a 4-0 win in Presidential debates. This victory among Independent voters along with a 7-14 point lead in the polls and a projected Electoral Votes count of 278-350, puts Barack Obama inches away from the Presidency in this election. With only 19 [...]
October 16th, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedBarack Obama Introduces Tax Cut Calculator
After suffering from McCain’s attack for weeks, that Obama will “raise your taxes”, Barack Obama has decided to give voters a clear shot at comparing who is actually raising the taxes and who isn’t.
Barack Obama’s tax plan will produce a tax cut for 81.3 percent of all households and a cut for 95.5 percent of [...]
Full Text: McCain’s New Economic Plan Speech
John McCain is late yet again! McCain’s campaign was supposed to reveal its new plan for the Economy but the speech was not delivered until Tuesday. In the meantime, Barack Obama has unveiled his bold plan in Toledo, Ohio on Monday.
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Full Text of McCain’s speech -
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Full Text: Obama’s New Ecomonic Plan speech
John McCain is late yet again! McCain’s campaign was supposed to reveal its new plan for the Economy but the speech has been put on hold. In the meantime, Barack Obama has unveiled his bold plan in Toledo, Ohio on Monday.
Full Text of Obama’s speech -
We meet at a moment of great uncertainty for [...]
Obama unveils middle class economic rescue plan
The Obama-Biden ticket unveiled an economic stimulus plan for the American middle class today at an economic policy address in Toledo, Ohio. Highlights of the plan for the common man include
A New American Jobs Tax Credit. Obama is calling for a temporary tax credit for firms that create new jobs in the United States over [...]
October 13th, 2008 | rp | Comments | ContinuedMcCain’s lazy web admins!
As McCain slips in the polls, seems like his campaign doesn’t feel like working as hard they could. John McCain’s official website now has a “removed” you tube ad. The ad “ACORN” was released by John McCain’s campaign so I am not sure i) Why didn’t they just linked the video from their server? ii) [...]
October 13th, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedNational Debt clock overflows, needs more digits!
The US national debt clock has overflown the digits as the country’s debt has reached $10 trillion. The one and the dollar sign had to be squeezed into the same square. The clock also display’s the amount owed by each citizen of the US, which as of last week stood at $86,017.
The national debt clock [...]
Blackberry Flip, now available from T-Mobile
We had previously covered the announcement of the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220, the first flip phone from Research in Motion. RIM had announced the flip in September and starting today, the Pearl 8220 is now available for purchase from T-Mobile.
In addition to the new flip design, the phone supports video recording and playback, a 2.0 [...]
Barack Obama close to over 300 Electoral Votes
If you need to understand the reason for recent tirade of attacks on Barack Obama’s character by John McCain, his running mate Sarah Palin and his surrogates and the reason why his supporters want to see Barack Obama dead, you need not look any further than what is there for Barack Obama in terms of [...]
October 10th, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedCapturing Osama is related to the Election?
Osama Bin Laden is the mastermind of 9/11 and world’s most wanted terrorist. So you would expect there should be an urgency in capturing or killing him. Now since the first time John McCain claimed he knows how to kill or capture Osama, I have been wondering if someone from the Bush administration would talk [...]
October 9th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
Blackberry Storm: first RIM touchphone with iphone like multi-touch
Research in Motion has announced the Storm, the first Blackberry smartphone with a touch interface. With the Storm, RIM now officialy has an iPhone competitor. The new phone will make it much more difficult for Apple to enter the enterprise market as the Storm is a worthy competitor and has the advantage of the Blackberry [...]
October 9th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
AMD reorgs, spins off chip manufacturing
Advanced Micro Devices has announced a reorganization of it’s operations. The manufacturing plants that produce all it’s processors will be spun off as a separate company.
AMD has been going through troubling times as it’s acquisition of ATI has yet to result in synergistic products that can give it an edge over its competitors. Also, AMD’s [...]
Obama launches http://www.keatingeconomics.com/
The Obama campaign has launched http://www.keatingeconomics.com/, a website that exposes McCain’s involvement in the Keating Five scandal. The Obama camp is pushing with it’s message that the McCain ticket is bad for the economy. When the savings and loan industry collapsed, Charles Keating’s failed company put taxpayers on the hook for $3.4 billion and more [...]
October 5th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
Obama lead increases after VP debate
The Obama-Biden ticket is continuing strong since last Thursday’s vice presidential debate. The debate clearly belonged to Biden as Palin continued with her folksy ways and choose to avoid answering questions and continued with talking points from her notes. There was lots of winking and references to Joe six pack but nothing substantial on how [...]
October 5th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
HP acquires LeftHand networks for $360 million
HP has acquired LeftHand Networks Inc., a storage virtualization and iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions company for $360 million in cash. LeftHand Networks’ solutions enable midsize companies and remote offices or branches of large corporations to easily and cost-effectively protect critical business data
Founded in 1999, LeftHand Networks is privately held and headquartered in Boulder, [...]
The VP debate - a postmortem
Joe Biden
Senator Joe Biden held his own during the debate and appeared knowledgeable and sincere in most of his responses. He had an emotional moment and almost choked while talking about raising his two children. He became a single parent when his wife died soon after he was first elected to the Senate. It showed [...]
October 4th, 2008 | rp | Comments | ContinuedNokia 5800, Nokia’s first attempt at an iPhone competitor
Nokia has just launched the 5800 XpressMusic and it’s a lot like the iPhone. As Nokia’s first mass-market device with a touch screen, the 5800 is being positioned as a lifestyle device for music, just like Apple iPhone. The touch interface is designed to have shortcuts from the homescreen to menu items such as calendar, [...]
October 3rd, 2008 | rp | Comments | ContinuedUpdate-4 : House passes bailout plan, Bush signs the bill
Update:
10/03/08 - 4
The House has ok’d the revised bailout bill with a 263-171 vote. President Bush acted quickly and signed the bill providing his approval. The bill will provide money for banks to keep their payroll expenses going and allow them to lend money to each other. What it won’t fix is easy credit for [...]
OpenPandora - an open source handheld device!
The OpenPandora project is ready to ship the first batch of 3000 open source Pandora handheld devices starting the end of September 2008. The system will cost about $330 in the US and is for all practical purposes, a portable computer with game controls. The device boast an impressive spec, includes 3-D acceleration and a [...]
October 1st, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
