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May 2008

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GNC-2008-05-23 #376 Win Big Money On our Survey

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Mac Minute to Shut Down

This is part of the post found at macminute.com by his sister, Julie. Stan Flack - founder of MacMinute had passed away a month earlier and his family has been taking care of his estate. Since Stan was a major part of his website, the information has remained stagnant since April 11th.

RawVoice Generator Demo

For the first time ever we have release a complete demo of the RawVoice Generator. This shows you segments of the administrative section, publishing section and how it ties together completly with the media portal itself.

Busting Down the Phone Bill

A few recent studies have indicated that more and more people are eliminating their home phone service in lieu of cell service. My mother has already done this (she's such a rebel in her old age - she turns 67 this year). My father is considering it, and he's 72, but it would mean going down to "naked" DSL and

Twitter Admits that they have no Idea whats wrong!

There is a post by the folks at Twitter, that admit they have no idea what is bringing down their service. In a word I am "shocked" this company has big bucks in the bank from Venture Funding and they are admitting they don't know what the problem is? It's not like this started yesterday! This seems like a simple

A standard by any other name…

...would still be more about marketing than helping consumers. It has always been a stange phenomenon that 'standards' proposed by individual companies can be used to either protect markets or break them open. While they use the same term they are radically different on one important spectrum, openess. A large dominant company will try and propose a 'standard' that at

Mighty Mouse sues… Well, Mighty Mouse.

The Company Man & Machine has filed a lawsuit over the "Mighty Mouse" name with Apple and CBS. The Maryland based company put out a water-resistant optical mouse in called Mighty Mouse. Their claim is that Apple put out their Mighty Mouse over a year later. Now we all know Mighty Mouse as a Superhero mouse that comes to save

Supernova caught Exploding at the Exact Moment!

This is a must read folks, an astronomer got real lucky when studying another Supernova, and caught a star at the exact moment it blew its top.. Amazing read and Amazing pics www.badastronomy.com

Leopard, A Faux Pas With Musicians

After having had several hours of frustration trying to solve the problems that have appeared with my "music rig" since I updated to OS X 10.5.2, I am somewhat relieved to know that the problem seems to be universal. (It's not just me!)

Early Termination Fees Terminated?

After taking a trip down mobile phone memory lane thanks to Jeffrey Powers post below (I was a proud owner of the gigantic Motorola "Brick" phone) I wondered how many more phones I may have burned through over the years if not for everyone's favorite little constrictive clause, the Early Termination Fee (ETF.) After years of despising and cursing that clause, engaging in the eternal pursuit of devising a way around it (to no avail) there is finally hope on the horizon.

Evolution of Mobile Phones

How many mobile phones have you had in a lifetime? I personally counted 5 personal and 7 business cell phones (not counting any pagers). Everything from the Motorola MicroTac, to the Nokia 6125 to my current HTC 8125. e2save put out an interesting video that can be found on YouTube called "The Evolution of the Mobile Phone". This video spans

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