http://www.paladinrecords.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:32:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray, HD DVD's primary advantage from the very beginning had been cheaper prices on players. But Blu-ray has responded, lowering its prices and offering popular promotions, like Wal-Mart's giveaway of 10 Blu-ray titles with the purchase of a Sony PlayStation 3 this past holiday. ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/09/04/toshiba-cuts-hd-dvd-player-prices/ Google Checkout for Political Contributions In our research paper, we suggested that Google and PayPal begin to offer online-campaign contribution systems. The two companies have already spent millions of dollars in establishing trusted brands--enough that millions of users entrust the firms with their credit card details and other personal information, both ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/29/google-paypal-introduce-political-phishing-defens/ The subject line says "Obama sex video!!!" and the e-mail appears to come from "infonews@obama.com, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, says on his blog. A malicious spam e-mail is spreading that claims to have a link to a sex video of Obama but is instead spyware ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/24/obama-sex-video-hardly-its-spyware-spreading-vi/ Wow! Rob Enderle FTW, right?! Unbelievable! A, uh, well, 50-50 shot but he nails it from outside the 3-point line! Well, how old is he? Sadly Rob can't leave a good thing alone. Because in December of 2006 he changed his mind: Optical HD Battle May Be Over: HD DVD Wins (tip ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/23/rob-enderle-ftl/ (Credit: Aliph) Rumor has it Aliph will soon be releasing an updated version of its uber-popular Jawbone Bluetooth headset, but you can grab the original for just $64 (plus shipping)--a pretty solid deal considering that stores like Best Buy sell it for $129. Find more deals, coupon codes, and bargains on CNET's Shopper.com. Renowned ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/23/talk-hands-free-with-aliph-jawbone-bluetooth-heads/ The $1,149 Satellite A305-S6839 swaps the AMD processor for a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU, 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 discrete graphics, and a 320GB hard drive. And the $1,299 Satellite A305-S6845 provides a 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/23/more-details-on-new-toshiba-satellites/ The technology will eventually supplant LCD, Stringer believes, although at the moment he calls it "a perfect television companion." Mossberg gave Stringer a hard time about Sony PCs' pre-loaded software, or "craplets." Other vendors are removing the pre-loads, Mossberg said. "Are you willing to get rid of these craplets?" In ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/23/sony-ceo-stringer-you-cant-afford-our-best-tv/ In the demo video below, both the application and the selected video begin to play around a second after they're launched. That's a whole lot faster than the iPhone, especially the launch time, which should make clicking on YouTube links in e-mails and while browsing a less painful experience. While ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/23/youtube-revamps-mobile-offering-for-symbian-and-wi/ Imagine us saying (in our best Jan Brady voice): "Intel, Intel, Intel!" The chipmaker managed to dominate laptop news this week thanks to the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, where the company heavily hyped all things small, especially its next-generation Classmate PC (see our exclusive full review) and mobile Internet ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/23/this-week-in-laptops/ "The single biggest impediment to MySQLs growth is their ability to give peace of mind to global companies that want to put MySQL into mission-critical deployments." Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL [For some reason in Orlando, Florida - was he swimming with dolphins?]: 1. Linux (by far the most popular platform among ... http://www.paladinrecords.com/index.php/2010/08/23/excerpts-from-the-sun-mysql-press-conference/