http://theecho.blogdrive.com/ The Echo Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:25:01 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2007. Business Computers & Internet Investments http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/58.html Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:24:10 GMT Oh wow, Apple released their highly anticipated iPhone, big deal right? Even if you don't like Apple like I do, this may be good for consumers looking for alternative devices assuming we go by the iPod's success. If you're like me and you hate Apple either because of Steve Jobs, over priced products, poor quality of the products not to mention warranties or either of those combined, this will be good news for consumers looking for alternative devices such as Research in Motion's Blackberry, Samsung's Blackjack, Motorola's Q, Palm products or anything else of that "smartphone" nature. I... (more) http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=58 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/57.html Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:54:33 GMT Yes, it has been confirmed by William Shatner that the next Star Trek Movie, the 11th one, will take place in the past to when Kirk and Spock where in their younger years. Since the flop of the last Star Trek movie, Nemesis and the cancellation of the last Star Trek series, Enterprise, the future of the series has been in jeapordy. J.J. Abrams, who directed Alias, Lost and Mission Impossible III was brought on board last year at Paramount where he is expected to create a total "reboot" of the series that he claims Trekkies and non-fans can enjoy equally. I am skeptical of this, in the past... (more) http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=57 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/56.html Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:12:30 GMT I never really got into podcasting until mid last year. Whenever I worked out, I usually listened to my iPod. I found that listening to talk made the time go by faster rather than music. So, I decided to try out a podcast. My first downloaded podcast was TWIT, This Week In Tech, a podcast by Leo Laporte and friends. I thought it was cool, so I started downloading a few more and more and now it seems I've lost ten pounds by working out. Obviously, thats not the only reason I like Podcasts. I'm not the only one to say this, many analysts have as well, but the tech of podcasts are expected to... (more) http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=56 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/55.html Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:46:55 GMT I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year! I apologize for being slack on my postings, hopefully during 2007 I will try to post more often and, yes..try to get more viewers to the site. If you have any comments or questions please email me at martinezmic@gmail.com . Thanks for your support! If anyone would like to submit their predictions for 2007 in any field, but not limited to politics, news, technology, science or whatever. Please email me at the same email address listed above and I'll compile the results before the end of the week. http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=55 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/54.html Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:01:27 GMT I've always been an Intelaholic since as far back as I can remember and probably will continue to be for awhile, that is until in the next few years. If you remember, earlier this year, Advanced Micro Devices bought graphic chip maker, ATI, maker of the ATI Radeon and other assorted graphics chips. At first, many thought that Intel would respond by buying Nvidia, another GPU maker, which did not materialize as of yet. Many wondered how AMD would incorporate ATI into their own, and they got their answer. AMD and ATI would combine processing power and graphics onto a single chip, in essence,... (more) http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=54 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/53.html Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:14:23 GMT Today, the United States Navy sent an additional aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf in order to hopefully get Iran to listen to reason. Iran has already stated that no matter what, it will not step down from conducting nuclear research. Earlier this week, the Bush administration stated that Iran was making huge progress on making "nuclear weapons". I don't feel that this is a smart move on the part of the Bush administration, actually I don't think the Bush administration has ever had a smart move. All this is doing is provoking war with Iran, which is very unneccessary. Peace is... (more) http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=53 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/52.html Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:17:26 GMT As I look around this great country, I see troubled people at every corner. Sure, some aren't suffering; in fact the top 5 percent of families aren't suffering, but what about the other 95 percent who are just doing okay or are in poverty all together? There are more questions than answers sadly, and what's even more upsetting are the answers to these questions are so simple but not enforced or implied. Most families are barely making ends meet with 2 or sometimes more jobs. Healthcare is out of control with no signs of slowing down increases every year. The minimum wage has been stagnant... (more) http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=52 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/51.html Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:35:46 GMT http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=51 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/50.html Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:26:02 GMT Wow! It's hard to believe that it's been forever since I updated my blog. Not quite sure who checks back to see if I updated it or not. Anyways, I'm considering starting to update the site reguarly again and would like comments or opinions of what you would like to see me talk about or any features that you would like me to add to my site. Thank you for your patience. http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=50 http://theecho.blogdrive.com/archive/49.html Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:11:02 GMT With world peace extremley fragile this day in age, it really makes you think who is an ally and who is an enemy, so I did some thinking and this is what I have come up with. Say Iran were to try to fight Israel, the world would go into chaos causing countries and factions to choose sides quickly. As of now the real enemies of the United States and it's allies are Iran, Hezbollah and Al-Queda. If Iran were to go to "war" with Israel, I think Hezbollah would control the Lebanese government, North Korea would keep supplying Iran with nuclear missles as they probably have thus... (more) http://theecho.blogdrive.com/comments?id=49