http://thetechblog.com Technology news and much more... Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:02:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The latest Tech News - posted at ChaseandSam.com: In a move that has already been met with heavy criticism, Yahoo announced today that they were shutting down their popular Unlimited Music Service, and migrating their customers over to Rhapsody's Real Player based system. Considering that Stopbadware just tagged Real Player ... http://thetechblog.com/2008/02/yahoo-unlimited-music-to-become-real-playerrhapsody.html A scathing review of Microsoft's planned acquisition of Yahoo, which gives several reasons the merger will cause both to topple. It will increase Google's dominance and open the door for greater market share by Apple. Why? Because this will give M.S. a third huge albatross that will weigh it down. ... http://thetechblog.com/2008/02/microsofts-purchase-of-yahoo-will-kill-both-and-lift-apple.html Okay, show of hands: Who out there is addicted to World of Warcraft? I certainly am - I even have WoW dreams sometimes - many of which make no sense whatsoever. Hopefully I won't need psychotherapy to quit. Apparently I'm not the only one hooked either, as Digital Battle ... http://thetechblog.com/2007/01/warcraft-expansion-sells-24-million.html Here's an interesting article leading into the 20 year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. I imagine everybody 30 and over remembers where they were when they first heard the news that the Shuttle had blown up - I know I do. I was walking between first period and ... http://thetechblog.com/2006/01/7-myths-about-challenger-disaster-20.html Here's an interesting read on the possible struggles that Sony is having with bringing the Play Station 3 to market quickly. While any new console in this day and age is going to be difficult to develop (How in the world did Microsoft only have 600,000 units ready to go ... http://thetechblog.com/2006/01/sony-ps3-vaporware-maybe-according-to.html For at least 20 years, many people have wondered about the health effects of using cell phones.I remember a study a few years ago that showed cell phone waves killed brain cells in rats. Well, the good news for this week is that a recent study shows no evidence that ... http://thetechblog.com/2006/01/great-news-new-study-cell-phones-dont.html Looks like Konica/Minolta has been assimilated by the Borg, er... Sony, and won't be making any more cameras, SLR or Digitial. Bummer if you just bought a Konica or Minolta, but it looks like Sony will support them for at least a little while. Only from the minds of Minolta.... http://thetechblog.com/2006/01/sayonara-konicaminolta.html Okay, so this isn't Tech related, at all, really - but it's a good enough tip, and a good enough read that I thought i'd pass it along anyway. Did you know that the best (and most authentic) cappuccino that Starbucks has to offer isn't on the menu - AND ... http://thetechblog.com/2006/01/starbucks-hidden-better-stronger-and.html Here's a great article - the 50 greatest gadgets since 1950, with pictures. You've got the first remote control, first portable phone (a brick), first stylish cell phone (the Star-Tac) The Sony Walkman, and one of the ultimate time wasters of my adolescence: The Commodore 64 computer! This will give ... http://thetechblog.com/2006/01/pcworlds-50-greatest-gadgets-in.html I've added some more videos to the new Safevideo.com site, There's now over 300 videos on the site - no pop ups either!Check out our funny videos: Trunk Monkey, Funny Commercials, The Steve Ballmer Developers Video, The Kanye West and Mike Myers Video (SNL) , Napoleon Dynamite, DJ Southpaw, ... http://thetechblog.com/2005/12/more-on-new-website.html