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10/28/2005

MSN messenger to start serving ads based on the subject and content of your chat sessions. A little creepy here, tho I'm sure there wont be any reverse tracking, it's still being logged in a database. Is anyone still under the delusion that anything sent over the net is private tho?
Search Engine Journal � MSN Messenger Serving Sponsored Text Links: "Type in a message about asking a girl out you met in class, and get served an ad for Match.com. Make plans to take here to a nice restaurant, get served an ad for the local TGIFridays (you could do better, but I�m assuming a franchise would be advertising on MSN AdCenter)."

posted by Jordan @ 10/28/2005 02:18:38 PM 0 comments links to this post  

10/26/2005

Intel slashes PC power-up times | InfoWorld | News | 2005-10-17 | By Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service: "Intel's new Robson cache technology ensured an almost immediate start-up of a Centrino-based notebook PC during a live demonstration at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei, while a laptop with identical hardware but without Robson took several seconds to boot up. "
This should be a nice upgrade, and it will be nice to see the speed benefits of it. Waiting for AMD to offer a similar technology now, and when a desktop version of this is released, it should defineatly show an improvement in the speed of PCs.

posted by Jordan @ 10/26/2005 10:51:22 AM 0 comments links to this post  

Sad to see a decent product go under due to competition, but it looks like Kerio has had enough and will stop.
Kerio to scrap desktop firewall | CNET News.com: "In the face of competition from security suite vendors, Kerio Technologies will pull the plug on its popular desktop firewall product at the end of this year."

posted by Jordan @ 10/26/2005 09:57:46 AM 0 comments links to this post  

10/13/2005

John C. Dvorak talks about his initial opinion of Windows Vista and points out an interesting, although laughable, pricing scheme.
Column from PC Magazine: The Microsoft Protection Racket: "Microsoft talks about how when it releases Vista, there will be various versions such as Home, Small Business, Enterprise, and so on. Why doesn't the company just bite the bullet and bring out various exploitable versions? Here are some suggestions:
Vista � Won't Boot Edition� $29.95
Vista � Preloaded with Viruses and Spyware Edition� $39.95
Vista � Initially Clean but Use at Your Own Risk Edition� $49.95
Vista � Clean with Firewall and Weekly Protection Update Edition� $200"

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1869377,00.asp

posted by Jordan @ 10/13/2005 11:30:17 PM 0 comments links to this post