http://www.triangledesbermudes.org Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:43:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Credit: Camera Armor) (Credit: Camera Armor) What price are you willing to pay to keep your camera and equipment protected from weather, water, or your own misfortune? Camera Armor's Seattle Sling waterproof bag tagged at $149.95 seems very fair, especially for those who carry thousands of dollars worth of gear. The waterproof dry ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/09/camera-armor-seattle-sling-bag-for-soggy-photogs/ Having been involved in events (Comdex, Interop, LinuxWorld) I've learned a fair amount. I've also participated in a ton of events, some good, some bad. The other thing I look for is for the event staff to be even remotely interested. The check-in people were nice enough, but several times ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/ventureone-conference-verdict-kinda-bad/ It is not as if people are choosing to download and share the harpsichord sonatas of Owen Thomas rather than the latest rumbling ruminations of Radiohead because they believe Mr. Thomas's music to be equally joyous. Not for a moment would I expect Steve Jobs to suddenly leap into this market ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/oh-oh-oh-the-web-is-pinching-pornographers-and/ (Credit: Canon) The last time Dell had a deal on the Canon Digital Rebel digital-SLR camera, it was the 8-megapixel XT model for $382. Now you can get the 10-megapixel Digital Rebel XTi for just $319, in your choice of black or silver. Woo!That price is for the body only; an extra ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/get-the-canon-digital-rebel-xti-10-megapixel-dslr/ On Wednesday, Black Hat officials opened their Call For Papers (CFP) site to paid attendees registered for this summer's Black Hat USA 2008 Briefings and Trainings. In February, speaking at Black Hat D.C. 2008, director Jeff Moss said his idea is to make the redesigned Black Hat Web site more interactive ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/black-hat-goes-interactive-in-selecting-upcoming-s/ Xobni gives you a useful scorecard for each person who e-mails you. (Click for full image.) Update: Charlie Cooper and I discuss Xobni in today's News.com podcast. The e-mail helper app Xobni exits its private beta period Monday morning. Compared with the previous version of the app I tried ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/xobni-makes-outlook-better-but-wheres-the-busine/ A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine, worried that her little brother played too many video games, asked if there was a way to make money while gaming. When I told her about e-sports, she returned quite the guffaw at the concept. I suggested she tell her brother about it, ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/rock-band-2-world-record-broken/ Alina Percea, 18, needed to pay for a computing degree. So, perhaps in an attempt to prove how significant computing is in modern life, she auctioned her virginity on a German Web site. However, unlike Natalie Dylan, the American who claims to have secured bids of $3.7 million for the privilege of ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/teen-reveals-aftermath-of-selling-her-virginity-on/ Yahoo is standing firm on its revenue forecast and raising the bar on its cash flow expectations. But will that matter to Microsoft? (Credit: Yahoo) It looks Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may be right: Yahoo's first-quarter earnings won't have much of an impact on the takeover fight between the two companies. As CNET ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/yahoo-results-wont-sway-microsoft-fight/ I've been watching the new category of small cheap laptop computers since they first came out. Watching, but not buying. The time, however, may have come to take the plunge. One of the few Netbooks* I've actually used was the first Asus EEE. It was an amazing machine, small, cheap, ... http://www.triangledesbermudes.org/2010/08/picking-a-netbook-laptop-computer/