Microsoft Wants Overpaid Laid Off Employees to Pay Them Back

Microsoft is asking some of the 1,400 employees they laid off last month to pay back money overpaid to them in a severance check. We are also hearing rumors that other employees were underpaid.

An HR screw up like this isn’t much of an endorsement for Microsoft’s Dynamics Human Resources Managament Software.

History of the Internet

History of the internet is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, and from Arpanet to Internet.

Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave from Apple

Steve Jobs just announced he is taking a medical leave from Apple until June of 2009. Rumors that Jobs was suffering from a serious medical condition were recently confirmed by Jobs. He is currently on medication to try to correct his illness.

Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is trying to put Apple stockholders, and Apple product owners, at ease regarding the rumors that he is very sick, and could die soon. Jobs wrote a letter below dated January, 5, 2009:

Nikon S60 Face Detection Ads

The Nikon S60 can detect up to 12 faces. These ads for the Nikon S60 show some entertaining ways of getting the face detection point across. Euro RSCG Singapore came up with a similar ad campaign that show people in the wilderness getting their picture taken, and in the background you could see, thanks to the face detection, the faces of gnomes and fairies.

Android Software Keyboard on G1

This is a demonstration of the Android’s Software Keyboard on a G1 phone. The Software Keyboard is from the cupcake development branch of Android.

Mac vs PC

This Mac versus PC short movie was inspired by transformers to show us what our computers are really capable of doing with enough imagination.

RIAA Ends Mass Music Piracy Lawsuits

The good news is the Recording Industry Association of America drop current lawsuits against those they allege are downloading music illegally. The bad new is the RIAA will still sue downloaders if they don’t stop illegal downloading after they receive a warning from their ISP, or if the ISP doesn’t disconnect the downloader. Here’s more:

R2-D2 Chorus Line

The ever lovable R2-D2 home robot can now deliver more than just a cup of coffee. Witness the R2-D2 chorus line.

Mactini and Mactini Nano

Apple likes to build thin and small gadgets, and their products have been spoofed by Saturday Night Live and others, but the MacTini, and MacTini Nano are innovative spoofing … as presented by Peter Serafinowicz.