Friday 31 July 2009

SysAdmin Day

Happy SysAdmin day!

A big thanks to all system administrators - you keep the world running.

The last Friday in July marks the 10th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day.

It is an international day that aims to highlight the issues faced by system administrators and provide an opportunity to say ‘thank you’ for all those late nights fighting malware, blackouts and internet outages.

A sysadmin is a professional, who plans, worries, hacks, fixes, pushes, advocates, protects and creates good computer networks, to get you your data, to help you do work -- to bring the potential of computing ever closer to reality.

You can also keep track of the thank you messages and add your own on Twitter using the #sysadminday hash tag.

See the full news in the ComputerWorld Article and in the BoingBoing Directory

Tuesday 14 July 2009

Best Buy Online

Best Buy is an online consumer electronics retailer for electronics, televisions, DVD players, home audio, car audio, computers, cameras, music, movies, software, games and more.

On July 19 they will begin an effort to respond to electronics inquiries posted by Twitter users.

Best Buy is partnering with TiVo TiVo digital video recorder (DVR) service to create a unique user interface for customers who buy TiVo DVRs directly from its store.

The interface would allow Best Buy to market digital content services, offer guidance and advice to consumers, and engage in interactive dialogue with consumers about its products and services.

Best Buy is clearly prioritizing digital media as a means of engaging with consumers.

You will find many more details on this news at:

Marketing Vox

Thursday 9 July 2009

Acer Aspire One 10.1 lcd 1.6ghz Netbook

The Acer Aspire One D150 netbook PC come with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 Operating System, 10.1 inch WSVGA LCD screen which delivers 1024 x 600 of resolutions.

It features high-brightness Acer CrystalBrite technology for best possible visual experience, the Video is boasted by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, Crystal Eye webcam integrated into the LCD’s bezel.

AO-D150 is powered by 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom N270 processor (533 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache) and it uses just 2.5 watts of power for excellent battery management, 6-cell battery provides up to 6 hours of battery life with weighs just under 3 pounds. 1 GB of installed RAM can be expanded to a maximum of 1.5 GB. It has 160 GB SATA hard disk drive.

This Acer Aspire One D150 notebook has an integrated wireless LAN (Acer InviLink) that’s compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g networks and offers Acer’s SignalUp technology. It also equiped with 3 USB 2.0 ports, Multi-in-1 memory card reader supports Secure Digital™ (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Reduced-Size Multimedia (RS-MMC), Memory Stick™ (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card™ (xD).

You can buy this very affardable PC for only only $259.99 + $5 shipping.

The information has been provided by IT-echo.com acer aspire one review

You will find PCs, Laptops, Notebooks and Computer Accessories at Computers and Electronics store

Thursday 2 July 2009

Better World Books

BusinessWeek readers nominated Better World Books one of the most promising social entrepreneurs in the country.

The company was founded by Xavier Helgesen and his partners, Kreece Fuchs and Jeff Kurtzman. "We just thought, like, wow, there are all these books out there that the bookstores are just saying, 'No, I don't want it,' but there's totally value in those books," Helgesen said.

From their site: "Better World Books offers a no cost program to help you manage your discarded and donated books. We make the most of your books by selling them on over 18 online-marketplaces and sharing the proceeds with you and one of our nonprofit literacy programs.

"Better World Books donates 5 to 10 percent of its revenue back into the hands of libraries and literacy programs around the world.

Read a full article on CNN.com/Living