Archive for February, 2005

NYC

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

Forget “The Big Apple.” New York now wants to be known as “The World’s Second Home.” NYC seeks to trademark a new slogan

Love Lettes

Tuesday, February 15th, 2005

Feeling romantic? Don’t write that love letter just yet. However heartfelt, letters and e-mail professing passion are a turnoff, says a psychology professor who has studied both for two years. It’s good to commit, just not pen to paper

Press

Sunday, February 13th, 2005

Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc (OTC: TGTL; OTC: TGTL.PK), today confirmed signing with Rackspace Managed Hosting Europe for the hosting of the official website (www.Gizmondo.com), which in turn will manage many of the end user personalized services and applications for the Gizmondo handheld multi-entertainment device. Tiger Telematics(R) Racked Up for […]

Press

Sunday, February 13th, 2005

Leading IT company brings e-mentoring to Hayes and Harlington school Rackspace offers helping hand to local school children

Press

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005

“It’s getting close to the point that you have to have a hurricane to be able to remove that heat,” said Paul Froutan, vice president of engineering for Rackspace Managed Hosting. The San Antonio firm manages big data centers for customers. Data Centers’ Quest For Cool: Heat Issues Put Servers At Risk

Marijuana

Monday, February 7th, 2005

Regular marijuana use can harm memory and the ability to make decisions, according to Jean Cadet at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Baltimore, Maryland, US. To find out why, he monitored the flow of blood through the brains of 54 marijuana smokers, among whom the heaviest user smoked 50 joints every day. Marijuana […]

More Tivo Drama

Monday, February 7th, 2005

From a purely financial perspective, it’s premature to write an actual obituary for the company. In the most recent quarter, the company still had $88.5 million in cash on hand, with $7.3 million in debt. But on Friday, the company acknowledged that its most recent quarter — one that saw a major ad campaign aimed […]

Shmoo

Sunday, February 6th, 2005

International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows attackers to spoof domain name URLs + SSL certs. The state of homograph attacks

Splenda Makes False Claims?

Tuesday, February 1st, 2005

In ads and on packages, McNeil Nutritionals claims “Splenda is made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar,” according to the Sugar Association. However, the association says the final product doesn’t contain sugar. Texas consumer group is sour on Splenda sweetener