This report suggests that the alleged iSlate will cure every problem in the world.  All of them.  Check it out.

So Nick Saint over at the Silicon Alley Insider has a problem.  It seems that all of a sudden, The Nickster’s BlackBerry has a “Bing” icon on it.  And he didn’t put it there, either.  Nick thinks it might it have something to do with the big bucks Microsoft-Verizon deal.  You think?

The ubiquitous David Pogue, noted columnist and unabashed Apple fanboy, has published his year-end Pogie Awards.  (Published: December 30, 2009.)  Money quote:

“Wow, what an opportunity! Imagine having a newspaper column published precisely on the last day of the year. What a chance to step back, look ahead, sum it all up.”

That’s all well and good..but what about tomorrow?  Isn’t December 31st always the last day of the year?  Maybe not.  I could be wrong.

Let’s just say it was extremely low-priced.  Let’s just say, $19.99.  Now, I woulda bought one of these for FSJ for Christmas, but it literally weighs a ton.  OK, nine pounds.  But shipping this baby woulda cost a ton, for sure.  Anyway, the box set is called “Dilbert 2.0,” and it comes in a nice slipcase with a CD that has every strip created up to last year’s publication. If you’re a fan, you’ll want this. Here’s a helpful link to the Borders near you.

eight year old receiving a government approved anal & scrotum probe

The lesson of recent events in Detroit is that air travel is going to continue to get even suckier unless you charter or own a plane. According to this creepy super patriot techie/medical doc, eight year olds are no longer off the table and that includes their cherry little assholes and tiny widdle scrotums.( ‘scuse me while I vomit profusely. Phew, now I know how Kate Moss feels, except without the heroin.) Obviously perverts of every type will flock for gainful minimum wage employment at the TSA – it’s almost a dream job cum true? – while the dumb ass terrorists change their tactics, perhaps put LSD in the Dominos pizza supply chain just before the next big sporting event – now that sounds like progress – if you ask me, the terrorists have unintentionally won the lottery by making what used be a mere annoyance for air travellers into what now will come to be viewed as a truly pain in the ass process.

UPDATE: Fortune City is dead to me

I use Chrome Beta full-time. This fellow has a big selection of  ’em on his Chrome beta.  Meanwhile, I was trying to figure out what has caused the periodic “Gmail has failed to load” error messages.  I think those might be as a result of Gmail Lab features that were checked, and not Chrome browser extensions. Update: It’s not.  Off to Firefox.  Email to Marissa.  Hope to get a reply.

Not only was it a cool nerdy magazine, it was pretty awesome futurist television show with my favorite inebriated TV host, Peter Ustinov. For the most part, many of its predictions have come true in a weirdly askew way, it’s sad we don’t have something like this now (Wired is NOT cool!)

Apple does know how to keep people guessing.  And what we’re all guessing about is, does the tablet exist (pretty sure it does,) and what’s the name? Latest guess is iGuide.

Hello, hello 1984? Get me Reagan. REAGAN! R-E-A-G-A-N!

I guess they’re talking about technology. I looked and looked and looked and I can’t seem to find Karl Rove, Dick Cheney or the rest of the Republican Party. Maybe that’s how irrelevant they’ve become.

Great story here.  The only thing better are the TV commercials.