OpenOffice gets a branded mouse with 18 buttons
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Have you ever looked at your mouse and thought, ‘I wish someone would over complicate this?’ Well, your wishes have come true!
Have you ever looked at your mouse and thought, ‘I wish someone would over complicate this?’ Well, your wishes have come true!
Pepsi recently launched an iPhone app to promote its AMP energy drink. It’s called Before You Score and it is directly targeted at men looking to (in the nicest possible terms) have a fun night with a lady. This past week has seen Pepsi come in for heavy criticism for the app due to its politically incorrect nature. But come on, aren’t we all being a little over-sensitive here? It’s an iPhone app for God’s sake.
Perez Hilton is huge, and not just in the belly department. Here’s a man who became a celebrity for mocking the cult of celebrity and the people involved in it. But a couple of rather major events have recently rocked Perez Hilton the man. Could these have an effect on Perez Hilton the site as well?

It looks like you can add some more rumors to what is going on with the Zune brand at Microsoft, and while they sound promising, will any one actually care?
If you’re looking for some fun free PC games for Windows XP to while away the time, we’ve got forty lined up. Some are the full games, others demos and all of them are free. We’ve also included the download link to save you from searching. Games are listed in alphabetical order.
While open source development isn’t as prevalent in the gaming industry as it is elsewhere, there’s still a number of freely available open source games that cater to all types of gaming. To help guide you in the right direction, here’s a list of the top 10 open source games in terms of popularity and development.
Monster.com’s database of information about job seeker’s registered with the site was compromised, releasing names, email addresses, passwords and other personal information for the second time in less than a year. The company is refusing to disclose the magnitude of the break-in or email its users to inform them of the breach.
Spammers are finding job hunters easy targets in these troubled times. So be wary about using the Internet – the spammers just might decide to drown you in their unsolicited emails.
Usually, when we think of impulse purchases, our minds go to that alluring candy bar that we drop into our cart in the supermarket checkout aisle. Apparently that is not what the typical citizen of Japan thinks of, though. Two of the top 20 impulse buys in that island nation are the Wii Fit game console and the Apple iPhone. Items like candy are on the Japanese list, as well, although in slightly different forms than what their American counterparts would buy on impulse.
With the U.S. economy in need of dire help and employers cinching up the payroll belts, the job market is effectively a barren wasteland, even for those with college and professional degrees. However, your inability to land that dream job may just mean you need to start marketing yourself in a number of ways that are so simple you’ll kick yourself for not doing so earlier, before you started living on Ramen noodles and Koolaid packets.
Employers always seem to have an edge when it comes to finding out information about potential employees online. Whether you get the job or get rejected, you may never know what it was that nudged you either way. BeenVerified is now offering two services, one called InSight that is geared towards businesses and one called StandOut that is for job seekers.
When the Queen of England puts her money behind green technology, it must be good. Queen Elizabeth II has indeed chosen wind power as an investment in green energy, but because a Queen never does things in a small way, she has commissioned the largest wind turbine ever built.
A solar-powered light aircraft called the Zephyr-6 has set an unofficial world record for the longest unmanned flight. It achieved this by staying in the air for 82 hours by running on solar energy, used directly during the day and then via rechargeable batteries overnight.
Intel’s signed a deal to provide chips for DreamWorks, as well as working on ‘revolutionizing 3D filmmaking technology’. Part of that deal involves swapping out AMD Opteron chips for Intel ones.
WordPress just released major upgrade 2.5 not too long ago, followed closely by a bug fix and security update under WordPress 2.5.1. The popular blog platform is already moving right along to the next version, however. Should you upgrade when the next version drops in a week or so? How do you decide?
Disney a few surprises in store for Disney lovers. Recently, Disney announced that Disney.com will feature full stream movies that have played on The Wonderful World of Disney.