The Nerd Handbook  —  A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff.  All the time.  Those lulls in the conversation over dinner?  That’s the nerd working on his project in his head.  —  It’s unlikely that this project is a nerd’s day job because his opinion regarding his job is, “Been there, done […]

Intel jabs bruised AMD with 12 new Xeons and desktop dynamo  —  Months of torturous fanfare come to a close on Monday as Intel will officially start shipping its family of “Penryn” processors built with a whiz-bang new manufacturing process.  —  Normally, Intel tries to keep the launch date …

Source:   The Register
Author:   Ashlee […]

Rumor Mill: Google Acquiring Sprint  —  Recent news that Sprint is not going to work with Clearwire to build out a WiMAX network only added to the rumors I have been hearing about Google acquiring Sprint Nextel.  On the surface it seems like this would be a bad move for Google but in reality …

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My Facebook Ad  —  Thanks to everyone who commented and emailed me after my post yesterday afternoon.  I am indeed dense.  The social advertising system on Facebook is up and running, I just couldn’t find it.  —  Here is my ad.  It took me all of a minute or two to create it.

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Tumbleweeds outnumber punters, as iPhone’s First Night flops  —  Journalists and PR minders outnumbered buyers on Friday night as interest in Apple’s iPhone miserably failed to live up to the pre-launch hype in the UK.  —  The iPhone went on sale at stores operated by retail titan Carphone Warehouse …

Source:   The Register
Author:   Andrew […]

It’s stunning, powerful and elegant… so set the iPhone free  —  The Apple iPhone arrived in the UK on Friday and evoked a predictable spectrum of responses - from ecstatic boosterism to technophobic spluttering.  The Daily Mail said Carphone Warehouse expected to sell 10,000 on the first day …

Source:   Guardian
Author:   John Naughton
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Windows Live wants to build Flickr competitor  —  It’s hard not to have seen this coming, but I have to wonder whether or not the world needs another Flickr or YouTube.  —  In a Microsoft job advertisement posted yesterday for a program manager position, the description clearly outlines Microsoft’s strategy …

Source:   istartedsomething
Author:   Long […]