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Apple’s WWDC Conference Today @ 12pm Central Time
Today Apple begins their yearly developer conference. The keynote is scheduled for today at 10am Pacific (12pm Central) when Steve Jobs will make his usual round of product announcements. Some of the reported rumors about what will go on include … Continue reading
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Half of U.S. still believes Iraq had WMD
Half of America apparently still thinks so, a new poll finds, and experts see a raft of reasons why: a drumbeat of voices from talk radio to die-hard bloggers to the Oval Office, a surprise headline here or there, a … Continue reading
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Linux Taking Over Mac OSX as the “It Just Works” OS
There have been several reports recently in the blog community about long time Mac users switching to PCs running Ubuntu Linux Desktop. Most notably here and here. What does this say to the Mac community that’s usually so “ours is … Continue reading
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Will the iPod Kill Satellite Radio??
In a potentially devastating blow for satellite radio operators, drivers will be able to plug iPods directly into the stereo systems of a majority of 2007 models of Ford, GM and Mazda vehicles in the United States. I personally owned … Continue reading
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HUGE List of Ports Used by Programs
Want to find out what ports certain programs use? Wikipedia has a gargantuan list of ports used by different programs. Very very useful for anyone attempting to set up a very limiting home firewall. A great resource. read more | … Continue reading
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Linux Taking Over Mac OSX as the "It Just Works" OS
There have been several reports recently in the blog community about long time Mac users switching to PCs running Ubuntu Linux Desktop. Most notably here and here. What does this say to the Mac community that’s usually so “ours is … Continue reading →