In the ongoing war to become the ultimate desktop OS Google is preparing its own distribution called Goobuntu. The Linux desktop based on the newly popular Linux distribution called Ubuntu which means “humanity to others” in several African languages, including Zulu and Xhosa.
Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, [...]

According to several sources, Google is getting ready to update the way it indexes the web and ranks pages soon. This time it is more than just a simple algorithm change—this one is datacenter big. “Big Daddy” datacenter big to be specific, as that is what they are calling the new datacenter which [...]

According to iPod Lounge there seems to be a rampant case of right ear phones breaking when used in with Apple’s new video iPod. Many of the iPod Lounge 5G users are complaining that they are having to replace their headphones every month or so as the right earphone either starts to crackle randomly or [...]

How would you like to earn $500 for every Dell notebook you can trade-in to Sony? Well, now you can! Apparently, Sony is testing a new promotion, where they will give you a $500 dollar Sony credit towards a Sony VAIO for your trade-in. This is more than what Sony actually pays out for their [...]

Google continues its quest to make its AdWords system a one-stop shop for all manner of advertising by purchasing radio ad-placement system dMarc Broadcasting for 102 million dollars. Google said it would combine Newport Beach, Calif.-based dMarc’s platform with AdWords, allowing its over 200,000 advertisers to create, place and track Internet and radio ads through [...]

If your not hip to the Lindsay Lohan image incident between YTMND and Eric Ebaum’s Ebaumsworld.com then your probably not aware of the global “hackers unite” email to bring down Eric’s site beginning January 11th 2006. To find out more about this whole fiasco read this great article by VirtualSecurity.org to catch up.
Grand Central Station!!! [...]

Xmas is early at I4U News. Miss Santa (aka Holly) already brings you her cute toys. In real life Holly is sales professional having worked for fortune 500 companies. I guess she can sell anything. She shows her wild side, playing soccer, wakeboard, and she is rides motocross dirt bikes. Her passion in life [...]

Holy crap. I’ve seen DVR-related contests before, but never one like this. The new DirecTV DVR (their first without TiVo software running) seems to be locked down, and Weaknees, the company known for TiVo upgrades is willing to pay up to $25,000 for a hard drive upgrade solution [via BoingBoing].
There are a slew of DVR [...]