Salaryman's Bank Performance Report
Salaryman arrived to the car-park just as Boss's chauffeur was stamping on his cigarette. “Boss will be down in a second,” the chauffeur said. “You don't happen to have a laptop running OS/2, do you?” “No, I don't, ...
In eReader Price War, New Kindle Wi-Fi to sell for $139
Unlike previous Kindles, the $139 “Kindle Wi-Fi” will connect to the Internet using only Wi-Fi instead of a cellphone network. Amazon is also introducing a model to replace the Kindle 2, which it will sell for the same price as that model, $189. ...
Karmaback Announces Social Coupons
Today, Karmaback, the only online engagement and sweepstakes platform that rewards the community’s engagement and evangelism, announced Social Coupons, a new feature targeted at enabling companies to grow their online community ...
Postcards Go Virtual With SwingVine Gallery For The iPhone
People don't send postcards anymore. Why bother when you can photo MMS a friend? Attempting to restore some of the social experience behind ...CrossOver 9.1.0 and CrossOver Games 9.1.0 Available Now
New versions of the popular CrossOver software which enables users to run Windows applications on Linux have been released. CrossOver 9.1.0 and CrossOver Games 9.1.0 are now available for download as trial versions. The biggest change is the update t ...
Where Life Takes Me Next...
You've probably seen the news - the Sun/Oracle transaction has closed. With the passing of that milestone, I can once again speak freely. A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Oracle Corporation. ...
Expert: Critical system flaws a 'ticking time bomb'
Combining legacy SCADA systems that have their own weaknesses with Internet technologies is a dangerous mix for protecting systems that provide energy, water and other basic needs, Black Hat presenter says. ...
Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California
thecarchik writes "The first two plug-in cars from major manufacturers will go head-to-head on warranties and lease prices: $350 a month for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, $349 for the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Now the choice shifts to other measures, including el ...
Mobile apps harvesting user data: Black Hat Day One
More than a hundred innocuous-looking wallpaper applications for Android handsets have been harvesting users’ phone numbers and SIM card information and sending them off to a Website based in China, researchers said Wednesday at the Black Hat t ...
Facebook CEO talks privacy on Hill (Kim Hart/The Politico)
— Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made his first visit to Washington Wednesday, meeting privately with members of Congress about online privacy and other technology issues. — Zuckerberg, the site's 26-year-old CE ...
Kindle Cost Cut to $139 as Price War Begins
Amazon.com, the maker of the Kindle e-reader, is introducing two new smaller, lighter versions with high-contrast screens and crisper text.
...Corel Digital Studio 2010 opens up to consumers
A new Windows multimedia suite pairs an open, easily navigated interface with tools for editing, copying, saving, burning, and uploading photos, videos, and media projects. Originally posted at The Download Blog ...
Goodbye Trac
I moved my ticketing system to lighthouse. It just doesn’t make sense anymore to maintain my own system on this server. ...
Mono has migrated to GitHub
We have now migrated all of Mono's source code from the Subversion at our Cambridge office over to a migration FAQ and providing help to developers on irc.gnome.org channel #mono for the new setup.
The web site has not been updated yet an ...