Hardware Geeks

Today Microsoft and the One Laptop Per Child Organization (OLPC) announced that Windows XP will be available on the XO laptops given to children around the world. Giving countries two operating systems to choose from, Windows XP or Linux.

“Transforming education is a fundamental goal of Microsoft Unlimited Potential, our ambitious effort to bring sustained social and economic opportunity to people who currently don’t enjoy the benefits of technology,” said Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft. “By supporting a wide variety of affordable computing solutions for education that includes OLPC’s XO laptop, we aim to make technology more relevant, accessible and affordable for students everywhere.”

A Los Angeles Grand Jury has indicted 49 year old Lori Drew, for her role in the suicide of 16 year old Megan Meier. Meier hung her self when Drew pretended to be a 16 year old boy on MySpace, and built a relationship with Meier, she then told Meier that the world would be a better place with out her.

Drew claims she never made the profile and an employee of hers says she made it for Drew, but that Drew sent the messages. Drew has been charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress. Drew faces up to 20 years in prison, 5 years for each count.

I have been collecting more and more pictures, videos and music during these past couple of months.  Due to my insatiable zeal to obtain more digital files, my storage space seems to have fallen into cold water and has shrunken drastically.

There was an obvious need for more storage - an easy, affordable solution.  In this day and age, hard drive bays fill up left and right.  The only feasible option left was an external solution – that looks nice of course!  This is where the VOX V1 comes into play.

When I received the V1 for review, I expected to install tons of software similar to other external storage products but there was no need.  I plugged in the drive to a USB Port (eSata available) and my Windows Vista machine detected it right away and TA-DA! I instantly had 750 GB of new storage.

An Intel executive in Germany seems to have confirmed to C|net that the new iPhones will be powered by Intels Atom processor.

So is it true or has something been lost in the translation of the original article?

Intel isn’t saying and has even cast doubt on what the quoted executive would or would not know. 

Today Microsoft has announced that it has some over 10 million Xbox 360 Consoles in the US alone, and over 19 million worldwide, Microsoft also said it has over 12 million Xbox Live users and gloated that they have a total of 16 games that have sold over a million copies for the Xbox 360. which is double the Wii. The Playstation 3 just has two.

Microsoft said that the number 1 gaming console for each generation that reached 10 million sales in the US was typically the best system in that generation, but Microsoft should watch what they say, Nintendo has already sold 8.8 Million Wiis in the US, and they reached that number faster than what Microsoft did. Sony has just sold 4.1 Million Playstation 3 consoles.

Well it would seem that Geoff Atkinson the VP for Overstock.com is a big scardy cat, he is so scared of NY and the new internet tax law, he has ordered that all New York Based Affiliates be terminated.

Instead of waiting to see how far the Amazon.com suit against the state of NY goes or even filing one of their own and requesting a delay in collecting tax, this coward puts his tail between his legs and tells NY’ers to F*#@ off, well you know what Mr. Atkinson F*#@ you!

While I am all for no tax on web sales, and while I am against what the state of NY is doing, what Overstock.com has done is an even bigger injustice. Hundreds maybe even thousands of New Yorkers run affiliate marketing businesses and Overstock.com just basically fired them all. Some of these people make their living this way and to punish them is as unfair as NY wanting to charge tax on these sales.

Apple and HBO today announced that the Apple iTunes service will sell episodes of popular HBO series such as, Deadwood, Rome and The Wire.

“We’re very excited to make these legendary HBO programs available on the iTunes Store,” said Henry McGee, president of HBO Video. “Whether catching up on ‘Sex and the City’ in anticipation of its upcoming movie release or reliving a favorite ‘Sopranos’ episode, we think viewers will love being able to watch these shows on their iPod or iPhone.”

Today Microsoft announced a Public Beta for their new WorldWide Telescope Software. You can download it by clicking here.

“The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it possible for everyone to explore the universe,” said Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation. “By combining terabytes of incredible imagery and data with easy-to-use software for viewing and moving through all that information, the WorldWide Telescope opens the door to new ways to see and experience the wonders of space. Our hope is that it will inspire young people to explore astronomy and science, and help researchers in their quest to better understand the universe.”

Today RIM announced the new Blackberry Bold, also known as the Blackberry 9000. The phone will be available exclusively from at&t wireless later this year. Blackberry nor at&t have announced pricing for the phone yet.

The Bold which is a quad-band phone and can be used anywhere in the world features a half-vga color screen which is said to be bold and beautiful, it also features a fast 624MHz intel processor and a gig of onboard memory. The phone will have wi-fi and bluetooth connectivity.

In other RIM related news, Microsoft announced that they have reached an agreement with RIM to bring their live services to Blackberry devices.