Monthly Archives: August 2007

Skype Skips Out

By ray | August 16, 2007

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136048-c,webtelephonyconferencing/article.html
Skype, the popular VOIP service is currently down and the outage may last for a day. If you’re in Skype stay in, as the problem appears to be related to authentication.
Update (8/20): Skype says the outage was due to Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and a bug in their algorithm.

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Software Progress

By ray | August 15, 2007

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-08-15-n18.html
The Google Blogscoped blog has an interesting post showing the progress software has made over the years.

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PC Buyers Less Satisfied

By ray | August 14, 2007

http://news.com.com/Customer+satisfaction+down+among+PC+buyers/2100-1011_3-6202366.html?tag=nefd.top
CNet’s news.com is reporting that a survey of consumers shows we’re less satisfied with PC makers. Apple still tops the satisfaction list but their overall rating was down 5% from last year. Hewlett-Packard’s HP brand was up 1% over last year but their Compaq brand was rated the worst brand although their rating of 73 [...]

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Microsoft Fantasy

By ray | August 13, 2007

http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?entry=304440
This came via The Fake Steve Jobs blog.

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The OS Quest Trail Log #2

By ray | August 12, 2007

It’s only been four days since my last log entry but I want to get on a weekly cycle with these and weekends seem to be the best time to do it. So here goes…
Google Apps
I continue to use Google Apps and like it. Really all I use it for is email, but it’s allowed [...]

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Google Video Sales To Cease

By ray | August 11, 2007

Google will be exiting the video sales business. Those few people who purchase videos from Google Video can’t watch them after August 15th due to the joys of DRM. As compensation Google is giving people two bucks to spend via Google checkout. On the positive side, it’s unlikely many people bought videos since the site [...]

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