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So long, Farewell – Sony Cassette Player

“After retiring the floppy disk in March, Sony has halted the manufacture and distribution of another now-obsolete technology: the cassette Walkman, the first low-cost, portable music player.” Wow a classic being laid to rest. I wonder if I still have … Continue reading

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Some networks say NO to Google TV

“Google TV is one of the more high-profile attemptsĀ in recent history by the tech industry to marry the PC-based Internet and the traditional television world.” Denied!!! So we’re only talking about the streaming of full episodes to Google TV. Users … Continue reading

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Check those cell phone bills

“GivenĀ the news about Verizon Wireless overcharging its customers by about $50 million, mobile phone users may be smart to examine their bills more closely” We would always want to feel that dealing with a big name company, we will not … Continue reading

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PDF Split and Merge with PDFsam

Always seem to be on the same page with my friend at Veign. Would you believe I was asked about this today. For those who are looking to combine/split pdf files…see what Veign has to say about it. Link: Veign/blog

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Blackberry enters the Tablet arena

“BlackBerry maker Research in Motion unveiled the PlayBook, a tablet computer, at a developer conference Monday.” Enter another tablet in the market…The Playbook from RIM RIM has always had its foot in the business market. I would be interested to … Continue reading

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The Ultimate Grill?

“Why choose between a wood grill, a charcoal grill and a gas grill when you can …have the best of all worlds?” Ok, so I love to grill; doesn’t matter the time of day or the season of the year. … Continue reading

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Check out Notepad++

Here’s a little tool that I have found very helpful. I have a friend who is taking programming classes and he asked me for assistance. Not having programmed in years, I wanted to clean up his code (Thanks Clemson for … Continue reading

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FCC heralds a new era of ‘super Wi-Fi’

“The spectrum allows signals to travel further, to go through walls, to [transfer] more information — so it’s very robust,” he said in an interview with CNN.com. “Super Wi-Fi has extraordinary potential. What’s as exciting is we have a new … Continue reading

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Apple & Adobe…Together?

“I am ecstatic that competition from Android is forcing Apple to make the iPhone a more competitive, more open, and therefore better platform for users and developers,” Ok, I’m a fan of open source development (reason I like Google products), … Continue reading

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Google Instant

“It’s not a search as you type, it’s a search before you type” From fast to faster. Google prides itself on its search engine and a few months ago, introduced its new search index Caffeine. Today, Google has taken search … Continue reading

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