Rumor has it that Apple, inc. is working on turning their iTunes-based payment system in the iTunes Store into a method for 3rd-party digital content vendors to sell and take payment for their digital goods. Currently, Apple already allows some 3rd party vendors to sell content in the iTMS – but this new system will … Read more
In an announcement that made a loud “bing!” to the internet search world yesterday, giants Microsoft and Yahoo! have decided to play nice together with combining their search technologies. It’s not surprising, as Microsoft courted Yahoo! last year for a while only to be snubbed in a final purchasing attempt. What can best be called … Read more
Over the years, I’ve amassed quite a home theater setup. It’s not a big fancy room, but I’ve got really comfortable furniture and a big screen, surround sound system, HD satellite dish receiver, video game systems, a Roku Netflix player, an iPod system, a DVD player, and an HDMI switcher. With great technological power, comes … Read more
According to The Tech Herald Microsoft is not done with Bungie and their flagship XBox video game franchise “Halo,” which includes at least 3 single-player titles and a recent foray into real-time strategy games. Recently it was announced at ComicCon in San Diego that they intend to release not only a Halo anime mini-series, but … Read more
I’ve been working on a few projects lately, both work and non-work related. One of them I wanted to share with you all is a Twitter-aggregation site I made that collects all the Tweets on Twitter for a recent period of time that relate to steak, different cuts of steak, the #wehavesteak or #steak hashtags, … Read more
I really like the functional service level of my DSL. When it’s not working right though, it’s irritating as can be. I’ve had intermittant problems with them since I moved into this house last June. It may not make any technical sense, but apparently every time the weather changes, my internet stops working right at … Read more
So I’ve been working on a few projects at work lately, here’s the brief rundown: Knowledgebase Project – Three years ago I installed MediaWiki on a desktop under my desk and used it to establish a sort of internal knowledgebase for the Help Desk to use to store all of our documentation; these were things … Read more