Bing Or Not To Bing!

OK- have you checked out the latest from Microsoft? Yes I'm referring to the newly named search engine that is suppose to take down Google, It's called Bing. I've heard about 30 different and some very funny jokes about the Bing! Mainly that it is great for searching porn and then therefor you get the first Bing! Not that I've checked for such things. Some say it already has passed Yahoo's numbers but really is that a hard thing to do (BING) get it.
It's a good name for the joking aspect, but It looks like it has potential. Check it out for yourself and then go tell someone to BING something. Ha Ha Don't worry..I have a million of these. They are quite easy and fun to come up with.

The PRE Is Here.. can I Get In Line?

Well, today we have the Pre going on sale...will there be any lines, will it be a hit? We will know in just under 10 hours or so when first reports start dribbling in. There is a story already going around the net about an old women who couldn't wait so she drove her car through the front door of a store that will be selling these hot little numbers. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/06/pre-car-pileup-rm-eng.jpg

Twitter..Who's Buying?

Ok, There's been a lot of talk about who is going to but Twitter and why?
The list is decent and all the big boys are in the hunt. We have heard to name a few..Apple,Microsoft,Yahoo and Google but the list goes on. The big question is why?
Twitter isn't making any money and no one knows how to monetize any of these types of sites
other then ad space. There is talk about charging corporate companies a fee but as soon as they pull a stunt like that everyone goes south.
So again the question still stand why?

Zune HD Latest

One of the features of the Zune HD is its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display.
The Zune HD that Microsoft plans to ship this fall should be amazing by all accounts.
The software maker announced plans for the product on Tuesday and released a photo.
The most striking feature is the device's striking organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display.
The Internet browser it's based on Internet Explorer 6, as is the Windows Mobile browser, but the real question is whether Microsoft has made the interface better than that on its phones.
I can't wait till the HD version comes out, I have to get it!
Videos are on YouTube for viewing.
Curious to see what Apple does with the iPod Touch. Will they add a camera?

OLED X-series Walkman From Sony

Sony's OLED X-series

Well, well, well... what do we have here? Oh, it's Sony's anxiously awaited (in the States, that is) OLED X-series Walkman, all ripped to shreds before most of us have even held one in our tiny hands. Yes, a Holmesian sleuth over at Sony Insider has trolled the FCC for the internal shots of this dude, and discovered a few tidbits of heretofore unknown info, namely that the PMP boasts a 250MHz NEC MP201 ARM processor. There's one more shot after the break, and be sure to hit up the read link for all the pertinent, discernable specs.

Palm Pre Goes on Sale June 6th for $200?

The day you've been waiting for is here? Sprint just announced that the Pre will cost $199.99 after $100 mail-rebate and 2-year contract and will launch on June 6th as rumored. The phone will go on sale nationwide (US-only for the moment) at Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, and select Wal-Mart stores. The Pre will be available under Sprint's Everything Data or Business Essentials with Messaging and Data plans. Accessories include the optional $69.99 Touchstone charging dock kit that includes the $49.99 dock and $19.99 Pre back cover. June 6th, that's two days before the WWDC keynote. Poor Apple.

Phishers Cast Lures Into Facebook's Social Stream

Have you received some odd messages from your friends on Facebook lately? Are they suddenly attempting to sell you pharmaceuticals? Or perhaps you've received a cryptic "Check this out!" followed by a link to a page that looks something like Facebook, only it asks you for your log-in information again? It's a common phishing tactic, and scammers have recently been blanketing Facebook with it.

A new wave of phishing and spamming attacks is hitting Facebook users as scammers attempt to get hold of their passwords, the social networking site acknowledged in a statement.

Similar phishing and spamming scams -- in which messages supposedly from their friends lure victims to a malicious Web site -- have been occurring with greater intensity since the end of April.

The sites typically display a fake, though convincing-looking, Facebook page where users are prompted to input their login information. In addition, spam messages -- supposedly from Facebook friends -- display links to online pharmacies, according to Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant for Sophos.

Facebook is currently attempting to block the links to phishing sites. Site managers are also making efforts to scrub the links from users' Wall posts and reset the passwords of affected individuals.

The attacks are thought to be related to the fbaction.net/fbstarter.com phishing campaign that struck the site a few weeks ago, Facebook said.

"We are generally seeing more and more spamming taking place on social networks -- more than ever before," Sophos' Cluley told TechNewsWorld, "so it's becoming a more common problem."