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If you have not used Bloglines or are intimidated by it, you will want to check out the this tutorial. While your playing with it don't forget to add out RSS feed to your subscription https://www.geeknewscentral.com/index.xml [Betterdays]
I really am beginning to like this Maverick he sure does put out some great articles, and he is someone we all need to appreciate, he and I agree in a lot of subject areas. I think it would be a blast to sit down and pick that mans brain for about a week. Annoying it would be for him
I have been hearing these stories off and on from people, in them saying Vonage has terrible customer service. The worse part is that it appears they have outsourced their customer service to some foreign country and the sound quality of those calls is real bad. This is not a good start for a company that is supposedly in the
I knew it was only a matter of time before people started complaining about audio quality, DRM etc.. Seems their is a growing discord with online music sales. Real good article but the juicy stuff is in the comments. [BBC]
Seems Apple is not happy about a book about to be released on Steve Jobs and have pulled all of Wiley Publishings books from the shelves of their stores. Sounds like someone had a fit over at Apple. I am not so sure it is going to have that much of a impact as I don't think I have ever
My mom used to work for Coleco. I had a lot of Cabbage Patch Kids. I wish I had more of these instead. OH WAIT! I can get them NOW! Sweet![Gizmodo]
You might recognize the name Paul Thurrott as being one of the original Window’s bloggers. Paul has been waving the flag for Microsoft for many years. He’s blogging at the WinHEC 2005 convention and has had a first look at the new Longhorn beta. Microsoft has tried to get a new beta out to the testers to off-set the press that their competition has been getting. Here is a comment he posted.
I've been working on this subject for quite some time now, and people have practically flamed me to death for it. Yet now, with the backing of CNN.com, I have VALIDATION! Sweet, sweet validation. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Combine the iPod with satellite radio and what do you get? "The killer app," said Kit Spring, an analyst with Stifel, Nicolaus
I understand the importance of making plants more resistant to certain environmental conditions through normal cross-breeding etc. But scientist have went a little far in putting a human gene into a variety of Rice under experimentation. [news.independent.co.uk]
Over the years I have run into some real hackers these are the guys that really do know how to hack a computer, and I would not want them gunning for me. But if you ever run into the referenced hacker on IRC just make sure you tell him that your IP is 127.0.0.1 just like someone else already has.
Lonely? Feeling disconnected from your long-distance loved ones? Get a shirt that makes you feel like you're being hugged. I'm slightly disturbed by this thing.[Hug Shirt]
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