I have been following the various posts for Xbox Live status for a while and the latest from Major Nelson’s Twitter and the Xbox Live support homepage says things are back up and running. However, I am down here in Florida and still cannot recover a gamer tag from XBL - keeps saying the Xbox […]

Apple’s new laptops: confirmed! | The Boy Genius Report
Looks like we may have a new Apple laptop of some sort on the way - no confirmations on what type though. Tablet? Ultra portable? UMPC variant? Totally up in the air at this point…
(tags: Apple Rumors)

preTXT.com - schedule texts for the holidays
This is a great site to schedule SMS/text messages for the holidays - just enter a few mobile numbers, the time, and holiday and your message is scheduled.
(tags: Mobile SMS web2.0 text)

The Duke Nukem Forever List
A list of hundreds of world events and entertainment releases that have occurred since DNF was announced.
(tags: gaming history)

It appears that in a settlement with Apple, Think Secret has agreed to shut down indefinitely. This is bad news for Apple fanboys and for tech journalism in general, for a few reasons.

Think Secret was one of the more objective and sensible “rumor” type of sites in the first place.
There will be sites that […]

All Giz Wants: One Plug For Everything
Couldn’t have said it better myself - I have so many different cables I feel like a cat with a ball of string every time I want to look for one…
(tags: Cable Tech)

Vista named #1 biggest tech disappointment of 2007 — by PC World - Engadget
I have to agree with Engadget here - Vista is actually pretty decent. People need to give it a break. I find I use it on my MacBook Pro more than Mac OS - I know that is blasphemy but […]

So I have been reading about the Child’s Play charity for a while and decided to make a donation via Cheap Ass Gamer’s raffle that is going on through the end of the year.  Check out their forum thread with prizes, etc.  Child’s Play is really a great charity and really re-enforces the positive aspects of gaming.  I really […]

Yes, you read that right - I bought a PS3.  The purchase however was a direct result of the HD format wars though - at least that is my excuse.  I have been a die hard Xbox 360 fan-boy since launch and have hated on the PS3 quite a bit in the past.  After watching […]

Retail Industry Wary of Return Fraud
Retailers expect to lose $3.7 billion this holiday season to “return fraud”. Just anecdotally, it seems that this type of fraud is quite prevalent with game consoles, though they have tightened restrictions quite a bit in the last few years.
(tags: retail fraud)

The Holy Grail of Synchronization: combining Microsoft Outlook, […]