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System Update

By bleepsblops

Yesterday I received a phone call from a friend asking for some help with some technical issues concerning his computer. He is the owner of a T60 Lenovo (former IBM) laptop and he had found some awkward behavior concerning the use of the “Presentation Director” tool from Lenovo. The whole thing started on Monday... »

From Believer to Skeptic – Apples and IBMs

By bleepsblops

I believe it was the end of the 70′s and the beginning of the 80′s. Things were changing fast and in the fast lane was personal computing. At the age of five I had my very first contact with a computer, or at least what people believed to be a computer at that time.... »

Microsoft & Yahoo – Is it the answer?

By bleepsblops

The giant Microsoft announced last Friday (February 3rd) its offer of $44.6bn on an unsolicited bid to buy the long runner and Internet veteran company Yahoo!. For a long time both Yahoo! and Microsoft with its MSN Search have been struggling to break Google’s hegemony as the number 1 search engine on Internet. The... »

Celebrities, Marketing and Blogs

By bleepsblops

1.      Celebrities are media dependant 2.      A blog is a cheap, direct and interactive medium 3.      Celebrities’ blogs have an economical function 4.      The celebrity’s image is a product presented by the blog 5.      The image presented in blog by a celebrity is a subproduct of the celebrity public role 6.      The level of... »