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Archive - Jan 2005

cnn.com: Apple Voted Most Influential Brand

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 01/31/2005 - 2:00am

Now if only their Macs had more than a 3% market share. Read the full story.

Are Plot-Heavy Video Games Bad?

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 01/31/2005 - 2:00am

Are video games helped or hindered by strong plots and numerous cutscenes?

spiked.com: Don't Panic: Global Warming

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:00am

Some thoughts on a different kind of hot air. Read the full story.

nuketown.com: Atomic Age Moved to New URL

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 01/25/2005 - 2:00am

Ken Newquist's personal blog, The Atomic Age, is now powered by Blogger and resides on blogspot.com. Read the full story.

wired.com: Turning the Tables on Spammers

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 01/25/2005 - 2:00am

Anti-spam activists gather at an MIT conference to discuss how to take the fight to the spammers. Read the full story.

Bastion Press Blow-Out Insanity Sale Ends Jan. 31

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 01/25/2005 - 2:00am

Bastion Press -- an excellent publisher of d20 source books usable with Dungeons & Dragons -- is having a huge sale via its web site through Jan. 31.

wired.com: Titan's Streams Like Earth's

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Sun, 01/23/2005 - 2:00am

A deeper look at the Titan's liquid methane streams reveals simularities to Earth's hydrosphere. Read the full story.

cnn.com: Experts: 'Phishing' More Sophisticated

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Sat, 01/22/2005 - 2:00am

The online attacks are getting increasingly sophisticated, and are moving beyond e-mail. In a move I find particularly scary, some are targeting the DNS servers which are what tell your browser how to get to Amazon.com. A compromised DNS server could route you to an Amazon.com look-a-like instead, with you none the wiser. Read the full story.

macworld.com: Mini Options

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Fri, 01/21/2005 - 2:00am

An opinion piece discussing the impact of the Mac mini on corporate America. Read the full story.

cnn.com: Darth Tater

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Thu, 01/20/2005 - 2:00am

Did the world really need this? I know I didn't, but I'm somewhat burned out on Star Wars. Read the full story.