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05 Jan 2009 16:39

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Tech: Steve Jobs levels with us

  • I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
  • Steve Jobs • In an open letter in which he revealed a hormone inbalance which was making him lose significant amounts of weight • source
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05 Jan 2009 05:03

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Offbeat, Tech: It’s not as cool as the iPhone blender video

  • 154 yard iPod throw; pssh, we’re only kinda impressed source
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02 Jan 2009 15:01

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Tech: This guy’s a regular Walt Mossberg

  • I’m using this OS as I type. Looks like it’s OK to me, not too much different than Vista but a few new items.
  • The Pirate Bay user al966g • on a beta copy of Microsoft Windows 7.0 which washed ashore on the site this week • source
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02 Jan 2009 13:24

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Offbeat, Tech: It’s a hit because it’s not a hit. Follow?

This Volvo concept car has technology designed to avoid crashes. Neat. source
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01 Jan 2009 22:21

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Offbeat, Tech: Breast-feeding is not a crime.

  • There is nothing about bottle-feeding a child that has to be discreet. With breast-feeding, it should be the exact same way.
  • Kelli Roman • a 23-year-old California mom who started a 97,600-strong Facebook group protesting the site’s blocking of nursing photos it deems “obscene” • source
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01 Jan 2009 16:19

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Offbeat, Tech: Well, everything is just sitting out at Apple Stores …

  • Thieves ransack Apple gear Two of the iconic computer retailer’s computer outlets – both in Silicon Valley, by the way – recently got robbed. They nabbed approximately $10,000 worth of gear from one of them in just two minutes. We bet they took all the Mac Minis. Yeah. source
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01 Jan 2009 16:00

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Tech: Google to IE6 users: Drop it like a bad habit

  • GMail is faster elsewhere Google’s Chrome, recently upgraded to version 1.0, apparently runs the popular GMail service at much faster speeds. So does Firefox. And IE7. And Safari. And Opera. And so on … source
  • GMail is faster elsewhere Google’s Chrome, recently upgraded to version 1.0, apparently runs the popular GMail service at much faster speeds. So does Firefox. And IE7. And Safari. And Opera. And so on …
  • Google plays hardball GMail recently removed IE6 from its list of supported browsers and put a page on the menu bar targeting those users. Google says that upgrading would “make Google Mail run an average of twice as fast.” source
  • GMail is faster elsewhere Google’s Chrome, recently upgraded to version 1.0, apparently runs the popular GMail service at much faster speeds. So does Firefox. And IE7. And Safari. And Opera. And so on …
  • Google plays hardball GMail recently removed IE6 from its list of supported browsers and put a page on the menu bar targeting those users. Google says that upgrading would “make Google Mail run an average of twice as fast.”
  • IE6’s business base Internet Explorer has built its sizable market share due to the glacial pace of businesses upgrading their browsers. On weekends, the browser’s share goes down considerably. Coincidence? We think not. source
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