Spencer F. Katt

“Tach it up, tach it up, buddy gonna shut you down,” crooned the Kitty, Beach Boys-like, when he heard that March 24 has been designated Shutdown Day 2007 by the folks at shutdownday.org. The global experiment hopes to see if people can function without their computers for one day. “Of course, it has to be […]

“Did he ever return, no he never returned and his fate is still unlearned,” the Katt warbled, Kingston Trio-like. The Kitty Katt continued humming the old folk song about Charlie, the rider trapped forever on Bostons subway system, as a Beantown pal told him about the new contactless RFID card being sold by the Massachusetts […]

Steve Ballmer is the tech worlds version of American Idol judge Simon Cowell,” mused the Mouser to a Mac mate. The pal had alerted Spence to a YouTube video of the Microsoft bigwig laughing about the cost and business potential of Apples iPhone during a CNBC interview. “Five hundred dollars?!?” laughed the Stevenator in mock […]

I hear the Linguini a la Larry is an, ahem, acquired taste,” guffawed the Gossipy Gastronome upon hearing that Oracle boss Larry Ellison might be planning to open two restaurants in Malibu, Calif. “Perhaps Larrys grown tired of gobbling up only tech companies and is looking to diversify his portfolio with fine dining,” mused the […]

Sounds Goofy,” groused the Grimalkin when he heard that Disney.com was remolding itself as a social networking MySpace clone. “Thinking youll attract teens and tweens with branding that screams rodents and queens seems Wal-Mart-ishly misguided,” mused the Mouser. “Besides, kids always find sites with no parental controls, like Stickam.com, more amusing.” Suddenly, the KattPhones new […]

Always willing to dish the dirt, but not dirty a dish, Spence pulled up a chair in front of his refrigerator and began picking at his post-Thanksgiving leftovers when he suddenly feared he was experiencing a heart attack. Realizing it had nothing to do with cranberries but was only the vibration of his BlackBerry buzzing […]

Bang, bang—I am the warrior,” purred the Puss, Patty Smyth-like, when he heard that Oaklands Golden State Warriors Arena now will be known as the Oracle Arena. The Kittys song was more an ode to Oracle head honcho Larry Ellison, though, than it was to the Warriors NBA team. Sure, thought El Gato, the $30 […]

Tramps like us—baby, we should click to run,” sang the Springsteen-like Snoop, mocking Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmers proclamation that Windows Live software would be “click to run, like a Web site.” The Furry One was in Orlando, Fla., for Gartners Symposium/ITxpo. Skatting about the Dolphin hotels convention center, the Lynx laughed out loud when he […]

Ma-ma-ma-my Sharona,” mouthed the Maven of Murmur when he heard that the band The Knack has filed suit against Yahoo, Apple, Amazon.com, Napster and RealNetworks for distributing a song that the band claims illegally samples its 1978 hit “My Sharona.” The band is also suing Run DMC, whose song “Its Tricky” contains the allegedly unauthorized […]

Everybodys talking at me, but I dont hear a word theyre saying,” crooned the Kitty. “I just want stock tips all the time.” El Gato serenaded himself with that little ditty after he heard about Monitor110, a system tailored for use by institutional investors to sift through everything from blogs to regulatory findings to seek […]

“I could be finished, if I eats me spinach,” purred the Popeye-d Puss as he bit into his Texas rib-eye steak, pushing the potentially E.-coli-containing greens to one side. In Dallas to attend the Society for Information Man-age-ments SIMposium, the Baron of Babble made a mental note to go light on the jokes about joining […]

Could it be the whole earth opening wide?” droned the demented Drudge. The Furry One sang the line from Duran Durans “A View to a Kill” after he heard that Linden Labs online playground, Second Life, had been hacked. It seems the virtual worlds database was cracked, and the personal data of its 650,000 users […]