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  • Apple MacBook Pro i5 Unboxing

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    Johnny Canuck
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    This is my new 15 inch MacBook Pro with an i5 chipset, 256Mb NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discreet graphics chip, 1/2Tb 7200RPM drive, 4Gb of Ram and the new high resolution (1680×1050) anti-glare led back lit display model number: MacBookPro6,2. For the record I’m upgrading from this:

  • Some Great Deals and Stuff

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    Johnny Canuck
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    A couple of weeks ago I thanked you all for subscribing to our Dadcast in iTunes, becoming a fan of our Facebook page and, of course, reading and commenting on our posts. We really do appreciate the support you give. It’s one thing to review our stats of iTunes downloads and web site pageviews, but…

  • Life with Google Buzz: Week Two

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    Johnny Canuck
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    DBYU9RPXY7MG After a week of living in Google Buzz and reading all of the variant reactions from the Twiteratti and the established voices in the social media sphere good and bad. I finally pulled the plug on the noise. The amount of hacking I had to perform in order to get my Google Profile and…

  • Google Announces GMail Buzz

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    Johnny Canuck
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    In this week’s TWiT #243, Kara Swisher of AllThingsD.com talks about how Google has often missed the mark in their social networking because they hold off releasing products form the Labs until they are completely satisfied that it can be automated 100%. Whereas, most of the successful social networking start-ups have heavily focused and even…

  • Three Weeks With An Android – Part DEUX

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    Johnny Canuck
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    One of the perks of being the resident geek, is every once in a while a new smart phones lands on your desk and your asked to review it and give it your honest opinion. Just before Christmas , my bosses gave the gift of an Android. In fact Samsung had launched their HSPA capable…

  • BlackBerry Release OS 5.0 for the Storm on Bell

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Just as I was putting my finishing touches on my already overdue Samsung Galaxy review, a little bird told me that Bell and BlackBerry had quietly released the long-awaited OS 5.0 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530. Now other devices also got the 5.0 nod, but since I use a Storm daily for work, this is…

  • Rolling Your Own ShortURL Service

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Today we are announcing the 2FatDads.com ShortURL service, this is the first product or service that 2FatDads has ever launched. And it is very much in pre-beta form right now. In fact this post should be the first link to actually use the service itself, and the only people who will have access to it…

  • MMOGCG: Foursquare vs Gowalla

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    Johnny Canuck
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    There is a new MMOGCG in town, and you play with your GPS enabled smartphone. What’s a MMOGCG you ask? Doesn’t everyone know about Massively Multiplayer Online Geo-Caching Games? I guess not, well let me explain then.

  • Two weeks with an LG Xenon – Part ONE

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    Schultzter
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    It’s been two weeks now that I’ve given up the ‘ol Blackberry 7130g that I picked up almost four years ago and turned on a brand spankin’ new LG GR501 Xenon that runs on Bell’s brand spankin’ new HSPA network! If you recall it was not too long ago that I was agonizing over which…

  • Three Weeks With an Android: Part ONE

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Just before Christmas, I was given the chance to test out the brand new Samsung Galaxy on Bell’s brand spanking new HSPA+ network. This was a really cool demo opportunity too.  Basically it went like this:  No Strings Attached, I get a Galaxy for my personal use, unlimited local minutes, unlimited SMS and most important…