11/16 - Kahuna notes:  Hey, MSU (6-5) had their hands full, as I predicted, on the road with Purdue (4-7), but pulled out a season saving victory 40-37 in a thrilling game. MSU (6-5) is now bowl eligible, and has a tough game left with # 18 Penn State (9-2). UofM (5-6), unfortunately, got their guts stomped out by #20 Wisconsin (8-2) 45-24. It's hard to believe the fanatical Michigan fans haven't called for the head of coach Rich Rodriguez after going a pitiful 3-9 last year and now sitting at a mediocre 5-6. In the pros, the LieDowns (1-8) did it again, they laid down for the Vikings (8-1) in yet another 27-10 loss.  ...  Welp, we had a gorgeous Indian Summer that ran for a whole week, right through Sunday. Saturday, I took Kahunette over to Hawk Island Lake for a walk. Man, it had be over a month since we had been over there. It was a beautiful fall day. We took another walk on Sunday. Then we got some bad news from Florida - ChiefKahuna is in the hospital with severe wheezing and breathing problems. He was admitted Saturday. I talked to him again this morning and he was feeling much better. He was busy trying to work a deal to get sprung out. Now, I just got off the phone with CK - he's home and happy. Thanks goodness. Onward . . .
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Environmental chemicals are feminizing boys.  Here we go. Gay protests on the horizon. Denmark has unveiled official research showing that two-year-old children are at risk from a bewildering array of gender-bending chemicals in such everyday items as waterproof clothes, rubber boots, bed linen, food, sunscreen lotion, and moisturizing cream. A picture is emerging of ubiquitous chemical contamination driving down sperm counts and feminizing male children all over the developed world.
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Gaming Scene News:.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 review -  82%  Hmmm...
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Just Cause 2 preview.
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Q&A - Brink.
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EverQuest II: Sentinel's Fate pics.
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League of Legends review -  Great  Oooh !
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Left 4 Dead Map Pack #7.  (142.28mb)
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Hardware Scene News:.
Logitech Performance Mouse MX review -  Great  Oooh !
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Intel to launch four arrandale CPUs in January.  The Arrandale CPUs will truly push 32-nanometer technology into the mainstream. The chip giant will launch the Core i5-520M, the Core i5-430M, the Core i3-350M, and the Core i3-330M, all of which are based on Intel's Calpella platform. The Core i5 and i3 processors are being engineered for mobile use, specifically targeting the notebook market.
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First programmable quantum computer is revealed.  The National Institute of Standards and Technology's prototype still needs to overcome some ‘significant hurdles', but it is capable of processing two quantum bits or qubits. These can store a lot more data than your common or garden "on" or "off" bits of conventional computing.
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Verizon Droid fails to match iPhone sales.  With all the hype surrounding Verizon Wireless' Droid smartphone there seems to be one thing that the Droid can't do that Apple's iPhone can and that is move a lot of devices in the course of one weekend.
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Nvidia says it didn't, won't block Lucid's Hydra.  The Lucid Hydra GPU load-balancing chip is supposed to function as smoothly as SLi and CrossFire, yet allow more leeway in mixing GPUs of different types. After some negative posturing, Nvidia has now come out and said it would not place any technical roadblocks in Lucid's path.
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Cooler Master 600W PSU review -  Good  Hmmm...
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Tech Scene & Miscellaneous News:.
Microsoft caught with stolen open source code.  MS says they had contracted with a third party to create a tool (Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool- WUDT) to help customers who purchase an electronic version of Win7 burn the code to disc or copy its contents of a bootable USB memory device, either of which could be used to install the OS. AS it turned out, the tool contained open source code. MS also says we share responsibility as we did not catch it as part of our code review process. No shit.
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Google: Firms can 'get rid' of Office in a year.  Google's online document application, Google Docs is rapidly reaching a "point of capability" next year that will serve the "vast majority's needs". This should be an interesting war. Time to dump those price gouging SOBs at MS.
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Windows 7 adopters coming from Vista, not XP.  Bad news for the Redmond scum. XP users are still sitting on the sideline, including a large base of business users. With XP is holding steady at just under 64% of the installed base.
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Blockbuster's way down, but poised for a comeback.  Yesterday, Blockbuster reported a 3Q net loss of $116.8M, some $96M worse than last year. Overall sales were $910.5M, down from the $1.15B it made in the same quarter last year. But, Blockbuster has secured $675M to help it through this period. Meanwhile, Blockbuster is adapting with streaming and kiosks, and is looking to take advantage of it's brick and motar store fronts.
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Bill Gates praises Steve Jobs for saving Apple.  When asked about Steve Jobs in a TV special that aired this week, Bill Gates said the Apple co-founder has shown "more inspiration" than any other leader in the tech industry. Who'd a thunk it. The program "Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great" aired Thursday night on CNBC.
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