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Olympics still not mobile friendly

newsPublished November 3, 2009 at 7:31 pm No Comments

Techcrunch is reporting that NBC is about to launch their new Olympics site.  It will be a media-rich assault on the web user.  HD video, Facebook and Twitter will be incorporated as well as blogs but one thing is missing from the announcement, user-generated mobile media at the events.  I know copyright issues are in
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MS Office 2010 web apps on any device

newsPublished July 13, 2009 at 9:32 am No Comments

Giz is reporting that Microsoft is ready to move the next iteration of their Office suite into pseudo-private beta testing.  The cool thing about this announcement is the availability of lightweight web app versions of Word, Powerpoint and Excel that will allow users to edit and collaborate from netbooks or even smart phones.  What will
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Chrome OS – Lady Tech’s new OS

newsPublished July 8, 2009 at 10:48 am No Comments

As Lady Tech sits nervously waiting for the results of her pregnancy test, the doctor returns and congratulates her, “Good news, it looks like you are going to have another OS.”  Oh dear, how will this one turn out? Lady Tech had so many already but a few sticks out in her mind. Her older
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Acer is just good enough

newsPublished June 29, 2009 at 1:39 am No Comments

Engadget is reporting that Acer is moving up as the world’s number 2 producer of personal computers. Not too surprising as I write this entry on my Aspire One netbook from Acer. Many are shocked by this and I have to wonder why?  Acer reflects what mainstream consumers have long desired, just good enough quality to
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My G1s on Ebay

newsPublished April 13, 2009 at 1:31 pm No Comments

Over the weekend, I finally got around and place my two G1 phones up on ebay.  It was sad to let them go, but I had to.  Interestingly, these auctions are my first on ebay.  I usually do everything on Craigslist but decided to try out ebay after all these years. Those who know me,
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