A very kitty Christmas

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passing up an opportunity to go home for
Christmas, so that his colleague could
spend Christmas with his wife and child

passing up an opportunity to go home for
Christmas, so that his colleague could
spend Christmas with his wife and child 12/21/2003 08:35 AM
offers to stay there .. Home News Tribune .. feel good story

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Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty 08/06/2004 04:39 AM
Although its claims have not been verified by a scientic review process, a company says it has successfully cloned two kittens from its CEO's pet cat. If you have around $50,000, it will clone your beloved pet, too.

Here, Kitty kitty...

Here, Kitty kitty... 01/05/2005 09:10 AM
If you have a cat, you'll recognize many of these immediately. Although some of them are availiable in a book< /a>, many of these have only appeared in the comic so far. Luckily, someone with far more spare time than I have has collected them for our enjoyment.

Here Kitty, Kitty

Here Kitty, Kitty 04/26/2004 10:22 AM
There's more than one way to skin a cat, according to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. He admitted in a 1989 book, Tra nsplant, that he routinely adopted shelter cats under false pretenses so he could sharp en his surgical skills. (04-26)

hello, kitty, again

hello, kitty, again 05/14/2004 10:37 PM
JANE PINCKARD -- The market for cute is, apparently, bottomless, especially in Japan. Are there really that many female teenagers? Or do the adults there also have a cute fetish? These are questions for another time - but for now, while it won't support your limited edition Hello Kitty Dreamcast,...

Here, kitty, kitty...

Here, kitty, kitty... 04/22/2004 09:12 AM
Here, kitty, kitty. Help control the pet population... buy a Sportka.

E-Kitty

E-Kitty 02/13/2004 10:45 AM
First Post

Hello Kitty accessories for PS2

Hello Kitty accessories for PS2 05/15/2004 04:27 AM
For sale: Hello Kitty memory cards for the PlayStation 2. Li nk (via Gizmodo)

"iPod Kitty"

"iPod Kitty" 12/19/2004 02:51 PM

Hello Kitty says, "Hello Blosxom"

Hello Kitty says, "Hello Blosxom" 12/17/2004 06:28 PM
Hello Kitty has a blog. Ms. Kitty blogs (in Japanese, of course), moblogs, links to her friends, writes of her latest jewelry likes and dislikes, and so on--just like any other blogger worth their salt ;-).

As if that weren't enough, Jo i Ito pinged me when he noticed that the blog, a joint Sanrio/NTT Data project, is running on Blosxom. Take a gander at the RSS output at http://diary.hello kitty.ne.jp/blog/index.rss:

<xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- name="generator" content="blosxom/2.0" -->
<DOCTYPE rss PUBLIC "-//Netscape Communications//DTD RSS 0.91//EN" 
"http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd">

Hello Kitty, Goodbye God

Hello Kitty, Goodbye God 02/01/2005 09:01 PM
"Cats are not advisable as pets or companions for Christians ... While the animal itself may be unaware of this tragic condition, it serves only its true master -- Satan."

Hello Kitty Guitar

Hello Kitty Guitar 09/01/2004 09:36 AM

Although this Hello Kitty guitar is about four times the price of what I'd actually want to pay for it... hey, Hello Kitty guitar! The Fernandez-made electric has a built-in speaker and amplifier so you can plug a headphone right in and start writing your ode to ultimate adorability. And while the polka dot version is shown here, there is apparently a matching sparkly pink version the guy selling these can get a hold of. Now we're talking something worth $400.

What acolyte of rock wouldn't be proud to walk through a smokey club with a matching pink gig bag? None I would prefer to rock to, that's for sure.

Read - Hello Kitty Electric Guitar - RARE!! [Hunkabutta]

Hello Kitty Headlamps

Hello Kitty Headlamps 04/21/2004 08:45 AM
For just ¥4,179, these Hello Kitty replacement headlamps put our favorite kawaii kitten into the halo of blinding light she's always deserved. [Thanks, Remo] Look - Fullsize Image Read - Sanrio Store...

Hello Kitty Robot

Hello Kitty Robot 07/12/2004 08:52 AM

I know that Sanrio's Hello Kitty is sort of hackneyed, but it's hard not to appreciate the sheer force of an entity that has for thirty years been the centerpiece of a full-on marketing onslaught -- especially one so free from use or meaning. Hello Kitty is marketing Zen, or maybe the lightless black hole of product development. If you gaze into Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty gazes also into you.

So to celebrate three decades of soul-sucking kawaii frenzy, Sanrio has developed, among other products, a $3,700 Hello Kitty Robot. I know! Come inside to find out the details, and we'll giggle and clap and jump together.

Is Hello Kitty a Copycat?

Is Hello Kitty a Copycat? 09/12/2004 11:51 PM
Xeni Jardin: A blogger who describes himself as an "extraordinary ordinary guy in Japan" says this on the 30th anniversary of Hello Kitty:

"Kitty's design was just a crib from ... Musti, created by the Belgian animator/director Ray Goossens (1924-1998) [Ed note: she's the center figure in the BoingBoing graphic at left]. Musti was started as an animation series on TV in 1968, and its picture books were also published. I read some of that books and loved it in my childhood. Although it is evident to everybody that Kitty was an imitation of Musti, Sanrio, the publisher of Hello Kitty have not touched on it. It is said that the total copyright fee for Hello Kitty reaches around 15 billion yen (13.7 million USD) per year, and Sanrio got 23.7 billion yen (21.6 million USD) gross sales in second quarter of 2004. I wonder why they don't feel shady about hiding the fact."

I'm no Hello Kitty historian, and that's news to me. Is it true? Link to post. This guy has a cool blog. His post about Japanese "jinxes" was also interesting.

On a related note, don't miss the image of "Hello Kitty De Milo" in this news story, which is, like, so obviously a total ripoff of some Greek art dude. Link (Thanks, Brian)

Update: OMG! This is turning into one big plushy piracy clusterfuck! BoingBoing reader Eva says, "See my response on Hello Kitty vs Musti here. Basically, I think Musti is in turn a rip off of the Dutch rabbit Miffy, which was published more than a decade before Musti." Link

Hello Kitty flashlight for Doom 3

Hello Kitty flashlight for Doom 3 08/09/2004 02:10 AM
Doom 3 has only just come out and already the modders are revving up their engines. My favorite so far: a Hello Kitty flashlight mod that makes your gun's built-in light cast a kuwaii beam on the objects it alights upon. Link (via Oblomovka)

Hello Kitty Bluetooth Headset

Hello Kitty Bluetooth Headset 09/22/2004 08:38 AM

Not one, but two Hello Kitty cellphone peripherals in one day? Be still my heart! The first is from Expansys and is a Bluetooth headset, but not the clip-over-the-ear kind, but the kind you keep in a pocket and then use a corded earpiece with (read: sort of pointless). The other looks quite a bit the same as the first (although it's hard to tell exactly from the tiny picture) but comes in a gift box with what looks like a charger or a in-car unit or something. Oh, and it's white, which means it's designed to compliment Hello Kitty evening wear.

Read - Hello Kitty breaks free & discovers Bluetooth [Blueserker]

Related
Hello Kitty Archives [Gizmodo]

Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum

Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum 08/16/2004 12:41 PM

I would have posted this up about 5 minutes before now, but I noticed they only had three more in stock, so I thought I should get there before you punks. Because lord knows, there's nothing that goes together more sweetly than a distended Hello Kitty head and a light, battery-powered sucking force. And for $10, even! If this thing moves itself around by itself - something that I'm sad to say probably isn't the case - I would buy 24 of them and set them loose around the house. It'd be cheaper than a Roomba and at least 24 times as cute.

Also, have you noticed people saying kawaii a lot lately, too? I doubt they are doing the clap and giggle. You gotta do the clap and giggle.

Read - Hello Kitty Desktop Cleaner - Pink (Duh!) [Jbox via RedFerret via Engadget]

More Hello Kitty yum yum links after the jump.

That's Queen Hello Kitty to you, bitch

That's Queen Hello Kitty to you, bitch 09/11/2004 02:31 PM
Xeni Jardin: Platinum icon of Hello Kitty with a diamond-studded crown and 0.753-carat pink diamond scepter, created in honor of the character's 30th birthday. 100 of them are available at a cool 1 mil yen JP ($91,186.79 US). Link to Xinhua news story. (Thanks Ivy)

Kitty Spangles Solitaire 1.0

Kitty Spangles Solitaire 1.0 03/22/2005 04:35 PM
The prettiest Solitaire for the Mac, featuring beautiful animated backgrounds and a stylish cat girl!

Hello Kitty Meets Her Doom

Hello Kitty Meets Her Doom 08/09/2004 09:46 AM

Is it a gadget? Well, sort of. This mod for pants-wetter Doom 3 changes your flashlight (gadget!) into a special Hello Kitty light. That'll show those demons who's boss!

Read - Sony Ericsson K700i: burning bright [Polycount via TaoOfMac via BoingBoing]

Kitty Spangles Solitaire released

Kitty Spangles Solitaire released 03/22/2005 05:04 PM
Swoop Software has released Kitty Spangles Solitaire, a new solitaire card game for Mac OS X. The game features the friendly faces of Kitty Spangles and her friends Ferdiham the pig and Bim Bim the chimp. A downloadable demo is available; it costs US$19.95 to register.

It might have been like Kitty Hawk, NC,
a hundred years ago

It might have been like Kitty Hawk, NC,
a hundred years ago 06/21/2004 12:31 PM

At 8AM GMT-8 today, 11,000 spectators witnessed Mohave, CA, Airport become a SpacePort. Scaled Composites pilot Mike Melvill added his name to aviation history by taking SpaceShipOne to a height of 100km. The flight was not without mishap as the pioneer [reported] a loud bang during the flight. If it had been me at that moment, I'd now be sending my flight suit to the cleaner. Afterwards, the pilot pointed to a buckled rear of the space craft that may have produced the noise.

The Scaled Composites team can now seriously begin to compete for the $10 Million Ansari X Prize awarded for transporting a pilot and the weight of two passengers to an altitude of 100 kilometers twice within two weeks.

BTW, Paul Allen, co-founder of Micro$oft, is behind the Scaled Composites effort and FlipStart, the mini-PC posted below on 18 JUN.

Hello Kitty insect repellant bracelet

Hello Kitty insect repellant bracelet 04/13/2005 03:19 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Sid, who blogs Winkie, lives in Tokyo. Yesterday, he got a press release for a Hello Kitty branded insect repellent pendant, designed to be worn on the wrist or around the neck. The press release has lots of great janglish:

It is good feeling to have a food outside. But, it is bad if unpleasant bugs come. So, now a handy bug repellent with no smell gets popular.

The press release also cautions journalists not to imply that the pendant actually does the thing it is advertised to do:

We appreciate your corporation that the word such as "repellent" and "repel unpleasant bugs", etc. can be used on publicity, but the word or wording that imply "Effective for mosquitoes" or "itchy" and "mosquito", etc. cannot be used. A conventional repellent is registered with pharmaceutical product and/or quasi-pharmaceutical product. However, this product is not yet registered as a wording of "Effective for mosquito", etc. cannot be used.

Link

Sun aims high with Kitty Hawk

Sun aims high with Kitty Hawk 07/01/2004 07:10 AM
vnunet.com Jul 1 2004 11:46AM GMT

The Poor Man: Kitty Kelley's Shocking
Revelations

The Poor Man: Kitty Kelley's Shocking
Revelations 09/08/2004 08:31 PM
a preview of the shocking revelations from the new biography of Our Fearless Leader .. The Poor Man: Kitty Kelley's Shocking Revelations .. are indeed shocking

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Oracle cuts kitty for PeopleSoft
purchase

Oracle cuts kitty for PeopleSoft
purchase 12/31/2003 05:03 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 31 2003 4:11AM ET

Sun's Kitty Hawk aims high

Sun's Kitty Hawk aims high 06/29/2004 05:06 PM
The company plans to retool its back-end Java software and tools to enable system designs that are more modular and flexible.

Game Room: Kitty Spangles Solitaire

Game Room: Kitty Spangles Solitaire 04/12/2005 05:24 PM
Kitty Spangles Solitaire sure is cute. But can it hold up to other solitaire card games out there?

Motion Sensitive Hello Kitty Phone Game

Motion Sensitive Hello Kitty Phone Game 02/01/2005 09:08 PM

Somewhere in time, a bunch of children marched for twenty years through nail biting straight A and amphetamine-fueled electrical engineering finals to collapse at the top of their heap. For years they toiled to learn which circuits monitored motion, how sensors could be made that could detect human touch, and have to make liquid and crystals display bright, vibrant colors. And then, in their final service to humanity, they created the Siemens CX70 EMOTY handset and loaded it with Hello Kitty My Best Friends, a collection of interactive mini-games that let us shake, stroke, and smoosh Hello Kitty through a variety of activities that are guaranteed to keep us diverted for moments to come.

Shake, Kitty, shake [GuardianUK via Kotaku]

Sun flying SOA effort with Project Kitty
Hawk

Sun flying SOA effort with Project Kitty
Hawk 06/28/2004 04:28 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems is developing SOA (service-oriented architecture) technology being called ?Project Kitty Hawk,? Sun officials said at the 2004 JavaOne conference here on Monday.

Sharon Bush Denies Kitty Kelley Account

Sharon Bush Denies Kitty Kelley Account 09/09/2004 10:13 PM
She denies making the allegations

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NEC's 30th Anniversary Hello, Kitty
LaVie G type J Laptop

NEC's 30th Anniversary Hello, Kitty
LaVie G type J Laptop 05/27/2004 06:25 AM
You know how you can tell this is going to be a good morning? It's starting with Hello, Kitty, and that's never bad. This special edition 'NEC LaVie G type J' ultralight laptop commemorates the 30th Anniversary of Sanrio's hallmark...

Media View Kitty Kelley's Bush Book With
Caution (washingtonpost.com)

Media View Kitty Kelley's Bush Book With
Caution (washingtonpost.com) 09/09/2004 03:56 AM

What did you get for Christmas?

What did you get for Christmas? 12/26/2004 07:13 AM
TechSpot Dec 26 2004 10:21AM GMT

Christmas!!!

Christmas!!! 12/25/2003 04:28 AM
Hey, so it's finally Christmas! We hope everyone got lots of new gadgets to play with. Of course, we never get gadgets as gifts anymore....

All I Want For Christmas

All I Want For Christmas 12/24/2003 09:21 PM
CBS News Dec 24 2003 8:08PM ET

What do you want for Christmas

What do you want for Christmas 12/05/2003 02:12 AM
Heck I know what I want for christmas but unless someone is going to buy Geek News Central or I...

What I Don't Want For Christmas

What I Don't Want For Christmas 12/16/2003 03:14 AM
There are a couple of items that the pundits and the rumor sites say we might see in 2004, and if it's all the same to y'all in Cupertino, don't bother with these. By Chris Adamson (O'Reilly Network via MyAppleMenu)
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WSE 2.0 Adapter for BizTalk Server 2004

WSE 2.0 Adapter for BizTalk Server 2004 08/12/2004 08:17 PM
Scott Woodgate shows how to use the latest secure Web Services technology with BizTalk Server 2004. Both consume a secure Web Service and expose a business process as a secure Web Service.

Microsoft unveils BizTalk Server 2004

Microsoft unveils BizTalk Server 2004 12/18/2003 11:52 AM
Infomatics Dec 18 2003 10:38AM ET

IBM Targets Microsoft BizTalk With
Integration Server

IBM Targets Microsoft BizTalk With
Integration Server 05/06/2004 10:05 AM
IBM on Wednesday unveiled an integration server that is expected to compete with Microsoft BizTalk for the wallets of small to medium-sized businesses. The WebSphere Business Integration Server Express is for SMBs looking for a low-cost integration platform for connecting internal information technology systems or for automating business transactions over the Internet. The platform includes out-of-the-box adapters for connecting to databases and applications via Java-based standards, including JDBC and JMS, and extensible markup language, or XML.

Microsoft Biztalk Server 2004 Management
Pack Released

Microsoft Biztalk Server 2004 Management
Pack Released 04/20/2004 04:51 PM

Understanding BizTalk Server 2004

Understanding BizTalk Server 2004 12/17/2003 12:18 AM
Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2004 supports the goal of creating business processes that unite separate applications into a coherent whole. The upcoming release enables you to connect diverse applications, and then to graphically construct and modify business processes that use the services those applications provide. Additionally, the next release brings more to the core BizTalk Server 2004 engine, including a mechanism for specifying business rules, better ways to manage and monitor applications, and support for single sign-on for those applications.

Microsoft Unveils Pricing and Packaging
Details For BizTalk Server 2004

Microsoft Unveils Pricing and Packaging
Details For BizTalk Server 2004 12/17/2003 01:06 PM
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled pricing and packaging details for its forthcoming release of BizTalk® Server 2004, the industry-leading integration solution that is part of the Windows Server System (TM) . Now in its third major release, BizTalk Server 2004 helps customers automate business processes by flexibly integrating applications, trading partners and employees.

BizTalk 2002 Adapter for FTP

BizTalk 2002 Adapter for FTP 12/25/2003 11:25 PM
The Microsoft BizTalk 2002 Adapter for FTP integrates vital data stored on a variety of platforms with line-of-business applications using the FTP protocol.

BizTalk Server 2004 Rollup Package 1

BizTalk Server 2004 Rollup Package 1 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
The BizTalk Server 2004 Rollup Package 1 provides a cumulative rollup of updates that have been offered since the release of BizTalk Server 2004, and is discussed in the BizTalk Server 2004 installation guide as well as Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 837168. Download now to update your BizTalk Server 2004.

BizTalk Server 2004 Installation Guide

BizTalk Server 2004 Installation Guide 09/24/2004 04:01 PM
This guide describes how to install BizTalk Server 2004 on a single computer or on multiple computers. This is an updated guide available for download.

Microsoft BizTalk Server Needs Tweaking
for SP2, Too

Microsoft BizTalk Server Needs Tweaking
for SP2, Too 08/17/2004 09:42 AM
to a change in the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) security model, Microsoft BizTalk Server users running Windows XP SP2 will need to modify their registries in order to get BizTalk to run at all. Meanwhile, Microsoft has posted for download the new version of the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (version 1.2.1) that is required by SP2 users.

Microsoft eyes broader market for
BizTalk Server

Microsoft eyes broader market for
BizTalk Server 12/17/2003 06:08 PM
BizTalk Server is software designed to help companies integrate disparate business applications and connect to business partners more easily.

BizTalk 2004 Is Here. Now What?

BizTalk 2004 Is Here. Now What? 03/06/2004 02:07 AM
Microsoft officially launched its BizTalk 2004 integration server on Tuesday. And the analysts over at Gartner already are asking questions and making predictions as to what Microsoft will do with BizTalk next.

Microsoft Unveils BizTalk 2002

Microsoft Unveils BizTalk 2002 03/14/2003 01:28 AM
Microsoft has announced the release of its BizTalk Server 2002. For companies that use complex CRM systems, the BizTalk middleware application offers an extensive packaged adapter library that will allow developers to connect easily with CRM systems as well as ERP, database and legacy systems, the company said.

Microsoft dooms Jupiter, readies BizTalk

Microsoft dooms Jupiter, readies BizTalk 02/18/2004 01:34 PM
The software giant scraps plans to bundle its server applications. Meanwhile, a revamped BizTalk could grab market share from IBM, BEA and Oracle.

Microsoft holds steady on BizTalk
pricing

Microsoft holds steady on BizTalk
pricing 12/17/2003 12:00 PM
The software giant looks to play "spoiler" in the integration software market by undercutting competitors.

WPkontakt message parsing error

WPkontakt message parsing error 12/24/2004 12:36 PM
Jaroslaw Sajko (Dec 23 2004)

Re: msxml3.dll Parsing Error Crashes
Internet Explorer Remotely Upon Refresh

Re: msxml3.dll Parsing Error Crashes
Internet Explorer Remotely Upon Refresh 05/12/2004 12:51 PM
Gao Rui (May 11 2004)

msxml3.dll Parsing Error Crashes
Internet Explorer Remotely Upon Refresh

msxml3.dll Parsing Error Crashes
Internet Explorer Remotely Upon Refresh 05/10/2004 07:09 PM
Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider (May 10 2004)

Microsoft releases Host Integration
Server 2004

Microsoft releases Host Integration
Server 2004 08/17/2004 10:38 PM
iTnews Aug 18 2004 2:45AM GMT

Microsoft readies Host Integration
Server 2004

Microsoft readies Host Integration
Server 2004 08/17/2004 12:50 PM
In a continued effort to compete with IBM Corp. and its WebSphere offerings, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced imminent availability of Host Integration Server 2004.

Another ARC Trooper Error Found

Another ARC Trooper Error Found 12/18/2003 10:37 AM
Rebelscum reader Damon Hopkins send in a few photos of another variation of the ARC Trooper figure sfrom the Clone Wars. We've already seen various paint errors and a change in the shoulder ring, but when the stripes turned red, I suppose this error was inevitable...the skirt of the blue-striped figure have been added to the red-striped figure. Oops.

Error On Durge Figure Found

Error On Durge Figure Found 11/13/2003 10:59 PM
Love him or hate him, the 2,000-year old bounty hunter known as only as Durge is certainly a major player in the Clone Wars multimedia adventure. He's appeared in comic books, novels, video games, the animated micro-series, and several action figures. Not bad for a relatively new character. However, all is not well with this particular figure from the Swoop Bike...he has two left shoulders! A simple production error, but it looks like this dog soldier needs to take a trip back to the body banks!

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 databases
monitoring – 1105 / 9002 error
recovering PART1

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 databases
monitoring – 1105 / 9002 error
recovering PART1 07/08/2004 05:24 AM

UNREGMP2.EXE - Entry Point Not Found
error message

UNREGMP2.EXE - Entry Point Not Found
error message 01/05/2005 06:38 PM

Advisory 06/2004: libneon date parsing
vulnerability

Advisory 06/2004: libneon date parsing
vulnerability 05/19/2004 01:33 PM
Stefan Esser (May 18 2004)

Host Integration Server Set for 2004
Refresh

Host Integration Server Set for 2004
Refresh 12/18/2003 08:41 PM

Altiris FAQ: Server Error Messages

Altiris FAQ: Server Error Messages 01/05/2005 06:19 AM

Vulns: Microsoft Outlook Express MHTML
Redirection Local File Parsing
Vulnerability

Vulns: Microsoft Outlook Express MHTML
Redirection Local File Parsing
Vulnerability 04/24/2004 10:39 PM
SecurityFocus Apr 25 2004 2:15AM GMT

Host Integration Server 2004 Trial
Software

Host Integration Server 2004 Trial
Software 08/18/2004 01:30 AM
This is the 120-day trial software. With this trial software, you can experience how Host Integration Server 2004 makes it easier to integrate your IBM mission-critical host applications, data sources, messaging and security systems with new solutions developed using the Microsoft Windows Server System platform. This fully functional trial software will be automatically disabled after four months.

Host Integration Server 2004 beta
arrives

Host Integration Server 2004 beta
arrives 12/16/2003 05:18 PM
Personal Computer World Dec 16 2003 4:35PM ET

A very kitty Christmas

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