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Facebook Cause $2 Billion Daily Work Hour Loss in Denmark

Klaus @ TechPatio — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:00:28 +0000

An organization within Denmark published a study yesterday, made by Dwarf and Userneeds, showing that Facebook is the cause of $2 billion in loss of working hours. In a country with a population of 5,500,000 people, around 55,000 of them spend more than 30 minutes of their work day on Facebook, meaning a loss of [...]

Friday Flick Find: Google Threatens To Kill Users

Klaus @ TechPatio — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:26 +0000

I’ve been writing more about Google these past few weeks, than what I usually do. Most of the reason is because of the issues between Google and China, and sometimes I also mention how I’m not totally crazy about the fact that Google is becoming more and more The Internet, if you know what I [...]

Microsoft Phone 7 Copies Apple – No Copy/Paste, No Multitasking & No Flash

Klaus @ TechPatio — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:21:19 +0000

Most advanced Mac users are used to seeing Microsoft copying many of the thinks that comes out of Apple in Cupertino (like Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista, as shown in this video by David Pogue). Well, it’s no surprise that Microsoft probably is a bit jealous of Apple’s success with iPhone, so they’ve decided [...]

iPad: 120,000 Pre-Orders First 24 Hours. $75,000,000 Revenue.

Klaus @ TechPatio — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:57 +0000

CNNMoney.com reports, based on calculations done by Investor Village, that 120,000 iPads were sold during the first day of iPad pre-orders. They estimate that 69% ordered the Wi-Fi only edition, while the storage capacity was almost equally divided with 33% each (16GB, 32GB, 64GB). Victor Castroll, an analyst with Valcent Financial Group, said: “Apple has been able to [...]

IT Pro’s: Total Cost of Ownership on Mac’s Lower Than PC’s

Klaus @ TechPatio — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:42:28 +0000

The Enterprise Desktop Alliance recently surveyed 260 IT administrators in the United States to learn which computer environment they believe is the cheapest to manage, when it comes to Macintosh vs PC. Their results showed that Mac’s cost less to manage than PC’s, according to 65% of the IT admins, with 19% of them saying Mac’s [...]

Picking a Web Host – Check Reviews First [Sponsored Post]

Klaus @ TechPatio — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:51 +0000

This is a sponsored post, paid for by ReviewMe. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. Can you imagine driving around in a car that works only 95% of the time? No, that’s not a very good solution if you [...]

Google 99.9% Certain To Shut Down In China

Klaus @ TechPatio — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:29:10 +0000

Recently I wrote that Google apparently didn’t mean business when they threatened to pull out of China and close down their activities in the country. It seems I was wrong, well, 99.9% wrong, according to Financial Times. Due to a hardening in positions from both the Google side and the Chinese government, it now seems more [...]

Hidden Cameras – Would You Spy On People? [Sponsored Post]

Klaus @ TechPatio — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:20:39 +0000

This is a sponsored post, paid for by ReviewMe. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. These years, we see more and more security cameras everywhere we go. There’s no limit anymore, everything can be under surveillance one way or [...]

Happy Birthday “.Com” – 25 Years In Service

Klaus @ TechPatio — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:06:11 +0000

Happy Birthday, .Com domain. You’re now 25 years old. On March 15th, 1985, Symbolics registered the first .com domain, Symbolics.com. The 2nd domain name to be registered under .com, was bbn.com, which was registered April 24th – more than a month after Symbolics.com. In 1985, only six domains were registered and 53 domains in 1986. Today there are more [...]

Wikio Shopping – Easy Price Comparison In The UK

Klaus @ TechPatio — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:08:23 +0000

This is a sponsored post, paid for by Ebuzzing. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. Most users who have tried online shopping is aware of one or more portals that allows price comparison of a certain product, making it [...]