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13 Jul 2009 09:55

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Tech: Coming soon: A free, Web-appy version of Microsoft Office

  • Perfect. Now we can run it on Chrome OS. Microsoft Office 2010, which was released in a developer-only technical preview version this morning, will bring the worlds of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote to the Web browser – just like Google! (We want to know how long it took them to build it for IE6, or if they even tried.) Incredibly curious like we are? Well, you’ll have to wait until later this year, when the full beta comes out. source
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12 Jul 2009 15:45

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Tech: The iPhone gets some more lovin’ from photojournalists

The Fifty Four from richard hernandez on Vimeo.

  • Journalists are happily pushing the boundaries of the iPhone. Friday, we posted some photos that St. Petersburg Times’ photographer Melissa Lyttle took for the newspaper on her iPhone. Today, we bring you a wicked video multimedia journalist Richard Hernandez shot and produced completely on his iPhone. Tomorrow: a 3D film? source
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11 Jul 2009 12:30

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Culture, Tech: Greg Grunberg: “Heroes” star, Yowza iPhone app maven

  • At the beginning it was a tough chicken and egg situation. Where I was calling and saying ‘Hi it’s Greg Grunberg, star of NBC’s Heroes, can I talk to the head of marketing please,’ and I would get them on the phone.
  • Greg Grunberg • On his pretty solid side career producing the Yowza iPhone app, a GPS-aware coupon-referring program that has become a hit. He claims that he’s always been a bit of an entrepreneur and that it’s a solid backup plan just in case he gets killed off on “Heroes” someday. (Not that he should have a problem with that, because his character can read people’s thoughts.) • source
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11 Jul 2009 11:49

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Tech: Image-uploading web sites like Imageshack are serious business

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  • Well … that’s a pretty notable hack. These guys hacked a site that millions of people use to tell the world that security exploits need to not be openly talked about – the hacking equivalent of snitches. Most of us don’t care, but probably should more.source
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10 Jul 2009 17:37

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Biz, Tech: GM takes a cue from Beanie Babies, plans to hawk stuff on eBay

OK, we kid, we kid, it is a viable business plan, but it is, pardon our pun, kind of a left turn for the company. source
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10 Jul 2009 17:32

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Tech, World: High-profile Brit caught with his pants down (thanks to Facebook)

  • It’s not a state secret that he wears Speedo swimming trunks, for goodness sake.
  • British Foreign Secretary David Miliband • On Sir John Sawers’ private family photos, among other things, that ended up being published in the Mail on Sunday. How did they get a hold of this stuff you ask? He is the British representative to the United Nations and soon to be head of the British Secret Intelligence Service after all. Well, it seems his wife, Lady Sawers, doesn’t quite understand Facebook’s privacy settings. Oops. • source
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10 Jul 2009 16:16

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Tech: The iPhone gets some lovin’ from St. Petersburg Times’ photographer

Melissa Lyttle recently completed an assignment…for a newspaper…using only her iPhone. Relax. Breathe. They actually look pretty good. source
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10 Jul 2009 13:46

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Tech: Blocky wants to kill spam on Twitter – AND do it in pink

As someone who gets lots of spambot followers, we really dig this idea, but worry about false positives. And the fact that its maker likes pink so much. source
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10 Jul 2009 10:44

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Tech: Fake Steve Jobs trashes all over the emergence of a Google OS

  • Somehow if you put out a new operating system you’ll get more people using the Internet and then you’ll be able to sell more of those $#%@*^ little ads?
  • Fake Steve Jobs (a.k.a. Daniel Lyons) • Discussing why Google’s new operating system is going to fail. Our favorite part? When he trashes on the tiny size of the netbook market. “Frankly, if the entire netbook market caught fire,” he says, “I wouldn’t piss on it to put it out. But that’s just me.” Oh Fake Steve. *fawn* • source
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09 Jul 2009 10:50

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Tech: Who needs a GPS system when you have an iPhone, really?

  • 40%+ of all smartphone users use their phones for directional help; the number is 80%+ for iPhone users source
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