Monthly Archives: April 2007

Dead Like Me Ressurects?

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Michael Koby

Rumors are floating around that Dead Like Me, the popular Showtime original series about a team of grim reapers, may see a revival in the form of a direct to DVD movie. If they get the original cast back to … Continue reading →

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Compulsory Music License

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Michael Koby

Last week, the lead singer for the band Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page decided to come out with the truth about music downloading pirates.  You know those pirates that download music off the internet for their own listening pleasure without paying … Continue reading →

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Power of Information 2007-04-29

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Michael Koby

This week on the Power of Information, Derek and I discuss the end of tax-free internet sales, Blu-Ray selling its one millionth disc, solid state hard drives, and hybrid hard drives. We also talk about Lifehacker’s Better Gmail Firefox extension and we take a look at OpenDNS. All this and more on this week’s Power of Information. Continue reading →

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links for 2007-04-29

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Michael Koby

Your Guide to a Better lawn (tags: home lawn gardening)

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links for 2007-04-28

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Michael Koby

Beryl and Ubuntu | Ubuntu Video (tags: ubuntu beryl video)

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Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows Vista

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Michael Koby

I am okay with Windows being better in most cases, because Microsoft spends money on development, research, and user testing to ensure they have all the kinks worked out before shipping a product (at least for the most part). Microsoft has an entire team of people paid to do nothing more than work on the Windows operating system. While several of the Linux developers are now paid, there are still a lot of them that are not. They also do not have the research and user testing budgets the Microsoft has. Continue reading →

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