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Ireland May Lose HP

November 22, 2010

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Netflix streaming only service in USA for $7.99. Novell goes private and sells 882 patents to Microsoft. New special newspaper for the iPad coming from News Corp. iPad doing nothing in the Enterprise. Secret spy satellite launched. Facebook promoted as homepage. Thoughts on the Kindle. Donkey Kong Country a winner. HP thinking about moving out [...]

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CARTOON: Trading liberty for the illusion of safety

November 18, 2010

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DAVID HORSEY’S DRAWING POWER « CARTOON/COLUMN: The myopic selfishness of libertarians | Main CARTOON: Trading liberty for the illusion of safety Grope and go… via blog.seattlepi.com Pretty much the way it is… Posted via email from Woolgatherings

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Jimmy Fallon Gives “Late Night” Its First Mobile App [VIDEO]

November 18, 2010

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via mashable.com Pretty cool…a talk show with an App. Pretty cool looking app, as well. Posted via email from Woolgatherings

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Anti-Matter Captured!

November 17, 2010

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Hulu launches pay services. Did I say $8 a month or $6? Google doing fashion search for some reason. Beatles on iTunes finally. China is ruining the Internet? Maybe. Anti-matter created and captured at CERN. Meteor show tonight.  Today is National Unfriend Day. Who cares? RIM CEO is kind of a dick about apps. Religious [...]

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China Now Supercomputer King!

November 15, 2010

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Top of the news is Facebook new messaging system. Who cares? iTunes announcement tomorrow. I have ideas as to what they will release. Airport security is over-the-top. How does MeeGo get any traction? China takes over the top spot in the supercomputer game. HP Slate is sketchy. Wikipedia needs money and lots of it. Click [...]

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The Kin Making a Comeback? What?

November 12, 2010

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Apple I to sell for $200,000? Apple to jigger with Java in some odd way to screw Android. Facebook going after GMail with Facebook mail. Cripes. Big fuss over Pedophile book. Whole story is odd and dumb. I discuss. Microsoft Kin back in play? Kinect system deconstructed. Want to see Phone 7, go to Radio [...]

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Cross-Post Testing

November 12, 2010

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Listen! via AudioBoo Posted via email from Woolgatherings

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Bubbles from a Black Hole?

November 9, 2010

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 Google adds dumb feature to results. I complain bitterly about this and other new features. Apple launching newest iOS this week. MSFT sends out patch for nasty outlook bug. Call of Duty is killing. Contrails getting attention. Bubbles from the black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Colored e-paper? How? MSFT sues Motorola [...]

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ZUNE Phone Ships!

November 8, 2010

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 MSFT Phone 7 on sale today. Hooray. The Zune phone arrives. Toshiba showing off nice thin SSD drives. Google giving away free in-flight Wi-Fi over the holidays. Steve Ballmer unloading MSFT stock. Is he going to quit? Sandy Bridge will be selling by the ton next year sez Intel. HTC doing an app stoore. SyFy [...]

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Macbook Air May be Faulty

November 3, 2010

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Facebook taking its mobile strategy to a new level. Apple sued over faking upgrades. MSFT will sell a lot of Kinect and Phone 7 phones. Hooray. T-Mobile just calling 3G to 4G no matter what it really is? I complain about this. Google Buzz stays in the news. iTunes goes to 90-second previews. RIM getting [...]

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