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Ok folks I am back from the Set Top Box Conference, only a few tidbits in todays show, I will have a full rundown on Mondays show. Lots of fun stuff plus a whole lot of tech. I introduce a very valuable finders fee for the show that could put a lot of money in your pocket listen for details.
If you use a Twitter client (either on your desktop or phone) then you may have had a surprise on Tuesday. A nasty surprise, actually. That surprise was a broken app. You probably thought, as I did at first, that Twitter was down. After all, that is something we have become used to. The "Fail Whale", as it is known,
Back in the very early part of the 1990’s, the tech world villain of choice was IBM, and the underdog was Microsoft. As the 1990’s progressed, IBM began to move into the background and Microsoft took over the role as tech villain. Windows 3.0 was the version that really started making waves in a big way. It was buggy and
Several times a year I have need of several extra bodies to complete time-sensitive work in my department. The work is tedious and mind-numbing, but important, and only lasts three to five weeks. Since we are a college campus, we do not have provisions in policy to bring on temporary workers from an agency, so I have to get creative.
Todd likes to ask the question, "why is __________ still around?" He asked it last week about Hotmail. It's not a huge mystery if you work in academics. Hotmail, in the form of "Windows Live" email, exists on a great number of campuses across the country, providing student email that (in theory) integrates with other campus business systems (like class
Recently Mozilla released the Beta 4 version of Firefox 4.0. Like all Firefox Betas in the past it will break your add-ons, but it also adds some REALLY cool new eye-candy. The biggest additions are Panorama and Sync, but there's also a slick new interface. The first thing you'll notice is the interface - specifically the toolbars. It's not vastly
Today, HP announced its autumn line-up of notebooks, with the HP Envy 17 3D taking the flagship role as the first 17" laptop to support 1080p 3-D and Blu-ray. The Envy 17 3D comes with active shutter glasses which wirelessly sync with the HD display giving a full 3D experience when viewing films or playing games that are "3D". Under
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