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Sorry

2010-10-24T19:09:00.000-04:00

Sorry to everyone. I have been VERY busy. When Marching Band started up at the end of July, I knew I wasn't going to fulfull everyone's needs. As for now EVERYTHING will be fully revamped, as I am working on that right now. New layout, new posts, new EVERYTHING*.

**All e-mails and URL's will be the same.

Thank you for reading, and a *new* tech post will be up on Tuesday.

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CONGRATULATIONS FACEBOOK!!!

2010-07-21T14:59:00.003-04:00

As always you can view this post at CNN.

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CONGRATULATIONS Facebook on hitting 500 MILLION users!!

Did you know? Facebook's population is now larger than Mexico's, the U.S., and France COMBINED?

On Wednesday the largest social networking site announced it hit 500 million users. A big milestone.

'In a blog post, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he "could have never imagined all of the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started 6 years ago." In a video message, Zuckerberg thanked Facebook users and told them "you really have created a worldwide movement."' [Courtesy of CNN]

To show off their appreciation, and so you can share your stories on how you found Facebook, via Facebook Stories. All of the stories are filtered by location, and theme.

'The speed with which Facebook hit the 500 million mark is a sign of its accelerating growth. Launched in early 2004, it took Facebook nearly four years to add its first 100 million users, but only five months to add its most recent batch. Around 70% of the current user base for the Palo Alto, Calif., company now comes from outside the U.S.' [Courtesy of CNN]

I would like to congratulate Facebook on the 500 millionth user mark. Obviously, this is going to be a huge impact on the internet, and maybe change the way things operate. Oh, while we're talking about Facebook let me send you to my Facebook.

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-IzCanHazReviewz

UPDATE: Facebook is getting sued?!

2010-07-21T14:47:00.003-04:00

As always you can view this post at CNN.

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UPDATE: Is Facebook getting sued?!

Last week I posted a news article about Facebook getting sued. You can view that by looking at my other notes.

'NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A seven-year-old contract signed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg granting a New York businessman an ownership stake in Zuckerberg's then-fledgling Web project may be real, a Facebook lawyer acknowledged Tuesday in federal court hearing.' [Courtesy of CNN]

The contract MAY be real, but as of right now no one is sure.

Facebook's lawyer, Lisa Simpson, told the judge that there was a contract between Mark and Paul.

'The first was to develop and maintain Web software for "the StreetFax Database," according to a copy of a contract Ceglia filed with the court. The second venture was "continued development" of an already-in-progress project "designed to offer the students of Harvard university access to a wesite [sic] similar to a live functioning yearbook with the working title of 'The Face Book.' [Courtesy of CNN]

'Ceglia's attorney, Terrence Connors, said that his client hired Zuckerberg -- then an 18-year-old Harvard freshman -- to work as a coder on a street-mapping database Ceglia hoped to create. The contract they drew up covered both that work and an investment in a side project Zuckerberg said he had in the works, according to Connors.

That side project grew into Facebook, the world's largest social networking site. Ceglia agreed to pay Zuckerberg $2,000 for the job.'

'In a series of legal filings, Facebook has challenged both the facts of Ceglia's case and the timing of it. Ceglia's alleged contract is dated April 23, 2003 -- several months before Zuckerberg is believed to have started work on Facebook's predecessor projects. The domain name "thefacebook.com" was first registered in January 2004.
But Ceglia's attorneys maintain that their client's case is a strong one. "The contract is real -- as is plaintiff's entitlement to at least a 50% ownership interest in Facebook," they wrote in court filing submitted Friday.
Facebook maintains that Ceglia's suit is "completely frivolous," a spokesman said Tuesday following the court hearing in Buffalo."The plaintiff has not produced the original of the alleged agreement for anyone, including the court," he said. "We have serious questions about the authenticity of the document and, assuming an original exists, we look forward to expressing our opinion about it once we see it." [Courtesy of CNN]

Sorry about quoting most of CNN, but this is a huge update, and it would be easier for you to read via quotations.

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-IzCanHazReviewz

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Competition!

2010-07-20T02:38:00.001-04:00

This will NOT count as a blog.

You may have noticed that at the beginning of my last blog it went something like this:

Blog- 3/365

Is Amazon selling more Kindles than books?

Why the 'Blog- 3/365' you may ask?

Well I have challenged myself to make a blog EVERYDAY for one whole year!

It's that easy! So, expect a blog EVERYDAY for one year!

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-IzCanHazReviewz!

Amazon Kindle is the best 'book'.

2010-07-20T02:34:00.003-04:00

As always you can view this post at CNN.

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Is Amazon selling more Kindles than books?

On July 19, 2010 Amazon told the public that they are selling more Kindles than Hardcover books!

"In the latest sign that readers are flocking to e-books, Amazon.com said Monday that it is now selling more Kindle books than hardcovers.
Over the past three months, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it sold 143 Kindle books. That trend accelerated even more over the last month, when Kindle books outsold hardcovers by a 180-to-100 margin." [Courtesy of CNN]

I can see why they are selling more than hardcover books. Most of Kindles' books are priced at a cheap $9.99. $9.99 for a book? No wonder they are 'selling like hotcakes!'. $9.99 for a book is cheaper than buying a hardcover book, most of the time.

Last month Amazon ~~SLASHED~~ the Kindles' price from ~~$259~~ to $189. Ever since that slash Amazon has seen a great amount of sales with the Kindle. In fact, since last month the Kindles' sales have TRIPLED!

Although Amazon has never disclosed how many Kindles they have sold, we can almost bet it is a ton!

Because this blog post is late, I will quote some funny jokes, and show a funny comic.

JOKES:
"If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0"
"Some things Man was never meant to know. For everything else, there's Google."
"Difference between a virus and windows ? Viruses rarely fail."
"Mac users swear by their Mac, PC users swear at their PC."

NOTE: I'm actually a PC user.

Comic:

P.S.--Tomorrow's blog post will be up early!

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-IzCanHazReviewz

Facebook is getting sued?!

2010-07-18T12:40:00.008-04:00

As always you can view this post at CNN.

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So yesterday I found out about this article from my brother. You can check out his blog by clicking here.

"Wellsville, N.Y., resident Paul Ceglia sued Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg, in a local court late last month, claiming he hired Zuckerberg in 2003 to build a "live functioning yearbook with the working title of 'The Face Book.'" Ceglia says he is now owed 84% ownership of Facebook. To back his claim, he submitted to the court a poorly worded, typo-filled alleged contract and a receipt for the $1,000 Ceglia claims he paid Zuckerberg for his services."

To sum up what they are saying is that Paul Ceglia is attempting to sue Facebook and its founder, Mark. Paul is claiming that he hired and paid Mark in 2003 to build a live functioning yearbook called 'The Face Book'. Paul says he owns more than 3/4% of Facebook. He submitted a poorly worded, typo-filled contract and a receipt for the '$1,000' Paul says he paid Mark for his services.

A judge made an unusual restraining order preventing Facebook from transferring, or selling any of it's assets.

As most of you know Facebook was started in 2003 at Harvard University. It was launched on the World Wide Web in 2004. Later on in 2004 many of Mark's fellow classmates filed a law-suit against Mark claiming that he stole the idea, and some of the code. Facebook settled the case paying upwards of $20 million, and up to $45 million in stock.

There it is. Facebook may or may not win.

Here are my opinions on this article:

If Paul 'started' Facebook, why is he waiting 6 years to sue?
Paul should be jailed for fake evidence.
Facebook has had a GREAT effect on most people with internet. You can connect with old friends. I have connected with about 5-8 friends that I haven't seen in 4 years!
Facebook should fight with all they have and win this case.
People need to quit going after people because they are jealous.

Those are my OPINIONS. Some may agree, and some may disagree. What do you think? Comment!

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-IzCanHazReviewz

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What exactly does IzCanHazReviewz cover/do?

2010-07-18T00:23:00.002-04:00

IzCanHazReviewz does many things. Many of my YouTube videos are not up on YouTube because of upload issues. I am looking into that, and contacting YouTube. I am expecting to have them up by Wednesday at the latest.
So, what exactly does IzCanHazReviewz do? Here is what we do:

Unboxing products
Reviewing products
How-to's
Tutorials
App Reviews
Commentaries on news articles.
and more to come!

Okay, so now that you know what IzCanHazReviewz is all about, now I will explain some of the things we are going to be doing.

Unboxing products- that's just unboxing the product, and giving you my first impressions on said product.
Reviewing products- reviewing either a product that I unboxed, or a product that I think is very good.
How-to's- I will be explaining some ways to do certain things.
Tutorials- I will be showing you how to do certain things.
App Reviews- Reviewing Applications in the Apple App Store.
Commentaries on news articles- Most news articles will be from CNN, and will mostly be about 'the tech world'.
Much more!- Much more to come. Many new 'segments' added to the YouTube channel, and here on the blog!

Thanks for reading
-IzCanHazReviewz

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