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The announced-with-much-hype Plastic Logic eBook reader looks like it is finally going to be available. First announced over a year ago, the actual product has been hard to find in the wild, and so no one really knows if this is a legitimate contender for the eBook market. I'll wager that it is, and hope to get my hands on
How well you weather a redundancy depends on your planning. You want a 6 month buffer to find a new job.
So here I am working on a side web design job. As I look at the programs I am using to get it all done I realized they were, for the most part, all from software bundle purchases. If my memory serves me correct I have taken part in 3 different purchases from MacUpdate and Macheist. The price was never
Up until several weeks ago I was a 12 year loyal T-Mobile customer. Never a service interruption never a issue not one and the best part the plan were reasonable. Since i picked up my iPhone 3GS a couple of weeks ago and made the switch I get disconnected at least 8 times on a typical route I drive that
Under the category of what was someone thinking! When I read this morning that since the introduction of Wordpress version 2.8 that WordPress only Pings sites once and hour I just could not believe. Can you imagine having the hottest news story of the year and when you publish your post that Wordpress can wait as much as an hour
Do you like math do you live math, i have a request of the Ohana today to help your geek pick something out. Details in the show. Lots of tech today, rare daytime recording enjoy the podcast and be sure to check out the other shows at PodcastMadness.com Please support the Show Sponsors as they keep the show rolling here!
Do you have an Iphone or Ipod Touch? Do you watch video on your computer, while sitting on your couch?. Do you lose your apple remote control in your couch? If you answer yes to these questions, there is an application you might be interested in its called Snatch. It cost $3.99 and can be downloaded through the Itunes store. There is a free test version which you can download to try it out. You will have also download the Snatch server from the Snatch Web site and install it on your computer. This allows the application to talk to your computer. Once you set it up you can sit on your couch and use it to launch programs, as a remote control, a track pad and to scroll. The track pad, scrolling screen,and launch pad all come installed when you download the application.
A nice item to have in your geek toolbox is a way to share files on the Internet. Sending large photos or videos through email is simply not possible so you need another way. There are a number of sites that allow you to do this, but there is one that I've been using that has some unique features. It's
I've had my first generation Kindle for a year and a half and I drooled when the second generation Kindle came out. I drooled again when the Kindle DX was announced earlier this year. I tried using my Kindle to replace my daily newspaper but found the experience wasn't up to the task. I got use to reading my news
When you sign up for a new site that requires a logon with a password, it generally asks you to answer one or more security questions just in case you forget your password. These questions are simple ones like "What was the name of your first pet?", "What street did you live on when you were growing up?", "What city
"They sure don't make things like they used to!" There is a rich person somewhere collecting a nickle for every time that is said. Is it true in the tech industry? Automakers saturated the market and tried to keep making more. The solution? Make them break down quicker. Whether that is true or not, it certainly would do well on
A friend of mine's elderly mother experienced "car trouble". She backed up out of her drive accross the street and into the ditch. Finding herself in the ditch she thought "The steering must have gone out!" Leaving the car in the ditch she went into the house to call her son for help. Upon his arrival she explained that something
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