The Anatomy of the Facebook Status Update
To be honest, I don't know who would be interested in stats like this. Seriously, aside from marketing professionals, who would be interested in this data? Any ideas? To find out, Facebook's computers analyzed approximately one million status updates from U.S. English speakers. It then broke down those updates based on context, demographics and content to figure out just what its users are buzzing about. Comments
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Steve Jobs Named 'Person Of The Year'
How many people can be "Person of the Year" in the same damn year? Wouldn't it be cool if PotY candidates were actually thrown into the octogon and the last man standing was "man" of the year? The Financial Times has named Apple CEO Steve Jobs as its 2010 "Person Of The Year." The FT chose the moment in January when Jobs unveiled the iPad as the point when his and Apple's "rebound was complete". Comments
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Never Bring an iPhone to a Knife Fight
Never bring an iPhone to a knife fight? Let's take that one step further and just say never bring an iPhone....anywhere. Taylor was gone by the time police arrived, but they caught up with him a short time later. Officers said Taylor confessed to the crime, but told them he didn't have a gun, but used an iPhone. Comments
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Microsoft Replaces Defective Netbook, Saves Christmas
This is one of those things that could have easily turned into a holiday horror story but didn't because of an employee that went above and beyond to help the customer. Fortunately, they elevated my call to the supervisor, Ron, who decided to bend the rules slightly by sending me a new netbook, free of charge, with my word that I would send my defective one back simultaneously. Everything worked out perfectly and soon, my mom will be able to surf the web on her new netbook. Ron even called me after they received my defective netbook to confirm they got it and wished my family a Merry Christmas. Comments
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ASUS Rampage III Formula
Overclockers Club has just posted a review of the ASUS Rampage III Formula today. The OCC gang seemed to really like the board and recommend it to enthusiasts and overclockers alike. You can see our review here for comparison purposes. As an ROG series board the expectation is that this motherboard is going to deliver great overclocking results. In this case, the motherboard did meet and exceed that expectation with an overclock of 4269MHz. To reach this overclock, the base clock was bumped up to 203MHz and the multiplier to 21. This was a little easier on the voltages needed than running at 215MHz x 20. While the CPU I have is a decent clocking DO stepping, it does need some voltage to get above 4.2GHz. Something the Rampage III Formula is only too happy to apply. Comments
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Monster Cable Sues Fanny Wang Headphone Company
Monster Cable has filed a lawsuit against another company claiming patent infringement. Patent infringement? Is there another company out there trying to sell $500 HDMI cables? We believe Monster and Beats are using the legal system to put an incredible financial pressure on the Fanny Wang Headphone Company and at the time of this writing, they are going even further by asking the court for a restraining order to prevent us from marketing and selling product at our planned launched date or attending CES. Its clear that their intention is to drive us out of business and their actions are despicable, unfair, and consistent with their past litigious behavior. Below is our open letter response. Comments
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Star Trek Chatroulette
Even though Chatroulette is all but dead these days, you can still get a chuckle out of stuff like this. Comments
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Best Net Neutrality Explanation Ever
The next time one of your clueless friends / family members want you to explain net neutrality, show them this. If they can't understand this explanation, something is definitely wrong with them. Comments
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Sewer Broadband Network Doomed to Fail
Of course this is doomed to fail, it is a crappy idea. COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy has dismissed Brisbane City Council's rival broadband scheme which it plans to roll out through its sewer network amid warnings similar projects have failed. Comments
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Activision CEO: CoD is Like Facebook, Texting
Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick is famous for saying outlandish stuff like this to drum up media attention. Don't laugh just yet, the simple fact that I posted this news item is proof positive that his tactics work. Kotick rattled off various factors he says make the "Call of Duty" franchise stand out from competitors -- "production value, the level of polish," that "no detail gets left unaltered," he said. Perhaps most important is "the sophistication and capability of the multiplayer matchup," Kotick said. Comments
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Watercool Your PC This Weekend
After all the gifts are given this weekend and things have settled down, I plan on doing a little modding / watercooling to pass the time here at work. I have everything I need except a concrete plan on how I want my system to look...so I turned to the experts. Trust me, if you can't steal get an idea or inspiration in our forums, brother...you can't be helped.
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Theater Owners Fight Plan $30 VOD Movies
I can't possibly imagine why theater owners are fighting the industry's plans for a premium priced VOD service that would allow you to see a movie in your home soon after it plays in theaters. Hmmm, could it have something to do with lost revenue from inflated ticket prices, $10 popcorn and $5 sodas? The nation's largest theater chains have been reaching out to investors and analysts on Wall Street, as well as directors, producers and agents, in an effort to build support for preserving so-called theatrical windows — the period of time between when a movie opens in cinemas and when it comes out on DVD or other media. Comments
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Microsoft Warns of New IE Bug
If you use Internet Explorer, you'll want to read this. Thanks to [H] forum member EVIL-SCOTSMAN for the heads up. The bug revolves around the way that IE manages a computer's memory when processing Cascading Style Sheets - a widely used technology that defines the look and feel of pages on a website. Microsoft said it was "investigating" the bug and working on a permanent fix. In the meantime it recommended those concerned use a protection system known as the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit. Comments
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Skype CEO Apologizes and Offers Credit Vouchers
Skype's CEO has made a statement about the recent outages and has not only apologized, but said that he is looking into offering credit vouchers as well. Comments
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