Back in 2003 I argued to the chagrin of some techno-utopian types at a blogging conference, that as a Howard Dean supporter I would be really upset if he was wasting time blogging when he should be glad-handing with possible supporters. I’m reminded of that because some on the tech blogs are expressing some mild [...]
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AT&T And Verizon Lies/Astroturf On Net Neutrality Exposed
October 22nd, 2009
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The guys from CNET’s Buzz Out Loud do a masterful job dissecting the lies and bs coming from the telecom bigwigs on net neutrality in this audio. Please listen. (Subscribe to BOL here, best daily tech podcast around).
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RELATED: Beck through the looking glass: smears net neutrality as a Marxist plot to take over the Internet
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What Could Go Wrong?
October 4th, 2009
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A stupid editorial.
When a cellphone is used in a moving car, its signal must be handed off from one cell tower to the next along the route. This process tells the service provider that the phone is in motion. Cellphone towers could be engineered to not transmit while a phone is traveling.
Look, I don’t want [...]
Facebook Baits TechCrunch Into Publishing Junk Without Checking
September 11th, 2009
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Facebook put up a link to a feature only TechCrunch could see, like lemmings of course TechCrunch made a breathless post about it without checking.
Gmail Lockout
September 1st, 2009
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I’ve been locked out of Gmail for over 24 hours now and this is all Google has posted:
September 1, 2009 8:18:00 AM PDT
Google Mail service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time frame is an estimate and may change.
Come [...]
Jay Rockefeller’s Nutty Cyberlaw
August 28th, 2009
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Sen. Rockefeller, you probably mean well but this is wrong and just gives fodder to the super-loons out there.
CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.
The new version allows the president to [...]
Bill Gates Made $168 Million This Month
August 10th, 2009
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Since the beginning of August Gates sold 7 million out of his 726 million Microsoft shares for about $168 million.
I guess he needed some money for lunch, heh.
Google Chrome OS To Challenge Microsoft Windows On Netbooks
July 8th, 2009
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Oh hell, it just got real real.
In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web browser.
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“Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS,” said Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, engineering director, [...]
Commodore 64 Laptop
April 6th, 2009
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Oh hell yes. A Commodore was my first computer, I had no disk drive and used to program in hundreds of lines of BASIC code to do simple stuff like drawing a line on screen. And then I turned it off and it went away.
Good times.
Amazon Kindle For iPhone
March 4th, 2009
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Well, the e-book just got interesting…
Starting Wednesday, owners of these Apple devices can download a free application, Kindle for iPhone and iPod Touch, from Apple’s App Store. The software will give them full access to the 240,000 e-books for sale on Amazon.com, which include a majority of best sellers.
The move comes a week after Amazon [...]
House Beats DTV Delay
January 28th, 2009
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Good.
Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans on Wednesday defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting to June 12 — leaving the current Feb. 17 deadline intact for now.
The 258-168 vote failed to clear the two-thirds threshold needed for passage. It’s a victory for the GOP members, who warn [...]
Delaying The DTV Transition Is Stupid
January 27th, 2009
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Here, you can add this as the first thing I disagree with the Obama administration on. We have had this deadline for years now. The amount of people who are going to be affected is miniscule – most of the country is on cable or satellite. Of those affected, they go and get the box [...]
Sony To Lose $1.1 Billion, Maybe They Should Be Open
January 13th, 2009
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I’m sure part of it is the economy, but I get the feeling that Sony’s loss of billions is in part due to the closed nature of their products. Sony has the tendency to lock everything down with excessive DRM – look at how poorly their ebook reader has fared versus Amazon’s Kindle. I don’t [...]
Apple Macworld Keynote: Chill My Babies
January 7th, 2009
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As I’ve noted the last couple years my life has become pretty Mac-centric, both at work and at home, but while I am much more fond of Apple products than I used to be I still don’t get the emotional rollercoaster their biggest fans put themselves on (I mean, people should experience emotional ups and [...]
You Say “Hiccup”, I Say “Aware”
January 1st, 2009
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So all the Zunes in the world had a simultaneous disturbance? And it’s just a coincidence, right?
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s 2009. Skynet is online.
>> Skynet Dev Team t-shirt
Amazon.com iPhone/iPod App
December 27th, 2008
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If you’re a book junkie like me and you like to check Amazon.com to either see reviews of a book while you’re in a book store or cheat and use Amazon’s recommendation engine, you should use the new Amazon.com app I just found yesterday from them. It works much faster (for me at least) than [...]
Fix Tabbing In Firefox On Mac
December 20th, 2008
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It’s crazy that Apple made Tab default to not going to drop-down boxes in applications like Firefox. Here’s how to fix it. (via)
Advice On Printers Sought
December 11th, 2008
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So the printer I’ve got on my home network is an HP 5440. I got it free with my PC, but oh my God it drinks ink like wine at a Roman orgy. It costs me $35 to replenish the black and white/color cartridges and that doesn’t last for very many pages. Anyone using a [...]
