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Dell misses on sales, beats on EPS — Dell said the global economic slowdown has consumers and businesses pulling back on technology spending, when it reported third-quarter results Thursday.... [Tags: consumers, dell, eps, global economic slowdown, third quarter results]

More Proof That Brave And Bold Is The Greatest Show On TV [Batman: The Brave And The Bold] — I was pretty much bowled over by last week's first episode of Batman: The Brave and The Bold, with its pop-art combination of fun, action and villains with cosmic-powered gongs for weapons, but this pic from Friday's second episode promises that even better is to come. Yes, that's Batman turned into an ape, ready for action beside Plastic Man. And if you need more evidence of the show's greatness, look below for a second picture of awesome. Because Bat-Ape wasn't good enough, the episode also features Batman versus a T-Rex. Seriously, what else do you people need from your television?... [Tags: batman, cartoon network, first episode, fridays, gongs]

Twittertise: Playboy Does it. Why Not You? — That’s right, Playboy really does use Twittertise. This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials. Company Name Twittertise 20-Word Description Twittertise allows you to schedule tweets and track their clickthroughs. CEO’s Pitch Twittertise allows you to advertise on Twitter and track the success of branded communications with your customers. Using Twittertise you can schedule your communications on Twitter up to a year in advance and using URL tracking technology measure the effectiveness of your traffic driving techniques on the platform.  We have complete graphing analytics... [Tags: advertisements, analytics, automation, browser window, ceo]

Dell 3Q profit falls as PC spending slows — ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Dell says its third-quarter profit fell 5 percent as businesses around the world spent less on computers.... [Tags: 3q, dell, quarter profit, rock texas]

Dell Profit Rises, Beats Forecasts; Shares Jump — Dell reported improved earnings that easily exceeded expectations, sending its shares higher in late trading.Microsoft Looking at Raising Debt... [Tags: beats, dell profit, earnings, microsoft]

Samsung Starts Mass Production of 256GB SSDs — Samsung on Thursday said it has started mass production 256G-byte solid-state drives, which could make its way to notebooks in...... [Tags: mass production, notebooks, samsung, solid state drives, ssds]

Remove Duplicate ICal Birthday Reminders — Here's a super-simple Thursday tip regarding iCal and the Birthdays calendar. The Birthdays calendar is a special one that...... [Tags: birthday reminders, birthdays]

Verizon XV6900 update leaks, brings WinMo 6.1 and Opera Mobile — Filed under: Handsets, Software, HTC, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA Still clutching your trusty XV6900, are you? Not heading out in a few hours to secure yourself a Storm? If you're the mettlesome type, you can surf on over to PhoneNews and suck down the latest and greatest (and unofficial) software update for the Verizon-branded HTC Touch. Version 3.14.605.1 reportedly takes your Windows Mobile to 6.1 and adds in gpsOne, VZ Navigator and Opera Mobile. Don't forget to backup your smooth jazz and whatnot before diving into the unknown, though.[Via jkOnTheRun]Verizon XV6900 update leaks, brings WinMo 6.1 and Opera... [Tags: diving into the unknown, engadget mobile, leaks, opera mobile, smooth jazz]

iSerenity Ambient Sounds Offer Soothing Background Noise [Distraction] — Whether you work quietly alone at home or in an office where the hum of fluorescent lights is the dominant soundtrack of your day, tune into one of the 31 ambient loops offered on the iSerenity web site. Listen to the clack of typewriters and maybe your own keyboard pace will pick up; if you miss the big city, you can have New York City as your background (at least, the safe-for-work version); expatriate Angelenos would probably prefer "Highway Hiatus." It's like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for your ears. Looking for more phonic tonics? SimplyNoise does white noise in your... [Tags: background noise, clack, distraction, ears, environments]

Hayabusa-Powered Geo Metro To Take On LeMons, Sneers At Ghettocharged Miata [24 Hours Of Lemons] — Did you think that the Ghettocharged FrankenMiata, Faster Farms Chickenmobile, pair of X1/9s, and other awesomeness meant that the upcoming 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse-Freeze-A-Palooza couldn't possibly get any better? Wrong! We've just received a few photos of the Team Metro-Gnome Geo Metro, which is powered by- hallelujah!- a Hayabusa engine! It's a front-wheel-drive setup, chain-driving the original Suzuki transaxle… and, yes, that is a toilet plunger being used as a grease seal. Make the jump to get the story from team member Alex. OK, I'll bite. What nerdy-car-geek-blog wants to feature a $500 Franken-crapper like our car? Here is... [Tags: 24 hours of lemons, awesomeness, crapper, differential, front wheel drive]

Dinner Tonight: French Onion Soup with Star Anise — From Recipes You could argue that messing with classic recipes like French Onion Soup shouldn't be done. Nevertheless, in a search to transform the recipe from the very authentic (hours of caramelization and real homemade beef broth) to the everyday, some things are going to change. This recipe from a recent issue of Gourmet sounded interesting: Instead of the usual Gruyère cheese, salty Spanish Manchego is brought in, and the stock used for the soup is steeped with star anise, a Chinese spice also used in some Indian and Vietnamese cooking with a delicate licorice-y flavor. The star anise adds... [Tags: beef broth, browning process, classic recipes, dutch oven, flavors]

New Version of Office-in-a-Box — Think of this as a phone system with extra stuff, rather than a file and print server with added phones.... [Tags: print server]

MiniTube Winamp plugin adds YouTube videos to your playlist — Filed under: Audio, Video, Windows, Freeware MiniTube is a plugin for WinAmp that attempts to find music videos from YouTube for every song in your playlist. Here's how it's supposed to work: A song starts to play, and MiniTube will automatically find the best music video available for the song and start playing it. That's the theory anyway. But the actual practice is a bit shakier.That's because MiniTube just grabs the first video it can find that roughly matches the song's metadata. That means there's a pretty decent chance you'll get the wrong video from the right artist, a video... [Tags: amateur musicians, best music, decent chance, grabs, metadata]

Etymology: One — Etymology is fascinating to me. Most recently I was reading about the history of the word “one”. Have you ever wondered why it’s pronounced wun instead of rhyming with own? According to the sources I’ve read (including the awesome Online Etymology Dictionary), it originally did. In fact, the word only still uses that pronunciation, and derives from the same root. The change apparently began in the 14th century in southwestern England, and by the 18th century it was in common usage. Related: did you know that the term “one night stand” was originally used in reference to theater performance? It... [Tags: 14th century, 18th century, etymology, macbeth, night stand]

City Room: Mass Meets Class for Artisanal Cheeses — Murray’s Cheese, the renowned Greenwich Village cheese shop, has partnered with Kroger, the country’s largest supermarket chain.... [Tags: artisanal cheeses, cheese shop, greenwich village, kroger, supermarket chain]

Bush snubbed at G20 Summit — Rick Sanchez on CNN showed this video of world leaders at the G20 Summit refusing to shake hands with President Bush. Sanchez says "It's almost sad." (Via The Fire Wire)... [Tags: cnn, g20 summit, president bush, rick sanchez, world leaders]

Congress Stalls Automakers' Bid For Relief — After the Big Three auto executives spent two days seeking support on Capitol Hill for a bailout, the grand finale is no finale at all. Democratic leaders say they are delaying a vote until the auto companies present a plan on how they will restructure their business.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: auto companies, auto executives, automakers, bailout, capitol hill]

Are there any clues in that new Lost poster? — Filed under: Lost, Watercooler Talk, Reality-FreeWhen the Lost season 4 poster was released last season, I took a few minutes to analyze it with you and try to extract clues and spoilers from it. The biggest clues we found in that poster was the skyline of a city reflecting on the water and the number 6, also in the water. Both foreshadowed the Oceanic 6 getting off the island.It's time to resume our investigation, this time, with the season 5 official poster (see right, bigger version after the jump) which I've found at DocArzt's Lost Blog.Continue reading Are there any... [Tags: few minutes, lost season 4, number 6, permalink, skyline]

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #399: November 20, 2008 — Content summary: Next Thursday’s show and listener contributions; about ‘Tactical Transparency’; update on Chuck Hester interview; follow-up discussion: what to learn from the speed and scale of the Motrin storm; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on social media convergence in Minneapolis, and more; News That Fits - interesting new sites: New Media for Internal Corporate Communicators, Common Craft Explainer Network, MicroPR Personalizes Public Relations; listeners’ comments discussion; and more. Listen to FIR now: Get FIR: Download the MP3 file (27.6Mb, 60:17) Subscribe to the RSS feed Get the show at iTunes Messages from our sponsors: FIR... [Tags: 35 years, berkshire england, california usa, concord california, content summary]

How Google Could Have Made Lively Work: No Sex, More Ads, Firefox (GOOG) — Less than five months after launch, Google (GOOG) is shutting down virtual world Lively. The reason it's going away: It's useless to Google's search ad business. Which is why the company said it's dumping Lively to "focus more on our core search, ads and apps business." But that doesn't mean that Google couldn't have built a decent virtual world if it wanted to. If Google wasn't under the gun by a tanking economy, and if they had real incentive to build a virtual world, here's how they could have made Lively more successful: Hold up the launch of Windows- and... [Tags: anthropomorphic animals, anvil, disproportionate number, early adopter, firefox web browser]

Alltel adds HTC Touch Pro to line-up — Wireless provider Alltel has recently added the HTC Touch Pro to its line-up of phones. The QWERTY smartphone is available now, priced at about $280 to new subscribers with a contract and after a $100 rebate. The 2.8-inch, 480x640 screen of the devic...... [Tags: alltel, devic, htc touch, qwerty, smartphone]

Alternative "Sexiest Man" Lists — CULTURE BUZZ: So People thinks Hugh Jackman is currently the sexiest man out there. Who else we got? Barack Obama, Robert Downey Jr. and Trace Adkins are other options, if Jackman doesn't float your boat. Apparently people like David Beckham, too. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: Jezebel’s 10 Sexiest Everyday Men Of 2008 Salon’s Sexiest Man Living 2008 Beckham Was Atop OK! Magazine’s Version of the List Earlier in 2008 Country’s Sexiest Man 2008: Trace Adkins People’s Sexiest Men Alive 2008: Hugh Jackman... [Tags: barack obama, best links, buzz, david beckham, everyday men]

Nortel Hopes IP “Trunking” Will Reduce SMB Costs — Nortel's IP trunking technology is a way for SMBs to combine voice and data connections through PBX exchanges, which the company says will improve efficiency, cut costs and provide a professional polish to midmarket companies. - Nortels senior marketing manager for Carrier VoIP and Applications Marketing, Rob Scheible, says he gets one constant appeal from midmarket companies looking to increase their competitiveness, and it isnt about saving money. “When we talk to SMBs, they all say, ‘We may be a small business, but we do...... [Tags: competitiveness, data connections, efficiency, ip trunking, marketing manager]

Oil at 3-year lows; gas below $2 in 23 states — Benchmark crude fell as low as $48.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil prices today hit levels not seen in more than three years and retail gasoline prices are now below $2 across nearly half of the country on dour economic reports suggesting a painful economic pullback.... [Tags: economic reports, lows, new york mercantile, new york mercantile exchange, oil prices]

Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand ‘challenging’ — Dell’s third quarter was a mixed bag. Revenue was down amid weak demand, but earnings were better than expected. The outlook was “challenging” as expected. The company reported third quarter earnings of $727 million, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of $15.16 billion. The good news: Earnings handily topped estimates of 31 cents a share. [...]... [Tags: cost cutting, dell, estimates, quarter earnings]

Milk Cast Spills: Penn Calls Prop 8 "Manslaughter" — James Franco as real-life gay rights activist Scott Smith, Sean Penn as Harvey Milk. Photo: Phil Bray/Focus Features. Gus Van Sant’s new film Milk tells the story of Harvey Milk, who in 1977 became the first openly gay man to be elected to a major public office in the United States, only to be assassinated within his first year of serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. At turns tragic and exhilarating, the film chronicles the last eight years of Milk’s life (played by Sean Penn), when he worked on campaigns for public office and the protection of gay... [Tags: alison pill, archival footage, board of supervisors, director of photography, emile hirsch]