Spencer F. Katt

If I could turn back time,” chanted Le Chat, Cher-like, upon hearing that Google is expanding its news search. The search engine company is touting news.google.com/archivesearch, where newshounds will be able to access more news and media archives and locate and access digitized articles dating as far back as the 1700s and 1800s. “I hear […]

Gonna make a move to a town thats right for me,” falsettoed the Funkytown Furball. The Kitty was ready to trade in his press card for a yellow Century 21 jacket after hearing that MSNBC and Google may both be making some real estate deals. The Baron of Babble had just heard that MSNBC could […]

Great Neptunes ghost!” the Katt cried into the KattPhone to a feline friend at the news. “Plutos no longer a planet?!” Astronomers were meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, on Aug. 23 to vote on whether they should add three—or more—planets, but instead they subtracted by one. “Walt Disney must be spinning in his grave,” said […]

Dont be cruel,” cried the Kitty. But Spencers editors once again rejected his pleas that the annual Elvis Week in Memphis in remembrance of Elvis Presleys passing (August 2006 marks the 29th year since the King officially left the building) was equivalent to a religious holiday. Instead, the Furball was summarily dispatched to San Francisco […]

Holy Pulp Pilot!” hollered His Hirsuteness as he tore through scraps of paper in his pocket, searching for an old cronys phone number. As the Katt cursed his pocket papyrus filing system, he recalled hearing that Lotus legend Mitch Kapor is funding an open-source tool, called Chandler, that sounds somewhat reminiscent of Lotus Agenda. The […]

Its not so much the heat as the humidity,” sighed the sweaty Scribe, watching the thermometer hit triple digits for the second day in a row. With no AC in the KattPad, Spencer took to checking his e-mail out on the front step. His BlackBerry contained an invitation from SCO representatives to interview Darl McBride, […]

Moon, June, loon, spoon … Zune?!” ranted the remedially rhyming Rumormonger. A Microsoft watcher had just alerted El Gato to the buzz that Microsofts iPod killers new name, “Zune,” sounds a lot like Canadian slang for a mans naughty bits. “Then Im guessing no one will want a nano Zune,” cackled the Kitty. “Although its […]

It was a hot, sweltering day in Beantown. The Katt had just heard that Mike Hammer scribe Mickey Spillane had bought the farm, but the Tawny Titan couldnt afford to take time to mourn—he had tech gossip to sniff out. Hearing a police siren behind him, the Kitty cut the wheels of the KattMobile to […]

So many enemies, so little time,” laughed the Lynx as he patrolled the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center to check out the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. Even though Microsoft seems to be at odds with everyone from Salesforce.com to the EU, El Gato noted that the Redmondites conference message was loud and clear: Big Blue […]

They should post a 404 error sign on the Jersey Turnpike,” cried the Kitty, whose Atlantic City casino-hopping plans were dashed by a shutdown due to New Jersey lawmakers failure to resolve the state budget. The disappointed Drudge fled the Jersey shore and, after several wrong turns, found himself playing online poker on his laptop […]

The Bill is gone,” barked the B.B. King-like Baron of Babble in acknowledgment of Chairman Gates announcement that he will drop his day-to-day duties at Microsoft by 2008. “Is someone smashing a bag of cats against a wall?” queried a crony, who came running toward Spencers cubicle as the Kitty wailed on. When the tone-deaf […]

Die Weltmeisterschaft,” proclaimed the Prussian-purring Puss, as he and a plethora of Microsoft TechEd attendees at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center huddled around some large flat-screen TVs to watch World Cup soccer. And why not? It was a better diversion than seeking in vain someone who understood exactly what Windows Live is. Suddenly, as […]