It all seems like one giant anti-climax. Firefox Download Day reminds me of the countless New Years Eve parties I have been to where one expects the best party on Earth, and it turns into some mediocre dinner party where everyone is waiting for midnight. So seems to be the hyped release of Firefox 3’s Download Day.
Just when I think I have seen it all, something interesting struck me in the news about Google. In a recent article in Slate, there is a discussion going on about how some conservative groups and websites are angry that Google has chosen to ignore holidays such as Memorial Day in its logos, instead giving attention to events like the Persian New Year.
With the increasing popularity of PC Fastlane, the site has been targeted by more and more spammers as of late. While some of the spam has been coming from bots, it’s clear that a good majority of it is human-based. Most spam is simply deleted on the spot, and the IP of the spammer banned. This not only takes up a few minutes of my time, but also wastes your time. To prevent this from happening in the future, please take a few minutes out of your spamming rampage and read the following guide.
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I found a unique little product on the web today called the Belkin Washable Mouse. Priced at $29.99, the mouse’s claim to fame is, well, its washability. Why, oh why Belkin? It certainly is nice clean your mouse every once and awhile, but wash it in water? Most people have something called cleaner and paper towels for cleaning their gadgetry. Unless you happen to have exceptionally sticky fingers or the habit of spilling liquids all over your computer, take your $29.99 and get a real mouse. What was Belkin thinking when they made this?
Other features of the mouse include 1200 dpi and a scroll pad that works both horizontally and vertically. You can read more about it on Belkin’s site or buy it at Amazon if you are so foolish.
After this week’s rant at Dell, it’s time to roll out another Thankful Thursday. For those unfamiliar with Thankful Thursday, the new weekly posting tradition here at PC Fastlane is meant provide a change from the rants that are sometimes posted. A lot of developments occur in the technology world that benefit the lives of disadvantaged individuals, and something cool and interesting is released almost every day in the world of gadgetry.
There might just be a replacement for the Concorde. A team of specialists have come up with a hypersonic aircraft design that can travel at twice the speed of the Concorde. It is capable of flying from Brussels to Australia in under five hours.
New T-ray device could find hidden art work. A new tetrahertz device, which works similar to an x-ray, could allow archaeologists to find old art work and murals covered by plaster or paint.
Google phone prototype coming. And sooner than you think: February 14.
iPhone and iPod Touch get a storage upgrade. The 16Gb iPhone has been long-awaited by Apple fans.
The rant I posted last Sunday has caught Dell’s attention, as well as the attention of other bloggers and social network users across the web. Thank you to everyone who read my post. For those unfamiliar with what happened, both the AC adapter and battery on my Dell notebook with a freshly-expired warranty died within a day of each other. A representative from Dell’s Community Outreach Liaison has responded to my complaints.
Yesterday my the battery on my one-year-old Dell laptop died without warning. Today my AC adapter died. Thankfully I have a desktop I can use and a friend with a Dell AC adapter, so I’ve been able to get on the Internet. This afternoon I went on Dell’s website to check the price of an AC adapter, and boy was I surprised at what I found…
Photography is a fun sport. I personally enjoy it because there is always something new to shoot everyday. You can look at a single landscape and capture it in so many different ways. While I’m by no means a pro photographer, I do take some fairly decent pictures in my spare time. Recently, I looked on Amazon to see how much a few new lenses for my camera would cost. While most mainstream lenses are priced reasonably, there are a select few that might require you to sell your car to afford. Check out some of the biggest and baddest lenses you’ve seen after the jump.
Not wishing to be told I piss and moan too much about problems in the tech world, every Thursday from now on I will do something positive. In what I officially call Thankful Thursday, I’ll post about some positive events that have happened in the computer world that week. They may be as simple as a spammer being put in jail, or possibly include a new product release. If it makes a positive impact on the world, chances are good you might see it here.
This week’s Thankful Thursday news is:
ICANN plans to end domain tasting. Domain tasting is used by spammers to register millions of domains. After analyzing them for traffic, they keep the ones that are profitable and drop the ones that aren’t. Because ICANN has a 5-day grace period in which a domain can be dropped for a full refund, these guys get to do this for free.
New MacBook Pros may be coming. Any Mac user would agree this is good news.
Top 10 BitTorrent Tools and Tricks. Good for us, bad for the music and movie industries.
Asus is planning a $500 “iMac killer”. Anything that makes computing easier and more affordable is a good thing. The all-in-one computer will feature a display between 19-21 inches as well as a TV tuner.
Scientists find way to reverse memory loss. Hopefully the FDA won’t forget about it.
Check back next Thursday for Thankful Thursday #2.
PC Mag and the Princeton Review recently published a list of the top 10 wired colleges. To put it blunty, it’s a joke. The article’s goal was to show readers the most high-tech colleges, but it just listed a bunch of well-known schools with mediocre technology (with a few exceptions). Read the rest of this entry »
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