Rockin The Tech Lifestyle

Posted: Mon 5.19.08 @ 8:25am EST by Paul Short

We’ve decided to brand the Oxalon.com site as a Tech Lifestyle blog and what better way to show you what it’s all about than post a Qik video that was broadcast live, with a cellphone, right from tech heavyweight Michael Arrington’s back yard outside San Francisco. Behind the camera is none other than Arrington himself, shooting video

We’re Fixing The Site

Posted: Sun 5.18.08 @ 7:50pm EST by Paul Short

We’re fixing the site right now and installing a new template so things will be a bit wonky for the next 24 hours or so. Please excuse the mess. This new template will offer a much better experience for readers. The tabbed design makes it easier to find the information you’re looking for, the posts

Leave It To The Experts

Posted: Thu 5.8.08 @ 10:53am EST by Paul Short

Matt Mullenweg’s response to Allen Leinwand’s post over at Gigaom entitled “Web 2.0, Please Meet Your Host, the Internet” turned on a few lightbulbs for me, especially considering what I went through a few years ago. I have an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account and it’s amazingly easy to use, not to mention it does

Torrentspy Sued For $110+ Million

Posted: Thu 5.8.08 @ 6:59am EST by Paul Short

Valence Media, former owners of TorrentSpy, a search and discovery service for torrents and file sharing networks which was voluntarily shut down earlier this year, has been ordered by US courts to fork over $110+ million to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). From Mashable: To top things off, the MPAA has

Fake Music File Infects 500,000 Computers

Posted: Thu 5.8.08 @ 6:41am EST by Paul Short

The BBC reports that a fake music file widely distributed across the file sharing networks has infected about a half million computers so far. The file has a wide variety of names and formats and the description at file sharing networks varies from it being a music file to full length movies to porn. “In the last

MacBook Air May Finally Fly Through Airport Security

Posted: Mon 3.24.08 @ 7:55pm EST by Paul Short

Back in early March ‘08, travelling blogger Michael Nygard tried to board a flight but was held up by TSA security and missed his flight while they tried to figure out what was different about his laptop, a MacBook Air. Since then, the TSA has responded by testing one of the computers and making their findings

Happy Birthday Justin.tv

Posted: Mon 3.24.08 @ 7:19pm EST by Paul Short

Live video streaming service, Justin.tv has just celebrated their 1st birthday online. “Justin.tv started when Justin Kan and Emmett Shear took on the challenge of broadcasting one person’s life 24/7.” During the first couple of months, feedback was quite positive but very specific. Justin.tv viewers overwhelmingly wanted the opportunity

The Future Of Oxalon.com

Posted: Mon 3.24.08 @ 5:57pm EST by Paul Short

I’ve always had a fascination with technology, whether it be a cool new gadget or the announcement of some new web site or service. My problem before though, was that I got bored easily with blogging about just one aspect of tech. For instance, if I wrote a blog concentrating only on gadgets, it got old, fast.