In case, you’ve missed, a company called Psystar is selling a Mac clone for $399 & up. As the Guardian noted, they are either operating out of mom & dad’s garage or in a new office. For $399, they are offering you a Mac Mini (specs) encased in a large (but nice looking) PC case. […]

Appropriately, a web site called Fudzilla is reporting that Microsoft is going to open retail stores. It’s time for shareholders to weep a little more. Everytime, Microsoft has a brainstormin’ meeting, it’s more money down the drain: Let’s buy Yahoo! ($45 BILLION) Let’s launch a DAP/MP3 Player! (3% marketshare) ($1 BILLION) XBox – The Xbox […]

The Neuros OSD is a deceptively simple looking device. It is a recorder that will record ANYTHING as a QUICKTIME Mp4 video file … That’s right, ANYTHING that has RCA outputs and or S-Video, the Neuros OSD can record. Cable TV Satellite TV DVD VCR TiVo DVR Video Game Screens Anything … and unlike some […]

People ask – Should I buy a Blu Ray DVD player now? Well, it sort of depends. If I say the words ‘firmware flash’ to you, do you? a) think I’m speaking Flemish? b) slap me for being impertinent? c) slap me on general principle? d) sob uncontrollably? e) ask if you can FTP it? […]

I had this bookmarked, mis-filed it and just found it again – this is the original quote alluded to in the Toy Fair press release: HIGHLIGHTING in BOLD my additions … “Disney Eyes More Online Investment The Walt Disney Co. will invest more in online games and virtual worlds following the success of sites with […]

This is the funniest drawing I’ve ever seen in the WSJ … okay, not exactly much of a competition but still … Some conspiracy theorists have ideas why India & parts of the Middle East have lost most of their internet connection as several underseas cables have been severed. It could be sharks with lasers […]

Why MS buying Yahoo will not change anything. INTERNET SEARCH is the purest form of customer service & “sales” EVER. There are virtually zero barriers to entry (there are over 300 by our count). Users/customers can switch in the time it takes to type and bookmark a new url. So, if you can’t deliver results […]

Even if the numbers of a million iPhones being unlocked are correct, that’s a MILLION iPhones walking around all over the world as FREE marketing and advertising for Apple – the most effective advertising of all – because it gives those users the cachet of doing something “not quite legal.” That they are “above the […]

We are getting ready to move! While we had a great time here at WordPress, it was starting to get a little cramped and simple things like posting charts was complicated so we’re moving to … TakeFiveADay.com or if you prefer, Take5ADay.com Don’t worry, we’re packing ALL the posts and even ALL your comments so […]

Quick, name the perfect product for everyone? Air, the other one? The thing we breathe? Yea, how is that air in Houston in August or in Beijing? Um, not so perfect. Water? Who here only drinks tap? Don’t we like it flavored, carbonated, with taurine, mint or almost anyone other than tap? So, not water […]