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Feds want Google search records

Eric Taylor — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:26:16 +0000

The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google Inc. to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded databases…Nicole Wong, an associate general counsel for Google, said the company will fight the government’s effort “vigorously.”

MillionDollarHomepage HIJACKED FOR RANSOM!

Eric Taylor — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:57:23 +0000

Wow. The FBI is investigating the hijacking of milliondollar-homepage.com – the website that earned $1m (Â£566,000) for its British creator Alex Tew by hosting micro-advertisements – by hackers who demanded a ransom to restore the site.

Google WILL sell video online!

Eric Taylor — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:57:25 +0000

Tomorrow, Friday Jan 6, Google Inc. will announce that it will let consumers buy video over the Internet from CBS, the NBA and other providers, becoming the latest company to explore the new method of distributing TV content.

WordPress.com open to all!!!

Eric Taylor — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:46:12 +0000

Well wordpress.com has opened their doors to all for a free blog. You’ll get your own subdomain and believe me when I say that WordPress is the best blogging tool I have ever used. So go check it out at wordpress.com!

Ipod video

Eric Taylor — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:52:14 +0000

Well we knew (atleast I knew) that it was only a matter of time before Apple released the Apple Ipod Video. CNET got a first look at it. You can view it here.

Mystery behind numbers in “Lost” solved?

Eric Taylor — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:18:42 +0000

We all love the new show “lost” because of all the little clues they give to us, but yet no one seems to understand whats going on, well… someone may have it. It is sure to make you go “Why didn’t I think of that?”

Google In the Air, 95% of San Francisco’s air!

Eric Taylor — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:35:36 +0000

“Google has dropped another of its seemingly endless supply of bombshell announcements: The company has submitted a plan to cover 95 percent of San Francisco with 300kpbs wireless Internet access, at no charge either to users or to the city.”

Patent on NES runs out!

Eric Taylor — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:17:48 +0000

Well I love the NES, so I just had to post this.

Now that the patent has run out on the Famicon (NES) other companies can now produce the console.

What Does that Mean?

-WIRELESS CONTROLERS!!!!
-Play all of your saved NES games!!!
-Get a sweet new NES with all the cool technologies!
-Old school is much better.
I highly recommend getting one, I’m going to. This is worth the money, unlike the Xbox 360 or PS2.

Here is a link to one such company.

Link

100gb Divx pocket player- who needs a video ipod?

Eric Taylor — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:04:17 +0000

A mini divx player – uses 2.5″ HDD. Up to 100gb of storage mp3, photos, divx – I could completely backup my laptop, all the songs on my ipod and still hold a half dozen or more divx movies.

Student Beats Microsoft in $143.50 Legal Battle

Eric Taylor — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:34:28 +0000

After selling unopened copies of Windows XP and Office that both the store and Microsoft refused to allow him to return, 21 year-old college student David Zamos was surprised to find out that he’d been sued by Microsoft. Rather than just take it, he fought back, beating Microsoft into submission without so much as hiring a lawyer.