Today, a very surprising announcement was made by Blizzard Entertainment. Starcraft II, which is the sequel to the very popular 'Starcraft' series, has been announced. This game has been a rumor in a lot of people's minds for a very long time. The original game was developed 9 years ago, and was... (Read More)

It's here! No, not winter, the 2006 Certification Magazine results are in. Last year I wrote a similar article regarding these results, and the top spots were all 'System Administration' certifications. This year it is quite a bit different, the sought after CCIE has actually fallen from the top 5,... (Read More)

Microsoft announced that Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007 are now all available to 'Business' users. While most websites were speculating that this wouldn't be released to anyone (except OEM Manufactures) until January. To most it would appear that Microsoft is trying to get a head... (Read More)

The latest issue that has really been upsetting me lately is how corporations are no longer taking liability for their mistakes. One of the cases in particular is the new Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX that I purchased recently. Nvidia recently released their GeForce 8800 series graphics cards, which,... (Read More)

Today the US House of Representatives has approved a new restriction on online gambling. This will in effect make gambling online as severe as owning child pornography. Both will be classified as a Class C Felony. This is a 12 billion dollar industry, with a good chunk (> 30%) of users based out of... (Read More)

If you asked me this question about 10 years ago, the answer would have been 'No'. Now however, I have a Chinese wife and in-laws, so learning the language really doesn't sound like a bad idea. The Chinese government has released a new website to help promote the learning of their language. This... (Read More)

This last month Google released their Google Checkout service. Recently there was a lot of speculation over what this service actually was, several people were saying that this was going to be similar to Paypal, but now we know for sure. I had my first experience with this new Google site yesterday... (Read More)

I was recently working on a personal project to setup a PVR system for my living room. The first part of this project was relatively easy; I just bought another dell computer. The next step was a little bit complicated, see, personally I would typically like to use an OS that has a portage type... (Read More)

Recently I've been selected to participate on quite a few of the google 'beta' projects, such as analytics, Company based e-mail, and their google page maker. First off, let me just say that all of the google projects are wonderful. I've been playing with the google analystics recently and the... (Read More)

Lately, it appears that computer certifications are becoming one of the most important credentials that employers are looking for. It seems that while employers are looking for this key asset, corporations are starting to put out more certifications for people to get. Microsoft and Red Hat both... (Read More)

The UltraSparc T1 processor, code-named Niagara, has eight computing engines on a single chip, with each core capable of handling up to four tasks at once, Sun said Monday. It expects to ship systems based on the processor by the end of the year. The new chip uses about 70 watts of power on... (Read More)

For all of you windows users that have been debating whether or not to change to Linux; now is the time to act, to see what it is all about. The people at Linspire are giving Linspire 5.0 away for free (digital download only) until September 6th. Simply go to purchase the $49.95 digital edition,... (Read More)

So I got a new Dell system with the Intel Dual Core 3Ghz chip. First I expected this to be *better* than the Dell I purchased a month ago that was a 3ghz Pentium 4 with HyperThreading. In that aspect I wasn't completely wrong, it did outperform the P4 in almost every benchmark, but nowhere near... (Read More)