In the longest gestation for any magazine – PORTFOLIO was announced sometime last summer is just about ready to hit the mailboxes and kiosks. According to the NY Times, it’s a $120 million dollar launch with 185 ad pages (out of 332 pages). Both pretty impressive in any economy but doubly impressive in this economy […]

If you are a fan of science fiction (scifi) or fantasy (the adventure fiction in a fantastical setting as opposed to the leather and whips variety with poor plotting and horrendous dialogue), then you may reminisce about whether cover art for novels and particularly paperback novels will go the way of album art but I […]

Who exactly asked for FLASH with DRM? Adobe new “Adobe Media Player” (AMP) apparently can play regular flavored FLASH plus what lawyers have apparently been eagerly awaiting for … yes, TA-DA! FLASH with DRM! … because we all like a little crap with our crap … “Content protection. Yes, it’s DRM (for the first time […]

There are two schools here and you can choose. If you prefer that Google keep track of your searches to expedite your & other future searches, you are all set to go. If you would prefer that Google not track your searches? Simply log in to your Google account on the main web page – […]

Apparently a company invented a high pitched machine (mosquito like sound) to drive away teengers from loitering (get off my lawn you pesky kids!) but kids being kids – apparently made it into a ringtone that only they could hear in the classroom. Mythbusters, where are you? But as the old saying goes, if it’s […]

Just what we fans of online video need…another battle for a new standard for online video. Oy. Adobe announced today that they will be releasing a new codec called Adobe Media Player for us to watch videos on our PC’s and Macs. Microsoft, not to be outdone in such a critical component of any technology […]

I have no idea what this hammerhead bug is but I am certainly glad that it is not that large. Since this photo comes from our friends over at Eye of Science, the bug in question is obviously tiny. I just hope it doesn’t live on our flesh for some unfathomable reason much like dust […]

Admitedly, I don’t read a lot of fiction – most of my reading is non-fiction but if you want some airplane pop-fiction reading that doesn’t completely insult your intelligence, check out Daniel Silva‘s series on Isreali spy/assassin Gabriel Allon. You can actually start out with any of them as each book is pretty much a […]

If you are like me and have a high speed cable connection, you often wonder if you are getting what you pay for regarding speed of connection. Here are my results from using Speedtest.net: Past Results Summary IP Address: xx.xx.xx.xx Internet Provider: COMCAST CABLE Total Tests Taken: 13 Fastest Download: 14357 kb/s Fastest Upload: 717 […]

If you need the full power of Photoshop (Original Formula), you have to shell out some serious cash – plus spend a full day sorting through the If-MS-Can-Offer-10-Versions-Of-Vista-By-God-We-Can-Offer-14-Versions-Of-Our-Apps for Mac or Windows. But if your editing needs are pretty straightforward – some minor tweaks here and there, there is also Photoshop Elements but since Picassa […]