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Google Grabs Postini

What I find interesting is the 1) the price and 2) this is Google’s second acquisition in as many weeks. A 625 million dollar price tag is certainly steep considering the GrandCentral price is unclassified. Google seems to be setting out on a on mission to acquire a company a week. Who knows where this is going to lead. Continue reading

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Pownce Invites

I have 3 Pownce invites remaining after I invited some of my own people to the shindig.  If you need one, please comment.  The first 3 comments will get 1 Pownce invite each.  Be sure to include your email address … Continue reading

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I'm on Twitter

Yes, that is correct, I have joined what is probably the latest internet fad, Twitter.  I’m not totally sure what I will do with this.  Really, I just wanted to see what all the hype was about. It seems like … Continue reading

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I’m on Twitter

Yes, that is correct, I have joined what is probably the latest internet fad, Twitter.  I’m not totally sure what I will do with this.  Really, I just wanted to see what all the hype was about. It seems like … Continue reading

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Ubuntu-based Dell Computers $50 Cheaper

It turns out that getting yourself an Ubuntu Linux based Dell PC/Laptop is only $50 cheaper than the same computer with Windows installed. Continue reading

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Desktop Searching on Linux

Last week Google entered the realm of Linux desktop searching with their release of the Google Desktop for Linux. This is big news for Linux users because it brings the extremely popular desktop indexing and searching tool to their desktop. However, it also means that they have yet another choice in the field of applications they can use to index and search their data. Continue reading

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