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Archive for 2005
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005Battlestar Galactica Named Show Of The Year
Tuesday, December 27th, 2005Time has named Battlestar Galactica the 2005 show of the year. All I can say is, well duh. 
Don’t forget BSG returns in Janurary.
For those of you wanting more BSG, Amazon.com
No, that isn’t my christmas list.
Opera Software Denies Any Takeover
Monday, December 26th, 2005“It’s not true. We have not been bought, and we have not received any offers. It’s just a rumor, like the Google rumor last week.” a representative from Opera Software said when talking to C|Net news.
So there you have it. The “insider information” that CoolTechZone claimed to have was nothing more than BS. And guess what, I called it. 
Join The D&D:Online Beta When You Pre-Order The Game
Monday, December 26th, 2005You can now join the beta test for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach when you pre-order the game from Amazon.com
Both stores have a regular and limited version listed for sale.
- EBGames: D&DO LE D&DO- Amazon: D&DO LE
Merry Christmas
Sunday, December 25th, 2005Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone had a great holiday and stayed safe. God bless.
Microsoft Has Baught Opera Software
Friday, December 23rd, 2005Here is one piece of BS I’ll leave with you before I head out to see family. According to this article, which contains no sources, Microsoft and Opera Software have come to a deal that allows Opera Software to be purchased by the monopoly.
Bullshit? Yup, I think so. IMO it’s probably nothing more than a made up story by CTZ in order to get traffic, which they are getting thanks to Digg.
Stay tuned to Opera Watch, as I’m sure Daniel will have some real information on anything going on later.
And with that I’m off. See everyone in a few days.
Opera Watch’s A Look Back At Opera In 2005
Thursday, December 22nd, 2005Daniel Goldman of Opera Watch has posted a nice article in which he takes a look back at some of the big items related to Opera in the past year, You can read the flashback here.
Though I think Daniel might have posted a bit too soon, as he didn’t get Dvorak’s comments on there.
Microft Should Buy Opera – NOT!
Thursday, December 22nd, 2005I’m sure most people have heard of John Dvorak by now. He’s an editor for PCMag, and IMHO an idiot, but I think as one Slashdot member said it best (link), “He [Dvorak] is one of the most successful trolls on all of the Internet.” What’s Dvorak’s comments this time? Well, the guy seams to think that Microsoft buying Opera would be a good thing.
Umm… let’s think about this for a second. Does this sound like a good idea? How about a big, “hell no.”
If MS were to buy Opera, you’d take the best browser on the Internet and screw it up. You’d make a monopoly bigger, and reduce competition in the marketplace. Where is the good in that? o.O
I will agree with him on one thing.
Since Opera has a Mac version this may also be a reason for Microsoft to not upgrade any more than it has to. If this happening, the biggest loser might be Mozilla Firefox since many consider Opera to not only be the best browser available, but the fastest and the one with the best page rendering engine.
Anyway, there are a lot of interesting comments to read at Opera Watch and Slashdot.
The rumors of anyone buying Opera isn’t new. Just a week ago, rumors were flying that Google could buy Opera. Personally, I’d like to see Opera the way it is, but if someone were to buy it, I’d rather it be Google than MS.
Google Music Search
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005Google has been hard at work improving the different ways you can use their search. The latest feature, as reported on the Google Blog, is the ability to search for a popular artist, group, or band which will return results about the artist, reviews, cover art, and more. Heck there is even links for you to buy the music.
Here are some examples:
Just search away.
Google Releases Homepage API
Thursday, December 15th, 2005Earlier this week Google released an API for the Personalized Google Homepage. More information is available on the API page and the Google Blog.
There have already been a few modules created. Nothing really exciting at the moment.