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Flickr Accidentally Deleted 4000 Photos
This is an oops! of massive magnitude. Flickr accidentally deleted more than four thousand pictures from one users – and they cannot be restored. Mirco Wilhelm – a photoblogger – claims that Flickr mistakenly deleted his entire account along with everything in it. Thankfully, he has the original files stored elsewhere. Imagine how long it’s [...]
Yahoo! Removing Video Content
Well. Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz sure wasn’t kidding when she announced in her layoff letter that the company is changing much of their focus. I received an email today “politely” informing me that the struggling online service is going to nix their video content – ALL of their video content. They’re kindly offering me a [...]
What do You do When Yahoo Goes Down?
Let’s see if this sums up your feelings: Do you Yahoo!?
Trillian 5 for Instant Messaging
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Derrick is a fan of instant messaging applications, just as I’m sure most of you are. Each of us has our own preference when it comes to an all-in-one program. Some may love Adium while others swear that Pidgin is the [...]
Unlock Your Hotel Room with Your Cell Phone
I hate traveling. I love the places that I visit and the people I interact with when I get there. It’s the actual travel part that gets to me every time. There’s always such a rush to do everything, you know? Checking into my hotels is probably my least favorite task. God love ‘em for [...]
Bartz Curses Arrington at TechCrunch Disrupt
Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz participated in a cozy little chat with TechCrunch CEO Michael Arrington earlier today during TechCrunch Disrupt. True to himself, Michael opened the chat by asking Carol “So how the fuck are you?” Niceties aside, Arrington got down to the nitty gritty. There have been a couple of major changes over at [...]
Your Discs Will be Floppy No More
Do you remember back in 1981 when the floppy disc first made its appearance? At the time, it was a fairly large leap in technology and portability. While many of you young people may snort and scoff at that statement, I assure you it was true of the times more than twenty years ago. As [...]
Will Yahoo be the Next Twitter?
According to a few published reports today, Yahoo is moving forward with their Twitter-style new service: Yahoo Meme. The company has now purchased the catchy domain name, Me.me, from the .ME domain registry. Using Meme, people can write short entries and then add photos or videos to their pages, which are called Memes. You can [...]
Yahoo and Twitter are Going to Share!
It’s always nice when people share, right? Therefore, it stands to reason that it’s also nice when websites share. Yahoo and Twitter have entered into a deal that will allow content-sharing across both sites. This move is excellent for the floundering Yahoo. Yahoo and Facebook entered into a similar deal a few months ago, making [...]
Bing Building Bling
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Imagine my surprise when I saw this splashed upon a building in the Seattle area. Thank goodness they went with “Bing” instead of sticking with “Windows Live Search” (or they would have needed a MUCH bigger building). This was taken in [...]
MyBlogLog to Close Down in January
MyBlogLog is an interesting – and very popular – service, which boomed across the Internet a couple of years ago. Yahoo! bought it back in 2007 for a whopping ten million dollars. MyBlogLog is a service that shows blog writers and readers the faces and profile information of other MyBlogLog users that visit their sites. [...]
Heaven on Earth – Geek Style
Reading a thread this evening on Geeks got me thinking. It talked about how if there were Heaven on Earth, what a wonderful place it would be for us Geeks! Can you even imagine? No more slow computers. No malware, nor any need for malware protection. No more parts that go bad, or become outdated [...]
How to Compare Search Results between Bing, Yahoo, and Google
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You, much like the rest of the galaxy, are likely using Google as your search engine. But is Google giving you the best results? How would you know unless you compare the results between search engines? Copying and pasting searches into [...]
What All-in-one Instant Messenger Should You Use?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What do you use for your default instant messenger? There are so many options out there, it’s hard to choose since everyone is on different clients. That’s when you should check out an all-in-one. There are several of them out there [...]
How Long Should Yahoo, Google or Microsoft Keep Your Personal Data?
Yahoo announced today that they will be shortening the length of time they keep your personal data. This move makes their length of retention the shortest among any of their peers. Their previous standard was 13 months; a stark contrast to that of Google, who earlier this year announced they would anonymize personal data after [...]
