Author Archives: Rob Beschizza

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48Cake

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

I like Rob Brennan’s cake. [flickr]

$9,995

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Etsy via Cult of Mac.

Crazy customer flashes gun at Apple store

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

From the Cincinatti Inquirer: A clerk at the Apple Store in Kenwood Towne Centre kept a cool head when a customer reportedly took his frustration with his iPhone too far. Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies say Donald Goodrich, 38, took his … Continue reading →

The original IBM Thinkpad

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

From Continous Lean, via Daring Fireball.

Cars! Mercedes’ future wireless entertainment tech

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Dr. Kal Mos, Engineering Director for Mercedes-Benz R&D, North America, demonstrates future in-vehicle entertainment and information systems at the company’s Palo Alto lab. In the fourth post from our visit to Mercedes’ North American research lab in Palo Alto (Disclosure: … Continue reading →

Ooma Telo: VoIP your wallet can believe in

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Ooma sells lifetime VOIP subscriptions for $250, including excellent hardware: a great deal if you are even remotely capable of financial planning. Its new model, the Telo, also includes a matching DECT 6.0 handset. I prefer the blocky look of … Continue reading →

HP offers 17TB Windows Home Server box

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

HP’s latest mediasmart home server can stack up to 17TB of storage in a box the size of one of those little desktop fridges you can buy from Skymall. Data. Beer. Your decision. P.S. it has much-improved Mac admin software, … Continue reading →

Google removes Pirate Bay from index

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

The irony being that searching for “Pirate Bay” now brings up the infinitely shiftier piratebay.com. From the Google results: In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 4 result(s) from this … Continue reading →

PSPGo reviews nail Sony on pricing

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Sony’s PSPGo, though a nice piece of hardware, is a raw deal for customers: the only way to buy games is online, from Sony, and the prices are jacked way up. Ars Techinca describes it in scathing terms. Sony’s new … Continue reading →

Tweet (#4546715160)

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

“Great hardware, but…” could be Sony’s epitaph.