http://www.fm894.net Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:46:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Credit: Dell) Dell CEO and namesake Michael Dell lent credence to Compal's statement yesterday when he said, in response to HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC, "We will introduce a similar laptop." Don't hold him to a June release, however. "Stay tuned," he said. "We will have some interesting products coming in that ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/09/04/report-dell-to-release-a-low-cost-minilaptop/ Reports had circulated that MySpace would be laying off nearly half its employees in a move that had delayed its relocation to a bigger office space in the Los Angeles area. With the layoffs, MySpace's full-time U.S. employee roster will be down to 1,000 people--which means somewhere just south of ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/29/myspace-slashes-head-count-by-30-percent/ 1. The economy It's obviously top of mind for everyone right now and it will be interesting to see how one of the companies with the strongest balance sheets and most predictable revenue streams expects to be affected. 2. Hiring plans Microsoft has already said it is "rethinking" its staffing plans ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/24/five-things-to-watch-for-in-microsoft-earnings/ We all worry about keeping our online passwords safe from prying eyes. But now our faith in ATM PIN codes is being shaken. The alleged thieves made off with about $2 million between October 2007 until March of this year. Officials believe they remotely broke into the back-end computers that ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/24/pins-stolen-from-citibank-atms/ We've all got a few of those types on our lists every year. And now there's a kinda cool feature for one of them: Kodak now makes the Quick Touch. While you don't have to touch the area of the frame where the photo would be (fewer greasy fingerprints!), the ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/24/kodaks-touch-screen-digital-photo-frame/ Key features of the Samsung HT-BD2E: Samsung was officially the first to offer up a home-theater-in-a-box system with Blu-ray (although Panasonic was right behind), but as you might expect, we found the $1,500 system a little overpriced for what it offered. Samsung has now announced a follow-up budget Blu-ray HTIB, the ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/24/samsung-announces-cheapest-blu-ray-home-theater-sy/ (Credit: Pentax) Pentax has announced the release of the Pentax SMC DA 17-70mm f4 AL SDM lens for Pentax digital SLR cameras. First shown at PMA 2008, the 17-70mm lens has a constant aperture of f4 through the entire zoom range, with a working focal length of 26-107mm. It has Pentax's ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/24/pentax-announces-new-17-70mm-f4-lens/ (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com) On June 10, Geek Gestalt hits the highways for Road Trip 2008. I'll start in Orlando, Fla., and visit many of the South's most interesting destinations. Stay tuned, and be sure to keep up, both now and during the trip, with what I'm doing on Twitter. The video--which, ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/24/motion-capturing-for-nhl-2k9/ The formula's working. ComScore now rates Topix just behind The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today in terms of individually branded Web sites. Knight Ridder, the Tribune Company, and Gannett liked what they saw and bought up a 75 percent chunk of the company. At the Web ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/24/blabatocracys-new-mantra-all-jeremiah-wright-al/ Teasing out online traffic figures has been a constant challenge for both advertisers and publishers. The two companies' goal is better analyze online audiences by teaming Omniture's reliance on Web site analytics with ComScore's approach of following patterns of Internet users. Through this partnership, ComScore will also be working with Adobe ... http://www.fm894.net/index.php/2010/08/24/omniture-comscore-partner-for-web-tracking/