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Micro S’mores Brings S’mores Out Of The Stone Age

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

smores, microwave, easy

S’mores: they’re the most efficient way of getting chocolate and marshmallow and graham crackers into your mouth. And I’m all for efficiency (and chocolate and marshmallows and graham crackers). The issue with s’mores, though, is that making them relies on obsolete technology: fire. And fire is obsolete for a reason… I mean, who really wants to be outside, where it rains, next to a fire that makes you too hot on one side and too cold on the ...

Eight Tiny Domain Deals for the Holidays

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

name.com, domain, registrar

Last year we brought you the 12 Days of Domains promotion and you loved that. This year we’re bring you 8 Tiny Domain Deals – all for under $8 USD.

Starting tomorrow at 12:01am we’ll introduce eight promos leading up to Christmas Eve. One per day and all of them named after the eight tiny reindeer of the famed 1823 holiday poem entitled A Visit From St. Nicholas (aka ‘Twas the Night Before ...

Microsoft’s 2010 DreamBuildPlay Contest Now Open

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

dream, contest, microsoft, game

The Microsoft Dream.Build.Play/Old Spice challenge is now open!!! This year we decided to kick it up a notch and bring to you a challenge like never before. We are looking for you to create a game that will not only blow our minds, but will also find innovative and creative ways to implement the Old Spice brand. Plus, $135,000.00 (USD) in prizes is on the line and there are 2 ways to compete!!!

In 2010, Old Spice is ...

Datel sues Microsoft over Xbox 360 memory unit crackdown

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

microsoft, memory, 360

Datel Design & Development, a maker of memory units for Microsoft's Xbox 360, has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft over its moves to prevent the U.K.-based company's products from working with the game console. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, says Microsoft is unfairly favoring its own Xbox 360 accessories by disabling the functionality of competing technologies.

Microsoft announced last ...

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Name.com currently has .com and .net domain names for new registrations available for today only. Go ahead and get your own domain for yourself now. If you need hosting you can contact us and we can help you out.

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iPhone 3G Solar Charging Case

For some reason it’s been next to impossible to find a 16GB black 3G iPhone where I live, but I have spent plenty of time playing with an 8GB model, and I can attest to the fact that battery life isn’t one of the phone’s strong points. To remedy this situation a bunch of third-party [...]

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Leaked Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM image indicates just minor improvements over 6.1

We are slowly sick and tired of reporting various rumors about Windows Mobile 6.5 considering that in roughly 3 weeks everything will be known, but apparently some early version of Windows Mobile 6.5 for certain old model of a Windows Mobile phone has leaked, and it is inept beyond belief…

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Windows 7 – Beta 1 available now

Windows 7 (Beta 1) available now (Public downloads only available through Feb. 10)Public beta downloads end this Saturday, but it will still be on MSDN/Technet if you have a paid account there.

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