Despite being able to defeat The Joker, time and time again… Batman, like the rest of us, can’t win at the pumps. You know it’s bad when Bruce Wayne can’t even afford to fill up his gas guzzler.
However, I hope he didn’t make a rash decision and did the proper calculations to determine if downsizing really makes sense in his case. You can find out if trading in your gas guzzler is a smart move by using this calculator.
His new SMART Coupe doesn’t appear to carry nearly the same firepower as the Batmobile either. Hope that doesn’t come back to bite him later.
Back to school with more than 1 million users worldwide Google Apps is rapidly gaining momentum in education. We now have more than a million people on campuses worldwide actively using Google's suite of email, calendar and docs to share information and study.
An Illustrated Guide to Every Stupid Cable You Need Modern gadget life can be kind of retarded in this way. Why not one kind of cable, or just a couple? I don't know. But until everyone gets on the same appendage-to-hole scheme, in the meantime, you can use this:
Apple Says MobileMe Service Is Fixed, Finally "Thank you all for your extreme patience during this trying time," David G. wrote. "If you have been affected by this issue and are still having problems we have established a dedicated chat line to reach a MobileMe Mail specialist for help.
Here are some interesting links from the past couple days:
Google OS reviews Cuil new search engine Cuil, the start-up founded by Tom Costello and two former Google employees: Anna Patterson and Russell Power, unveiled a search engine that claims to have more than 120 billion pages in the index. According to Cuil, that's "3 times as many as Google …"
Jing Still Makes Screenshot and Screencast Sharing Easy, Offers More Storage I'm a huge fan of Jing as the easiest cross-platform tool I've used to quickly share screenshots or screencasts (it's great for offering quick tech support). Anything you make with Jing can automatically be saved to Screencast.com
Microsoft sets sights on providing an Apple-like experience
Going forward, Ballmer said Microsoft will be changing the way it works with hardware vendors to mimic the experience offered by the Mac maker in which there will be “absolutely no compromises.”
We knew the web was big…
We’ve known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we’ve seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is re
Making security easier
Today, we’re making it even easier for you to use https to protect your mail every time you access it. We’ve added an option to Settings to always use https.
Microsoft: Don’t knock Vista ’til you’ve tried it
Microsoft got together a sample of XP users who had negative impressions of Vista. They were then shown a “new” operating system, code-named Mojave. More than 90% gave positive feedback on the new OS. They were then told that “Mojave” was actually Vista.
Unbenonced to me, I’ve apparently been thrust into the political arena. My phone has been ringing off the hook today with calls from reporters and aides from the B. Hussien Obama Campaign as well as the McCain Campaign. I’m not sure how it all happened but, as of today I accept the will of the people and announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America!
Both parties should be afraid because now there’s a true conservative in the race.
Here’s the latest news report detailing how it came to be.
Here are some interesting links from the past couple days:
Esquire uses e-paper cover to celebrate 75th anniversary Esquire magazine is turning 75 and is celebrating the momentous event by releasing the first magazine with an electronic ink display cover. Only 100,000 copies of the high-tech September issue are heading to newstands this time around since the technology
The Unlikely Integration Between Google News and Digg TechCrunch reiterates the rumor that Google is about to acquire Digg. "The two companies have reportedly signed a letter of intent and are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million ra
Share Your Expertise in Google’s Knol Knol has much more in common with Squidoo and HubPages than with Wikipedia. The service is centered around authors: each Knol article displays the name of its author and links to a small biography.
A peek into recent AdWords developments One of the main changes is the ability for advertisers to be more specific with their ad targeting through a combination of contextual targeting and placement targeting. As you may know, contextually targeted ads will appear on your pages if an advertiser
Knol is open to everyone A few months ago we announced that we were testing a new product called Knol. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Today, we're making Knol available to everyone.
Google Knol Opens Its Doors, Challenges Wikipedia Google's Wikipedia competitor, Google Knol, officially opens its doors today. The site is already populated with several knols (definition: "an authoritative article about a specific topic"), but anyone can create their own knol as of today. The major dif
Apple may be eying sub-$1000 notebook market We believe there is an 80% chance Apple will introduce redesigned MacBooks and possibly new MacBook Pros at lower price points… Specifically, Apple may re-enter the $999 price point with the MacBook, or test the $1,799 price point with the MacBook Pro.
