Monday, July 06, 2009

Fire in Seattle Causes Internet Problems

Seattle Data Center Fire Hobbles Web Sites

Electrical fire at a data center Thursday night knocked out Verizon's DSL service; Authorize.net and Microsoft's Bing Travel site for as long as 36 hours.

"Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"

Obviously, this isn’t true. Their underlying architectures are quite a bit different, Gnome looks different than the 7 UI, etc., but to an average 17-year-old, there just wasn’t any meaningful difference between the two operating systems.

Deathmatch: Palm Pre versus iPhone

There’s been one promised iPhone killer after another -- the Google Android-based G1, the RIM BlackBerry Storm, the yet-to-ship, years-delayed Windows Mobile 7 -- but none has given it worthwhile competition to date. Now Palm has its Pre, a device that looks to be a serious contender for the best next-gen mobile device crown.

Sites that help you lodge complaints

Whether you want to target politicians, your employers, or companies that have done you wrong, there are a variety of sites across the Web that will help you voice your complaints.

Taskbar Shuffle 2.5

Free program that lets you drag and drop your taskbar buttons and system tray icons to instantly reorder them. I use it and like it a lot.

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