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Chrysler to cap gas price @ $2.99/gallon for new purchases

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Chrysler announced an offer that caps the price of gasoline at $2.99 a gallon for three yearsmebeli for people who buy or lease new vehicles from Wednesday through June 2. The offer is based on 12,000 miles of driving per year at the vehicle's rated fuel economy. Customers will get a ...

XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Microsoft has decided not to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 to Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center as planned on April 29. The reason? A last-minute compatibility issue with a Microsoft application — Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS). Here’s the latest from a company spokesperson: “I wanted to ...

Secret Pre-Release Details On Windows XP Service Pack 3

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Tech ARP was the first to break the news on the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and the final RTM schedule of Windows XP Service Pack 3. Now, they will be the first to release the full details on Microsoft ’s Windows XP Service Pack 3, which as we ...

Wesley Snipes gets sentenced to 3 years

Friday, April 25th, 2008

This is a bunch of crap seriously.  Sure, he definitely needs to make good on the amount he owes, PLUS fines.  But sentencing him to 3 years in jail that they taxpayers have to pay for is ridiculous.   I know it will be appealed and at minimum I do think ...

EBay sues Craigslist

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

For whatever reason, EBay is suing Craigslist.  What is more surprising to me is that EBay owns roughly 28% of Craigslist.  I suppose it is smart for EBay since they are probably losing money because since they keep raising their fees, it is more lucrative for sellers to use Craigslist ...

Windows XP SP3 released to manfacturing today, due out Apr 29

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The newest service pack (SP3) for Microsoft's Windows XP is due to release to manufacturing today, April 21st with a public release date of April 28th. There are supposed to be a ton of fixes, including news ones, along with some new features such as NAP included. Given ...

Gaming appearing recession proof as Wii, DS dominate sales

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Gaming appears recession proof?  It's not hard to believe because if you look at the price per hour entertainment value it makes sense.  You can spend $40-$60 for a game you can play for 70+ hours which makes it very cheap entertainment.  Think about going out to the movies... you'll ...

Best Buy offers HD DVD owners $10 million in gift cards, trade in

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

If you bought a HD DVD player from Best Buy prior to February 23rd, 2008 you may be eligible for a $50 gift card.  I don't know if I'm happy that I'm going to get one for the XBox 360 attachment I bought, or sad because I am now stuck ...

Ashley Dupre in Girls Gone Wild video

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

That's right, the high class hooker "Kristin" that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer gave up his career for is starring in her own Girls Gone Wild video!  She was originally offered $1 Million dollars to do a video, but she didn't act fast enough before Joe Francis realized that she ...

Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Wow, this is a pretty large transaction and it will be interesting if the deal is accepted! In a boldLe but de jeux en ligne gratuit. move to counter Google’s online pre-eminence, Microsoft said FridayVariationen von poker. that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44.6 billion ...