Friday, May 26, 2006 - Posts

• Commercial Spaceports: Florida, California and ... Kodiak, Alaska?

  From the MSNBC.com article:"Since 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation has licensed five spaceports in the United States: California Spaceport at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Read More posted Friday, May 26, 2006 6:39 PM by Dave | 1 Comments

• Starbucks pulls CD-Burning kiosks from some shops

  I never used the Hear Music kiosks - they just didn't seem to offer any value to me.  If I can download and burn my own tracks from my desk at work, why would I want to try to put together a similar CD while standing up at a coffee shop?  Besides, Read More posted Friday, May 26, 2006 6:20 PM by Dave | 0 Comments Filed Under: Software, Internet

• Finally! Background downloading on the Xbox 360!

  Users have been asking for it since the fall, and it looks like the most recent dashboard update finally addresses the issue: background downloading.  As far as an on-line experience for a console game goes, the 360 is as close to perfect as exists Read More posted Friday, May 26, 2006 5:57 PM by Dave | 0 Comments Filed Under: Xbox 360, Internet

• Download MS Office System 2007 Beta 2

  Want to check out the latest version of MS Office?  Download the beta 2 version for yourself.  I've been using it for a while, and it certianly is an upgrade over previous versions, particularly in the area of usability. For those of you who Read More posted Friday, May 26, 2006 5:53 PM by Dave | 0 Comments Filed Under: Microsoft