A couple of weeks ago we were able to give out 16 Pownce invites to the first 16 people that commented.  This week we’ve got 18 invites to give away! Remember, Pownce is used to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends, and the only way to get involved is with an invite.

As last time, Chris over at Learn Firefox has volunteered to give his six invites

Any guesses what the best global brand is for 2007? I’ll tell you this much, it’s not Google, but the good news for them is that their brand value has improved quite a bit over the last year. Topping the list is actually Coca-Cola with Microsoft and IBM taking 2nd and 3rd places respectively.  This information comes from a recent survey conducted by Interbrand and reported

I can honestly answer with a big NO, I’m not addicted to mobile email. I’d need a mobile email device first before I’d be able to have an addiction! I just use a simple Motorola phone for making and receiving calls, and checking voicemail. That’s all. But apparently I’m in the minority because a recent survey conducted by AOL tells us that those of you with

I don’t know how, but I missed the release of Full Circle Magazine issue #2 which was available a month ago. So I thought today I would write a combined post that covers issue #2 as well as #3 which was just released.

Full Circle Magazine is a user-created magazine designed for Ubuntu Linux users. It normally includes how-to’s, guides, and

We’ve talked about Secunia’s online software inspector before. It doesn’t require that you download any application, and it operates completely through your browser. The purpose of using it is to find out-dated software on your computer. You may not see much of a threat in running an older version of an application, but your computer can be left vulnerable to attacks when it comes to

Need a way to waste some time today? Checkout Fichey. It just launched and it serves as a way for you to browse through sites that are currently popular. You can also browse through sites that were popular previously by selecting a date on their calendar. You’ll be served pages from sites like del.icio.us, Digg, Downfly, Reddit, and StumbleUpon.

It’s flash based and definitely looks “nice,” but I don’t see

Fun Friday

After viewing some of the old-school tech commercials I dug-up below, you’ll probably be as thankful as I am at how far we’ve come!

Atari
Have you played Atari today?

Windows Commercial
And yes, from what I can tell, it’s real.

Apple IIc Commercial
Note: You can even get a mouse with it!