And now for something completely different:
“I’m recording this message so that if I don’t make it, at least somebody- anybody who finds it will have an idea of what the hell they’ll face getting through this nightmare. Our original party was four: Bill, Francis, Zoey, and me, Louis. We were trying to make it to the top of Mercy Hospital, but I’m the only one left, and I don’t know if I can do this alone. Bill was the first to go. We had just cleared a horde of zombies and he stopped to patch himself up while the rest of us went ahead a bit to scout...a muffled scream was the only warning we had. By the time I blew the smoker’s head off its tongue had already crushed his windpipe. Zoey was next...she was a cute little thing. A boomer threw up nasty green liquid all over her and a hunter shredded her before Francis and I could clear the mass of Infected from around her. We made it into the subway tunnels alright, but Francis ran off into the dark when he heard a woman sobbing...thought it might be another survivor. I heard the Witch scream, but I didn’t turn around. Wait, I can see a heavy metal door at the top of this room...it’s a safehouse! I might actually.*thud thud thud thud*..wait...what’s that rumbli- Oh God noit’saTanknonoNONONO *ROOOOOOOOAR* *gunfire* *crunch crunch crunch*” - Audio recovered from a mangled tape recorder by unidentifiable remains.
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Slappa.com has been kind enough to donate the 2nd and 3rd place prizes for our upcoming HDX Contest.
2nd Place:
- Laptop Shoulder Bag
- Laptop sleeve
- 240 d2i CD Case
3rd Place:
- Laptop sleeve
- 160 d2i CD Case
Check back on May 27th for official rules for the contest.
Today AMD announced a new logo program called “AMD Game!” which will help consumers buy a system capable of gaming and especially help computer enthusiast put together the perfect gaming rig.
“With the support of industry leaders in PC gaming, AMD GAME! ensures consumers don’t need an enthusiast-level knowledge of PC hardware for an optimal gaming system,” said Nigel Dessau, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, AMD. “We in the PC industry owe consumers the same predictability, simplicity and affordability in finding a PC for gaming that the console industry currently provides.”
For the past 10 days, 10 lucky people have won an HDX System from 10 different websites, we figured we would let you know who won what where.
AbsoluteVista.com Winner: Derek Hunter
Ars Technica Winner: Alejandro
OSNN.net Winner: Mizzle
JKontherun.com Winner: Stefano
Barbs Connected World Winner: Sharon Crawford
BostonPocketPC.com Winner: Duane Laflotte
The-Gadgeteer.com Winner: Ryan ‘shipwreck’ Shupe
TheDigitalLifesetyle.com Winner: Paul Appleyard
DigitalHomeThoughts.com Winner: XiledSoldier
Windows-now.com Winner: Not announced at time of posting
Also the Notebooks.com Contest started today, Click here to check out their rules.
There are 21 more chances to win, including a chance to win ours!
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.
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