Now that I am starting to get a hang of the Kindle, and my friends are slowly embracing it, I decided it was time to put together some kind of online reference. The obvious candidate for this is some kind of wiki. I have setup a Google wiki at http://wiki.pedrovera.com to see how that goes. [...]

WordPress 2.6.2 is out. If you are lazy, first grab the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin, then let it do the hard work. I just used it for this upgrade and it worked very nicely.

In light of recent developments, Jart Armin of HostExploit.com and Bhavin Turakhia, CEO of Directi have had an open dialogue and mutually agreed to release this joint statement clearing any previous misconceptions and reaffirming their common goal to combat abuse on the Internet. Joint statement from Directi and HostExploit clarifying previous posts » ResellerClub Blog. [...]

The Treasury Department is close to finalizing plans to effectively take over beleaguered mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to a report published Friday. Citing sources close to the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that an announcement could come as early as this weekend. Shares of both companies plunged in after-hours trading. [...]

The federal government has prepared a plan to take control of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, several newspapers reported Friday night. The Washington Post reported on its Web site that government officials had told the two companies that their top executives would be dismissed and government funds used to prop them up. [...]

Samsung expects Sony’s Blu-ray technology to be superseded within five years, despite winning the high definition format war in February. “I think it [Blu-ray] has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn’t give it 10″, Andy Griffiths, Samsung UK’s director of consumer electronics, told website Pocket-lint. Griffiths said that for the next few years, HD technology [...]

There have been some articles and reports recently published by Garth Bruen at Knujon and by Jart Armin and James Mcquad at Hostexploit, that somehow link Directi with groups that support organized internet crime. The motives behind these reports are still unknown, but as an organization that prides itself in setting industry benchmarks in ethics [...]

Sony says it is recalling 440,000 units of Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to faulty parts that could trigger overheating. Sony Corp. (SNE) said Thursday that the recalls involve 19 models of Vaio TZ laptop series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008, including three export models. Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops – Sep. 4, [...]

Microsoft Corp. is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 gaming console beginning Friday, with the cheapest version selling for $200, making it less expensive than the Nintendo Wii, which retails for $250. Microsoft cutting Xbox 360 prices in U.S. – Games – msnbc.com.

The used devices fetch an even higher price, of course, when they’re sold to a consumer. On e-commerce site eBay (EBAY), where NextWorth peddles many of its wares, a 16-GB version of the first-generation iPhone goes for about $600, and an 8-GB model in good condition commands $500. When it was new, the 16-GB phone [...]