1 CommentVerizons Wireless Card
Verizon cam out with a wireless card that plugs into your USB of your laptop. this is a great feature that gives you internet anywhere. This is a big advancement that allows you to use the internet anywhere and not have to worry about being in hot spots.
New Features Come to Madden Football Games
With the same game coming out every year something new needed to be added to the Madden Football game legend. The new Season feature and Virtual training feature help to propel the game to another level. With Bret Farve on the cover Madden 2009 will be another hit.
Video Games Taking Over!
“People say that if consumers are down to their last $50, the last three things they’ll buy are milk, eggs and video games,” said Colin Sebastian, a video game industry analyst with Lazard Capital Markets. It’s not just Grand Theft Auto (GTA) that is selling like crazy, it is every kind of video game. Since 1997, GTA sold 70 million copies! Couch potatoes are in heaven these days. Not only are these video gamers spending $50-$60 dollars every time they buy a new game, they are also spending endless hours playing the game when they can be doing something productive. What is this world coming to?
Microsoft won’t give up
Microsoft will not give up in trying to buy out Yahoo! Microsfost Chief Executive, Steve Ballmer, will definitley not accept being second to Yahoo. Mr. Ballmer has fought this far to buuy Yahoo, he would look stupid backing out of it at this point. Keep reading.
Laptop’s Flight
A young business woman was flying to Chicago and and had to check her luggage which included plenty of valuable things. That backpack held an Iphone, G.P.S. locator, snacks, and a laptop. Unfortunatley her bag got lost somewhere along the way and the airport never found it. The business woman gave up looking and had to buy a new laptop. She had to change all of her passwords and her I.M screenname. Months later a coworker saw her old screen name online. They decided to IM the screenname and have a friendly conversation. They found out that the laptop which was hers, was in South America and was sold to a Spanish speaking man. The airlines took her computer and resold it! Check out the article.
NY “Amazon Tax” may be unconstitutional
The NY state senate recently has passed into law an “Amazon Tax” that requires online retailers to collect NY sales tax on transactions. Seattle-based Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the state in the NY Supreme Court, citing that the tax is unconstitutional. Amazon says that they should not have to pay any state sales tax to NY because the company does not have an office in the state. Furthermore, the company says that NY state passed the law because it intentionally targets Amazon, which is not legal. The logic behind the so-called “Amazon tax” is that New York-based affiliates qualify as a “physical presence” and therefore internet retailers with New York-based affiliates should be taxed by the state. I agree with Amazon in this case, because it seems as though they are being singled out, although all their actions are legal. I think NY will ultimately lose this case like they should.
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/04/amazon-objects.html
Keith Meyer
Quicktime flaw makes Windows susceptible to attack
A new flaw detected in Quicktime, developed by Apple, can be exploited to comprimise PCs running Windows Vista SP1 and XP SP2. The attack uses a maliciously crafted file that when opened begins to open its own processes. The file opens such applications like Notepad, Paint, and Calculator, along with a host of others. The flaw was found by Petko D. Petkov, who has published flaws in Quicktime, Gmail, and PDF files in the past. Petkov hasnt released the details of the vulnerability until Apple gets back to him. For the time being, however, the attack does not seem extremely threatening since its unlikely the vulnerabailty is in the wild. As a precatuion, Petkov recommends not opening files that you are unsure of their origin, especially now when using Quicktime. It seems ironinc though that an Apple application is causing problems on Windows since the two have been in competition since the beginning of the computer age. More news on this subject is sure to come.
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/quicktime-flaw.html
Keith Meyer
Windows XP update adds features from Vista
Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) has finally arrived as either a 300 MB stand-alone download or a 70 MB upgrade package. It features security updates and applications that build on the SP2 released in 2004. It also includes features from the recently released Vista OS, which include “Black Hole” router detection, an access protocol called NAP, and a product activation module allowing you to install XP without a product key. SP3 is reported to have over 1000 fixes along with performance enchancing improvements. The x32 version is out now, but users will have to wait until the June 2008 release of Windows Server 2003 Update to get the x64 version.
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/windows-xp-upda.html
Keith Meyer