Today, the first Google Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer go on sale. Well, supposedly they do. Samsung only seems to have its Arctic White, 3G Chromebook available from Amazon, the same model that was available for early purchase, while the rest are listed as not released yet. Acer, meanwhile, has neither of its products released and Amazon is only listing them as available … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Main Website Offline For About 4 Hours, Now Back Up
GoDaddy.com suffered a few hours of downtime this evening but appears to have just come back up. Acknowledged by the @GoDaddy Twitter account, the main www.GoDaddy.com page first redirected to a standard Microsoft IIS error page and then later redirected to an error 503 page. Neither of these were comforting sites for customers of "the web's largest hosting and domain provider" … [Read more...]
NewEgg Responds to Best Buy’s Cease and Desist Letter
Last week Best Buy sent NewEgg a Cease and Desist letter for shared similarities between NewEgg's Geek On advertising campaign and Best Buy's Geek Squad along with a NewEgg commercial that seemed to depict and insult the "good-will" that Best Buy has established. NewEgg has responded to Best Buy and also shared their response on the NewEgg Facebook page. … [Read more...]
Eclipse.TV: A Portal of Streaming Videos
There's another guest post written by me over at FreewareGenius today. This one focuses on Eclipse.TV, a web portal in the alpha stage that provides convenient bookmarks to a bunch of resources that stream video. It will definitely be of interest to those trying to find where they can watch their favorite shows or are looking for new shows to watch. Check out the full write-up … [Read more...]
Illinois Amtrak In The Very Early Stages of Investigating WiFi For Its Trains
An article in the local newspaper yesterday detailed the initial steps being taken to offer WiFi on Amtrak trains in Illinois. Overseen by the Illinois Department of Transportation, a blueprint for the project is expected in the coming weeks along with cost estimates. "Once we get the data from each of the potential vendors, we'll determine what's feasible and what an … [Read more...]