Wal-Mart acquired VUDU a year and a half ago and is now putting the video streaming service to work directly from Walmart.com. A banner on the left side of the home page directs you to the digital rental or purchase storefront. Walmart.com/vudu will also take you to the correct page where you can browse the movies available for streaming or find devices able to stream like … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Heads-Up: Friday is SysAdmin Appreciation Day
Just a friendly reminder that this Friday, July 29th (always the last Friday of July) is SysAdmin Day. Show your appreciation to your IT Professionals that keep your networks and server up and running 24/7. Throw in a bonus if they have the skill of taming rats' nests. (Image via Reddit) … [Read more...]
Product Review: LaCie Iamakey – A Durable USB Key
I've been in search of a more durable USB key for a while now. It seems the only USB key stocked in local stores is the SanDisk Cruzer USB key with the slide-out drive (pictured below). The drive works fine, it's affordable, and the slide mechanism keeps the drive compact. Besides coming with the dreaded U3 software, my only other complaint about the drive is its flimsy little … [Read more...]
On The AT&T and T-Mobile Merger
Save The Internet would like to tell you a bit about the proposed AT&T merger with T-Mobile. Perhaps these parodies they created will explain their position. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjjUttmv9CM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poPW1zMyrtg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TkCHWJmE8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iThGSoGIjZA For more information, … [Read more...]
MongoDB Fanboy Hook, Line, and Sinker For NoSQL
This video was created almost a year ago and deserves to be seen by all related to web development. Since I didn't share it before, here it is without further delay. NSFW: Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs (via High Scalability) And some other … [Read more...]