I don’t know how we missed it, but January 29th was the 11th anniversary of the official unveiling of the first Palm Pilot. It was launched in the fall of 96′ but this guy says there was an event called “Demo 96″ on the 29th where Jeff Hawkins and Ed Cooligan let the cat out of the bag. I couldn’t confirm this with a 5 minute google search so I am not totally sure. But just think, a tech event that isn’t chronicled by legions of our brethren… What crazy world it used to be.

The PDA. The first real, nerdy status symbol. We have come so far since then.

You can make up for it by celebrating these equally intellectually appreciative events.

Idolize Him: Feb 24th

Towel Day: May 25th

Talk Like a Pirate Day: Sep 19th

Got some extra dough laying around? Around $35,000 maybe? Well, if you’ve got a serious Nintendo fetish, you might want to check this out…

An eBayer has posted an auction containing every single licensed North American NES game ever made, from 1942 to Zombie Nation.

The auction also includes several peripherals, including ROB the Robot and the so-bad power glove, as well as a system to play the games on.

You might want to go here for some help on concealing yoru excitement.

Source: Kotaku

Arrrrrrrr!

No, we’re not talking Johnny Depp! One of the most visited bit torrent trackers on the internet, if not the most infamous, got a facelift recently. The addition of AJAX to the features of the Piratebay makes it even faster and easier to back-up your media.

Thanks Digg and the Piratebay

Beware those frugal shoppers who are trying to upgrade to Vista on the cheap.   As it turns out,  Microsoft is not allowing those who choose to “Upgrade” their XP operating systems to the new Vista to keep their old version of XP.   From the Vista EULA…

13. UPGRADES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligible for the upgrade. Upon upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software you upgraded from. After you upgrade, you may no longer use the software you upgraded from.

I guess Microsoft views its own outdated, patched-to-hell operating system to be one of its competitors. If the upgrade screws up, you can’t go back Jack!

Source: TomCoyote 

Sunnyvale, CA—January 30, 2007—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced their Vista Value Upgrade series which includes the highly anticipated 4GB (2×2048MB) dual channel kit. The new lineup of memory is optimized for perfect compatibility for those transitioning from Microsoft Windows® XP to Vista™.

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