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Archive for January, 2009

Arrington on hiatus from TechCrunch

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You know, one review isn’t going to change your life. If Mike Arrington hated your product, it’s either because it was a crappy product or it was a one-off. If it was a one-off, chances are, you’re still fine (Midomi is a good example: Arrington hated it, but others found it fine and it’s still around today).

Some Things Need To Change.

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January 28th, 2009 at 6:55 pm

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Does the White House Have Wi-Fi?

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These people are really starting to annoy me. Wifi is unsecure. Heck, many companies don’t even use wifi. So why should the president of the United States, in an area where security is everything???

Does the White House Have Wi-Fi?

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January 24th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

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Britannica to allow user-edits

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In other news, the sky is falling.

Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0.

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January 22nd, 2009 at 9:57 pm

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Poor Obama staffers… they don’t have access to Macs

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Dude. They haven’t heard of computer security. Macs are safe, but not government-level safe.

Whiners: Technology’s White House of Horrors.

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January 22nd, 2009 at 9:54 pm

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Shuttleworth: “I’m not going to diss” Windows 7

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Wow, coming from Shuttleworth, that’s a lot.

Ubuntu’s Shuttleworth praises Windows 7, welcomes fight (via)

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January 22nd, 2009 at 9:10 am

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Jobs temporarily stepping down

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January 14th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

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Mike Huckabee on Apple

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Huckabee’s a great speaker, even if you don’t like his politics. Pretty good video here of him talking about Macs.

Huckabee Praises Apple (via) (via) (via)

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January 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

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Chrome for Linux and Mac: first half of ‘09

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Doesn’t mean much in the software world (probably before beginning of ‘10), but there’s hope!

Chrome gets Mac deadline, extensions foundation (via)

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January 12th, 2009 at 9:59 pm

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America’s Army 3.0 “May Return” To Linux

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Comeoncomeoncomeoncomeoncomeon PLEASE be true.

Even though I’m kinda addicted to Call of Duty right now.

And even though I’d probably be playing in Windows anyway because of Xfire.

[Phoronix] America’s Army 3.0 “May Return” To Linux.

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January 7th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

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Google releases Browser Security Handbook

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Hopefully, some developer companies *cough*microsoft*cough* will take this to heart.

Main – browsersec – Google Code – Browser Security Handbook landing page. (via) (via) (via)

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January 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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