It seems to be the $64,000 question in this buzzless launch: Why upgrade to Vista?

It sounds like the whole Aero Glass UI is just going to bog down my computer.
I don’t need Vista for Office ‘07, so I won’t have compatibility issues that force me to upgrade.
It costs money (and [...]

…and you’ll find a URL to this rocking Tenacious D themed Guitar Hero clone flash game.

Caroline McCarthy a NY-beat reporter for CNET gets on Arrington’s case over typos in the name “BitTorrent.” This has gotta be a slow news day for the CNET folks. Here’s Arrington’s response for the curious. I met Caroline a few months back, and I liked her, so I’ll cut her a break.
But [...]

Can anyone recommend a decent Google blogger for me? I’m tired of Matt Cutts (he has a good blog, but I need fresh subject matter. I can only take so much SEO when all I really want is Google culture gossip).

Here is some of the best stuff I have found on YouTube recently:

(Link if you’re reading in RSS). This is visualization of a DJ scratching. The “how does it work” is pretty neat.

(Link if you’re reading in RSS). I think I would categorize this as Machinima. It’s made using a web-based [...]

I bought a wireless mouse and keyboard on Jellyfish the other day. The purpose was two-fold:

I wanted to try out the Jellyfish “Smack” auction-type-thing that was featured on TechCrunch. Sounded like an interesting idea, and I think best way to grok a service is to try it, so I did.
I wanted [...]

I find that the media review sites I like the most are those that are not exclusively review sites. The best example is Penny Arcade for video game reviews. A game’s MetaCritic score does not hold as much influence with me as a favorable anecdote in the “news” section of Penny Arcade. [...]

An emerging company I consult for wants a wiki, and I don’t know what platform to recommend. Does anyone have a wiki platform they recommend (and why?)?
At Union Square Ventures, we use JotSpot, and I have only positive things to say about it (especially with regards to ease-of-use). I would love [...]

I was crusing around YouTube when I came across an Arctic Monkey’s video that disabled embedding into other pages at the request of the content owner: Domino Records. How lame!
The little embed box on the YouTube page for the video says: “Embedding disabled by request.” I tried to see if I could work around [...]