Archive for May, 2007

$139 PC comes with Linux preinstalled

MadTux and Vector Linux today announced a Linux PC for the rock-bottom price of $139 (keyboard, monitor, and optical drive not included).

Daily Digest for 05/18/07


Daily Digest for 05/17/07

Back from physics day at Six Flags Great Adventure. It was a lot of fun, even if it was only for 2 1/2 hours. Plus, I graduated from riding the family coaster to Skull Mountain!

Daily Digest for 05/16/07

  • HP reports great Q2 earnigs: And to think, I almost bought them instead of Cisco.
  • I’m excited to go to Six Flags Great Adventure tomorrow…even if it’s for a physics trip. But hey, I don’t care what people say, riding roller coasters with a G-force meter sounds awesome.

Your Digg Entourage [tool]

Great little Digg-API web app looks at yours (or whoever you like’s) last 25 submitted stories’ diggs to determine who has your back on Digg. Free as in Beer.

Daily Digest for 05/15/07

Apple Store being updated

picture-1.pngYou know what they say: “When the Apple Store’s down, new products are in town.” OK, maybe only I say that.

Daily Digest for 05/14/07

iTunes 7.1.2 DRM cracked

This utility will scrub DRM from YOUR music files and make a backup copy of the originals for safe keeping. Great for iPod owners who now have another brand of music player - iTunes will convert your AAC files to MP3 when you’re ready to run away from Apple. I’m sure this story will be buried by DMCA lovers.

Forget tv - stream MOVIES from iTunes directly to Xbox 360!

Nullriver Software has released version 3.0 of its popular Connect360 program, which previously allowed streaming of music from iTunes, photos from iPhoto and limited WMV only movies to Xbox 360. This new version (coupled with the Spring Update for your console) allows movies to be streamed directly from iTunes. Forget blowing cash on tv!