Irresponsible Use of YouTube Leads to Rebecca Black Getting Paid This is Rebecca Black, the lead singer on a Song called "Friday" which has earned Internet fame for being one of the worst high production songs ever. Being more Internet savvy than most, I knew watching this "music" video could potentially earn Ms. Black money for being a failure. I guess I was right as Ms. Black's video has earned approximately $40,000 for her.
Real Life Aquaman Starring Hideaki Akaiwa This 43 year old man managed to escape the carnage of Ishinomaki in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture only to learn that his wife was one of the missing people. He then pulls out the cliche super hero antics and goes off to rescue her. Keep in mind this man plans to attempt a disaster movie style rescue like he was starring in 2012 with no stuntmen, no CGI, and real life-threatening danger.
AMD Hands the CIO Reins to Mike Wolfe AMD announced on March 22nd they will be filling the CIO (Chief Information Officer) position with new hire Mike Wolfe. No I am not talking about the guy from American Pickers who I am sure knows very littl... Continued
Paramount Pictures & BitTorrent to Distribute Feature Film I am sure many of you have heard of BitTorrent at one time or another. While BitTorrent has mostly been covered with the veil of being the root of piracy, it is used for other things as well. In this case, ... Continued
Valve Will Handle All Portal 2 Ads After consulting with several ad agencies for Portal 2's upcoming campaign, Valve has decide ad agencies are completely useless. Valve reports all they received from these so-called creative think tanks were copied material from other current ads and cliche material done thousands of times before. Doug Lombardi, head of marketing for Valve, decided the best people to advertise a game was the people making it.
Microsoft Shows Off Futuristic New UI Earlier this month at TechForum Monday, Microsoft addressed a rumor that Windows 8 will have a radical new user interface. The answer Microsoft Chief Research and Technology Officer Craig Mundie gave was yes. He demonstrated this new UI on the Microsoft Surface 2 using his Windows 7 Smart phone as a motion based controller.
AOL Cuts 900 Jobs to Rebuild Company The plan is the same plan every dying company has used since business began, diversify. Since I am sure you haven't thought about AOL in 8 years, they acquired TechCrunch and Huffington Post. This gives them a rather large section of their company dedicated to news as these new additions join AOL owned Engadget. We will see if this new focus can turn their company around and hopefully provide growth for the American brand.
AT&T’s Heart Grew Three Sizes that Day AT&T has setup an easy way you can help Japan in its recovery effort by donating money to Red Cross. Texting "redcross" to 90999 will mean a $10 donation to the Red Cross with no charge even if you don't have a texting plan. As you may know, AT&T has a history of providing charity in a number of ways to disaster victims.
AMD Processor Box Transforms into Box Art I really didn't plan on covering AMD's Bulldozer line until I see actual numbers from the final product's performance; however, this box did exactly what it was designed to do, grab my attention. I know the plan is to provide tidbits of information here and there to keep people talking about AMD and Bulldozer, but I hope AMD doesn't over do it.
Pwn2Own Day 2: Attack of the Phones Day 2 is the day smart phones take their revenge for the defeat of their full size computer brothers. Violating the security on a smart phone is a very different concept when it comes to computers. Smart phone Operating systems (with the exception Android) are not public information.
Pwn2Own 2011 Day One While TV would have up believe hackers can break into your bank account's security in 60 seconds, it is quite a different story in real life. Finding a security weakness can take hours or even days of searching. Turning that weakness into a workable security hack usually takes weeks.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Plans Takeover on March 22nd Well it is the day after the launch of AMD's HD 6990 Space Heater. As expected, Nvidia has suddenly come up with a release date of their climate control unit, the GTX 590. The possible future king of single card graphics horsepower, price, heat dissipation, and power consumption will be release on March 22nd.
