http://www.sibgat.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:47:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to Eizo, beginning with these models, it is introducing a more compact design for its EcoView line by reducing the number of components inside the main body. This not only makes the body thinner and lighter than the previous design, but allows both monitors to ship in smaller containers ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/09/04/now-lcd-monitors-watch-you/ Well, we now know what other interests Pieter Knook will be pursuing. Knook, whose departure was expected to be announced this afternoon as part of a broader executive shuffle, is joining Vodafone to head up a new Internet services unit. The unit will work on delivering consumer Web services on mobile ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/29/microsofts-knook-headed-to-vodafone/ Next year, when he looks to send his Web traffic soaring in an attempt to sell 200 more vehicles, I feel sure he will offer bazookas, a mortar or two, perhaps even a rocket launcher. So the seductive power of the gun seems to work on those who choose the ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/24/truck-dealer-aims-to-spike-web-traffic-with-free-a/ But 38 percent of music listeners' collections come from CDs that they borrowed, then ripped to their hard drive or burned to a CD-R. (I'm not sure why NPD made the distinction between ripped and burned. I suppose it's academically interesting--ripped CDs are presumably listened to on MP3 players or ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/23/how-we-acquire-music/ iTunes 9 has been cleaned up for easier navigation, redesigned with a new layout and a new black tabbed-menu system across the top of the iTunes Store interface. These new tabs replace the old left-side navigation to choose between categories like music, apps, movies, and podcasts. The layout for new ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/23/first-take-itunes-9/ Another one: in 1970, "the first of over 670,000 gremlins was released into North America." That is, of course, referring to the AMC Gremlin, a subcompact car. (Credit: Wikipedia) Whoever wrote the fake Ima Hogg bio might want to think about pursuing a career in screenwriting. It sounds more amusing than any of ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/23/wikipedia-fudges-the-truth-for-april-fools-day/ (And no, Ashlee, that's really not me breathing as I had it on mute the entire time except for when I was talking.) A fun show. Let me know what you think. commentary Episode 15 of The Register's Open Season Podcast just went live, and proved to be more fun than usual ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/23/open-season-episode-15-ballmers-toast-post-yahoo/ My new boss, Dan Farber, correctly predicted that it was an updated version of the WorldWide Telescope program, a fact later confirmed by TechCrunch. The technology features tens of millions of digital images from sources like the Hubble telescope as well as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a project championed ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/23/telescope-is-what-makes-scoble-cry/ (Credit: Laughing Squid / Flickr) (Credit: Christopher Soghoian) The IRS is frequently mimicked by phishers. The agency even goes so far as to offer advice on its site, debunking many common phishing attacks. Furthermore, agency has shut down more than 1,600 phishing sites claiming to be the IRS in the past few years. Secondly, the ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/23/irs-web-site-opens-door-to-phishers/ (Credit: National Security Agency) If you can get your pals to install it, go for Zfone, but for those you can't, Skype is probably good enough. Mobile phones While we can't rely on Steve Jobs to bring this to us, there is a decent chance that Google's Android system may end up ... http://www.sibgat.com/index.php/2010/08/23/the-day-the-wiretaps-go-dead/