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  • Joe Biden: RIAA stooge

    Glen Weaver 26 Aug 2008

    • Joe Biden, huh? Talk about strike three. 2000: Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Lieberman “loses” election. Flash forward to 2008 and this stuffy jerk – who spent part of his career going ...

  • Seinfeld vs. Justin Long? Please, let's get someone with some funny.

    Glen Weaver 21 Aug 2008

    •   Can we all agree that Jerry Seinfeld was never the funny one? For all his quirks and humorous relationships, Jerry was always the straight man to his consistently hilarious compatriots. Good at ...

  • Google Reader has my vote

    Kristen Caretta - TechTarget 21 Aug 2008

    • You may have noticed the new feature on the Google homepage. It reads: “New! Read what Barack Obama and John McCain are reading with Google Reader.” Yes, now you too can see what Senator John ...

  • Press releases as prose

    Glen Weaver 12 Aug 2008

    • I don’t doubt that writing a press release that catches the eye is a tough job. But this is just dumb: “Dear Zach, “Will Shakespeare sure didn’t have to wrestle with the issues IT managers’ face ...

  • Save the data! How safe is our personal information?

    Kristen Caretta - TechTarget 08 Aug 2008

    • The search for the missing Registered Traveler laptop is finally over. The laptop, belonging to Verified Identity Pass Inc.(VIP), was reported missing from a locked office in the San Francisco ...

  • Forrester: No room for cowboy culture in IT

    Glen Weaver 04 Aug 2008

    • Just like Toby Keith, I should have been a cowboy. Alas, I went into journalism and never did get the hang of a lasso. If you’re in IT, a new Forrester report says, you should let those cattle ...

  • Weekly wrapup

    Glen Weaver 24 Jul 2008

    • I think the “things that tick us off” theme of this blog is rubbing off on one of our contributors. Just yesterday, The Real Niel gave us a killer column about how bad your business will look if ...

  • Fighting for a Vista rebate. Because somebody has to.

    Glen Weaver 21 Jul 2008

    • Some people suffer the insufferable for piece of mind and for the good of all of us who want to live safe, comfortable lives. The mysterious uncle_benji is one of those people. Ben, as I’ll call ...

  • Big green HP scheme

    Kristen Caretta - TechTarget 21 Jul 2008

    • With polar bears balancing on ice cubes in the Arctic Circle and gas prices skyrocketing, we are all looking to be a bit more ‘green’ in our everyday lifestyle choices. Right? Well, we’re trying. ...

  • San Francisco IT hack story looks a bit too much like Chinatown

    Glen Weaver 16 Jul 2008

    • What the hell is going on in San Francisco? It’s like a freaking detective novel out there all of a sudden. One of the city’s top IT guys has been accused of locking other administrators out of the ...