R.I.P. John Hughes.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Batman: Arkham Asylum
96Games Master UK
Arkham Asylum is a game with the power to utterly captivate you and can stand proudly alongside modern classics such as "Resident Evil 4", "Gears of War," and "BioShock"...Simply put, Batman: Arkham Asylum is a masterpiece. [Sept 2009, p.66]
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
This is going to be really interesting.
With new ads, Google aims offensive at Microsoft Office
In ongoing war between the two rivals, Google takes to the streets
By Sharon Gaudin
Computerworld - In the latest shot fired in Google Inc.'s ongoing battle with Microsoft Corp., Google announced today that it's taking this fight to the streets.
Literally.
Google is kicking off a month-long ad campaign for its online suite of enterprise office applications. The campaign will have the search giant leasing billboard space in four major U.S. cities -- New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston. Each work day will have a different message for commuters to take in.
The move comes less than a week after Microsoft announced it is partnering with Yahoo on a search and online ad deal. The two companies announced that they had finalized negotiations on a long-anticipated deal that will have Microsoft's Bing search engine powering Yahoo's sites, while Yahoo sells premium search advertising services for both companies.
The deal is geared to hit Google with a united force much greater than either Microsoft or Yahoo could muster alone. Individually, neither company has much of an affect on Google and its overwhelming search market share. Together, though, they hope to at least make a dent.
Ezra Gottheil, an analyst at Technology Business Research Inc., noted that while Microsoft is busy going after Google's search market, Google is using the billboard campaign it go after Microsoft's bread-and-butter Office suite.
"Each company is targeting the other right now," said Gottheil. "They're laying the groundwork for what they both see as an inevitable collision in the future. Right now, neither company is deriving much revenue from its presence in the other's space... Microsoft is more vulnerable because they must cannibalize some of their current application revenue to expand their application market, where Google only has to maintain a rough technical equivalence with Microsoft to maintain its search franchise."
Google's ad campaign and Microsoft's deal with Yahoo are just the latest moves in this ongoing fight between industry giants.
In ongoing war between the two rivals, Google takes to the streets
By Sharon Gaudin
August 3, 2009 01:39 PM ET
Computerworld - In the latest shot fired in Google Inc.'s ongoing battle with Microsoft Corp., Google announced today that it's taking this fight to the streets.Literally.
Google is kicking off a month-long ad campaign for its online suite of enterprise office applications. The campaign will have the search giant leasing billboard space in four major U.S. cities -- New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston. Each work day will have a different message for commuters to take in.
The move comes less than a week after Microsoft announced it is partnering with Yahoo on a search and online ad deal. The two companies announced that they had finalized negotiations on a long-anticipated deal that will have Microsoft's Bing search engine powering Yahoo's sites, while Yahoo sells premium search advertising services for both companies.
The deal is geared to hit Google with a united force much greater than either Microsoft or Yahoo could muster alone. Individually, neither company has much of an affect on Google and its overwhelming search market share. Together, though, they hope to at least make a dent.
Ezra Gottheil, an analyst at Technology Business Research Inc., noted that while Microsoft is busy going after Google's search market, Google is using the billboard campaign it go after Microsoft's bread-and-butter Office suite.
"Each company is targeting the other right now," said Gottheil. "They're laying the groundwork for what they both see as an inevitable collision in the future. Right now, neither company is deriving much revenue from its presence in the other's space... Microsoft is more vulnerable because they must cannibalize some of their current application revenue to expand their application market, where Google only has to maintain a rough technical equivalence with Microsoft to maintain its search franchise."
Google's ad campaign and Microsoft's deal with Yahoo are just the latest moves in this ongoing fight between industry giants.
Quick Hits
Hello friendos.
1) If you're looking for a gift to give (or receive) you could do worse than the Retro Duo NES & SNES Twin Video Game System.
I was doing a little shop the other day and I saw the latest People magazine in the checkout line. Now I hate People magazine and all of those other trashy magazines with the fury of a thousand suns, but I'll tell you I almost picked this one up. Click here to see why. Time for some quick hits!
1) If you're looking for a gift to give (or receive) you could do worse than the Retro Duo NES & SNES Twin Video Game System.2) ThoughtAudio is a web resource that lists cool collection of free full audio books. The collection consist of books from classic literature, history and philosophy, and includes well known titles such as The Call of the Wild, Sidhartha, Metamorphosis… etc. You can browse books, listen them online and download as mp3 file.
3) If you've ever been interested in learning first aid or CPR you can learn it here for free.
4) The Sporting News compiled a list of the 50 greatest coaches of all time.
5) Amazon is selling one year subscriptions to Esquire for $5. A steal.
6) Truu Confessions is a site where you can confess to that thing that's eating you up inside, without any consequences. Even though that's not how you should do it.
7) I've always thought that cremation was a little creepy, but thanks to the good people at Cremation Solutions, it just got a wholllllllle lot creepier.
9) Is your sleep schedule all screwed up? Try resetting your sleep pattern with a 16 hour fast.
10) Here are the movies out on DVD today.
Thhppptt across the board on those dogs. I'm still waiting for stupid Watchman to arrive from Netflix. Anyway, here's Good Hearted Woman by Waylon Jennings. Enjoy!
AB
Monday, August 03, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
