The new Jerry Seinfeld ad for Microsoft - love it? Hate it?
September 5, 2008
Snarky Gossip / Wendy
Jerry Seinfeld is the new shill for Microsoft, in an attempt for them to be as hip and cool as the Justin Long Mac ads.
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Microsoft to copy Apple Genius strategy
September 5, 2008
Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks
Microsoft on Friday said that its $300 million marketing campaign will now involve in-store representatives to promote the brand, the company's general manager of corporate communications, Tom Pilla, ...
Next-gen netbook Intel Atom due Q3 2009
September 5, 2008
The Register: Sci/Tech News for the World
Roadmap reveals dual-core CPU-GPU debut Intel's next-gen Atom processor for Small, Cheap Computers - the successor to today's 'Diamondville' - will debut a year from now, according to the chip giant's ...
Xbox 360 defects: an inside history of Microsoft’s video game console woes
September 5, 2008
SiliconBeat: News about tech money and innovation / Dean Takahashi
When his fourth Xbox 360 video game console died in April, Chris Szarek wasn’t surprised. The Chicopee, Mass.
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Attention: Wal-Mart Shoppers
September 6, 2008
what if? / Peg Kaplan
A long time ago I heard a comedian named Bill Maher. He was incisive and sarcastic - but damn; he was funny. I think he was Politically Incorrect.
Boeing Machinists: 'Strike Is On'
September 6, 2008
FOX News / foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials have failed and the union declared: "The strike is on!"
Ministry panel reveals data on GM brinjal
September 6, 2008
rediff Business
Data on clinical trials of genetically-modified brinjal have been made public by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee of the environment ministry.
Boeing, machinists talks fail; strike is on
September 6, 2008
KTUU - KTUU.com Alaska's news and information source
Associated Press - September 6, 2008 2:03 AM ET SEATTLE (AP) - Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials have failed and the union...
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Seinfeld's First Microsoft Commercial: Not Funny
September 5, 2008
Silicon Alley Insider / Dan Frommer
Looks like skepticism was the right reaction when Microsoft announced it was hiring Jerry Seinfeld as its new $10 million pitchman.
Microsoft Memo: New Windows Ad “An Icebreaker” [Digital Daily]
September 5, 2008
All Things Digital / John Paczkowski
Not quite sure what to make of Microsoft's new ad campaign?
Forget “The Conquistador”: When Is Microsoft Going to Drop the Other Shoe on Its Conquering Web Strategy?
September 5, 2008
BoomTown / Kara Swisher
There will be a lot of different reactions to the first of Microsoft's newest series of commercials, featuring Founder Bill Gates playing straight man to comic Jerry Seinfeld.
Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?
September 5, 2008
ZDNet News - Front Door
The day after it launched the first ad in its $300 consumer-focused make-over campaign, Microsoft is going public with some of the other planned Windows-branding fixes it has in the pipeline.
Jobless Rate In August Hit A 5-Year High
September 5, 2008
washingtonpost.com - Business / Neil Irwin
Businesses slashed jobs and the nation's unemployment rate hit a five-year high in August, the government reported yesterday, dashing hopes that the economy might stabilize in the second half of the ...
Behind Enemy Lines: Chatting Dallas-Cleveland With a Browns Blogger
September 5, 2008
FanHouse
Filed under: Browns, Cowboys, AFC North, NFC East, NFL FansAs we get ready for week one matchup of the Cowboys and Browns, Ace Davis from his own Ace Davis Cleveland Browns Blog was nice enough to ...
Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab
September 5, 2008
ZDNet News - Front Door
You may have heard of Microsoft's Live Labs, Office Labs, adCenter Labs.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for September 2008: four bulletins
September 5, 2008
One Microsoft Way / emil.protalinski@arstechnica.com (Emil Protalinski)
Microsoft will patch four vulnerabilities on Tuesday September 9, 2008. All four are marked as "Critical." Details on each bulletin are inside.Read More...
The New Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft Ad
September 5, 2008
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
Remember when we posted that Microsoft was finally gonna stop taking it up the Vista and combat those "Get A Mac" ads? Well here's the first one, featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld.
Intel: Screw Everything, We’re Doing Eight Cores [Digital Daily]
September 5, 2008
All Things Digital / John Paczkowski
If two cores makes a good chip and four cores makes a better one, then obviously six cores makes the best damn chip on the market.
IBM to Deploy RFID Solution in HPCL plant
September 5, 2008
VoIP
IBM is announcing that it is implementing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based solution for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) in India.
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Boeing, machinists talks fail; strike is on (AP)
September 6, 2008
Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - Despite a 48-hour contract extension, negotiations between Boeing Co. and Machinists union officials have failed and the union declared: "The strike is on!"
Microsoft's new Seinfeld ad: one word - WTF?
September 6, 2008
RSS Feed for APC
Microsoft provides proof that even $300 million and Jerry Seinfeld can't revive the fortunes of the sickened Vista OS.
Heads up: Microsoft to stock stores with PC ‘gurus'
September 6, 2008
Kansas City Star: Business
Microsoft Corp. plans to have its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases and show how Microsoft products work together.
Boeing Machinists Begin Strike, Risking Further Delays to 787 Dreamliner
September 6, 2008
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GM ramps up recycling
September 6, 2008
detnews.com - Autos Insider
General Motors plans to recycle or reuse all production waste and garbage at half of its factories around the world by the end of 2010.
Verizon Storm to Launch in November
September 6, 2008
MobileWhack.com
You've seen the box and now you need an official release of the BlackBerry Storm don't you? Unfortunately there's not such thing yet.
One server is up and running
September 6, 2008
Code|Beta / Luis Murillo
If you’ve been following my blog lately you should know that I recently got two new used servers to play with.
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