tech news 4/4: “vps is that fire!” edition

i couldn’t be more happier with the move to our new server. the guide is running a lot smoother and i have to give props to spry hosting for being so helpful. i even got my hands dirty with some command line linux!

woot!

just in case you missed that, woot is a cool ‘one day, one deal’ tech shopping site. the colorful banter by the editors for the special product is unfamiliarly refreshing. woot also boasts a nice rss feed for you to keep up with new products. best of all, its cheap! a nice easter egg is clicking the ‘woot’ header image. this takes you to another woot subdomain where they have woot deals on wine! we all know ybp’s love wine.

the much rumored and overly hyped iphone has been confirmed to be released to the massive hoard on june 11th, coordinating with apple’s worldwide developers conference. while i have no doubt that the iphone will be the ‘it’ gadget this summer, the waiting list is beyond ridiculous with cingular and it threatens to undermine the sales of the ipod.

wireless power is on the horizon. cnn is reporting that a startup company called powercast has inked deals with more than 100 companies to commercialize its wireless recharging technology. what this essentially means is that a user will soon be able to recharge their cell phone, dap, bluetooth peripheral (headset, mouse, etc), and even psp without a wire! while the concept of sending power wirelessly isn’t new, the company has been able to focus low levels of the premise in a very efficient manner thus making it commercially viable. i can’t wait!

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editor’s note: i was asked recently why my posts are always in lowercase. the simple answer is that it is a habit from being a coder. many computer languages do not honor capitalization when programming functions. as a result of being exposed to many lines of code, i default to lowercase.