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Teacher Confiscates Linux Discs, Claims There is No Free Software

Friday, December 12, 2008 13:06 No Comments

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Let us just say that we hate IM-speak and Webby abbreviations, but being that this is a family-friendly publication, a simple “WTF” will have to suffice for our reaction on this one.
Our minds are really blown by this:
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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-22

Saturday, November 22, 2008 23:59 No Comments

WTF? One of my ext HDs working with new MacBook is now read only. Can’t change permissions. The other, powered ext HD is fine. Strange. #
Fixed my ext HD problem. Reformatted to Mac OSX Extended, Journaled, Case Sensitive. Luckily I have 2 ext HDs to work with. Whew! #

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MacBook Owners Up In Arms About New Copyright Software

Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:11 No Comments

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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is bundling a form of copyright protection software into new MacBooks that has some buyers up in arms. Called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), the technology prevents MacBook owners from playing movies they’ve purchased through iTunes on many external monitors, TVs or projectors—meaning they’re stuck watching flicks they’ve paid [...]

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Why Developers Are Moving to Macs

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 13:35 No Comments

Programmers are finding themselves increasingly drawn to the Mac as a development platform, in large part due to Apple’s decision to move to Intel chips and to embrace virtualization of other OSes, which has turned Mac OS X into a flexible tool for development, InfoWorld reports. The explosion of interest in smartphone development is helping [...]

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Safari 3.2 Is Available

Monday, November 17, 2008 10:05 No Comments

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Yesterday Apple quietly slipped out an update to their Safari Web browser to version 3.2. The notable feature is that it finally adds anti-phishing technology, an area where Safari has lagged behind competitors. Aside from that, it provides some security fixes, improved JavaScript performance, and a slightly newer version of Webkit, pulling [...]

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Leveraging SEO and PR With Digital Public Relations

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 11:32 No Comments

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Lee Odden did a webinar with PRWeb on how to improve SEO (Search Engine Optimization) results by using online public relations tactics. With 15 minutes to present, there wasn’t a lot of tactical detail. At TopRank we’ve done a pretty good job at identifying trends in a way small and large business [...]

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The Shatner Project

Saturday, November 1, 2008 11:40 No Comments

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I have always admired William Shatner and I’m a long-time fan. Of course, it all started with Star Trek, which I have been watching for what seems like all my life now. He was also a very busy actor in many early 60’s TV shows. But his other projects since Star Trek are [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-30

Thursday, October 30, 2008 23:59 No Comments

Bought a beautiful new HP high res 19″ external display for my new MacBook. Now, the set-up is complete. #

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Eight ways Twitter will change your life

Thursday, October 30, 2008 15:19 No Comments

It seems that everyone is atwitter about Twitter. Yes, other microblog services with insufferably cute names, such as Pownce, Jaiku, and Plurk, are around. But Twitter has quickly become the de facto choice for creating really, really short blogs.

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Antiviral “Scareware” Just one More Intruder

Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:11 No Comments

How much money can criminals make scaring naïve computer users? Try $5 million a year.
That is how much a marketing associate of one Russian operation appears to be earning from its sales of fake antivirus software through an elaborate scheme that relies on e-mail spam and indirectly controlling thousands of unprotected PCs, according to [...]

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