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  • Taking the Wind Out of Their Sales

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    Schultzter
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    So we’ve got telecoms suing each other over their ad claims and trying to block new entrants with lobbying. We’ve got a new entrant that has finally made it to market. And we’ve plenty of new phones and changes to plans happening here in Canada. What does it all mean? Sadly, not much!

  • Evernote for Android: The Circle is Complete

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    Johnny Canuck
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    I have been an Evernote user for quite some time now, mostly for its ability to turn white board drawings into real search-able documentation. Even if they’ve had a Linux version available for some time as a plus to the Windows, Mac OS X and the Cloud edition, they had never bothered to be as…

  • Google Contacts Finally Addresses Dupes Bloat Issue

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Welcome to The Cloud, where you can sync your address book on your MacBook to your BlackBerry, your iPod Touch and even your work laptop if you feel really adventurous and like to cross your streams. The problem is that while in theory this should work fine, anyone who has even owned a Palm III…

  • Google Public DNS and the LocalHost

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    Johnny Canuck
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    8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4 Remember a few years ago when everyone was posting the encryption key for DVD’s all over the internet. Well I have a pretty good feeling that all the eights, double eight double four might very well become the new magic numbers. So why is Google DNS such a good announcement? There are…

  • Johnny Canuck’s Holiday Reading List

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    Johnny Canuck
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    So what am I reading these days? The holidays are coming up and if their is a special geek in your life, you might want to pick up copy of some of my geek favourites. If you use the links below, you’ll be taken to Amazon.CA and your purchase will help to keep The 2…

  • Bleeding Edge is Sometimes a Bloody Fail

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    Johnny Canuck
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    HOW TO START EATING HEALTHY Have you ever tried a trendy diet, only to find you’re not seeing results? Or you lose some weight at the beginning of your diet, but then gain it all back shortly after? Almost half of all Americans have attempted to lose weight in the past year – but many gain it…

  • Google Announces Chromium OS as OpenSource

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    Johnny Canuck
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    This latest announcement from Google must have old Schultzter so excited right now. You see his two biggest Geek passions are coming together: OpenSourse OSes and Google is what can only be described as the biggest Nerd Marriage Geeky Offspring ever. I’m sure he would have posted the video himself if he wasn’t chiseling away…

  • New Revolutionary UK Folding Plug: GENIUS!

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    Johnny Canuck
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    Sure they drive on the wrong side of the road, drink warm beer and have designed their electrical system to boil a kettle in the short space of an ITV commercial break, but every once in a while some Brits create some simply outstanding simple and gorgeous products. Think about the Lotus Elise, Jamie Oliver’s…

  • 7 Minutes with Windows 7

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    Johnny Canuck
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    We do a lot of Windows bashing here at 2FatDads.com and in all fairness we usually have been given many good reasons to be so negative about the aging and flailing Microsoft OS.  We’ll been using it since the Windows 3 days and most of us are very knowledge at making it do our will.…

  • Trust Me!

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    Johnny Canuck
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    It’s not gonna have any of the problems Windows Vista had…. This time it’s going to be different… Trust me! Balmer even promises to come and personally fixes anything that goes wrong on the Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos machine. [ad name=”2fatdads_post”]