Posts Tagged ‘ April-1 ’

Microsoft Zune Gets Advanced Podcast Support

Apr 1st, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Strange, iPods & Portable Media Players

The Zune portable media player, Microsoft’s iPod-killer, will be getting advanced podcasting support, according to exclusive information that we have received today.
Microsoft hasn’t made an official announcement yet, but we’ve managed to obtain previously unreleased images that show the Zune’s podcast support in action.
While we may have criticized Microsoft in the past for the Zune’s [...]



TechCrunch To Acquire F**ked Company

Apr 1st, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Strange

Popular tech-startup-fetish site TechCrunch announced today that it has agreed to acquire the assets of FuckedCompany, a website that features stories on dot com company failures. Assets to be transferred in the transaction include the domain name fuckedcompany.com, all content on the site and other assets related to its business.
The combined company should be able [...]



Google Announces Plumbing-Based Internet Service

Apr 1st, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Strange

Google today announced the launch of Google TiSP, a free in-home wireless broadband service that delivers online connectivity via users’ plumbing systems.
The Toilet Internet Service Provider (TiSP) project is a self-installed, ad-supported online service that will be offered entirely free to any consumer with a WiFi-capable PC and a toilet connected to a local municipal [...]