Category: TECHnically
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Who won in Google vs. Oracle?
The headline over at Boy Genius Report is Jury says Google infringed on Oracle’s copyrights and over at Mobile Syrup it’s Jury reaches split decision in initial Google/Oracle case while at the Verge they say Jury finds Google infringed Oracle copyrights in partial verdict; Google moves for mistrial and over at Phone Area they have…
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My backup ate my password (or did it?)
Imagine the situation, I’m hurtling down the highway and I’m walking through the Carbonite iPhone app with my wife, looking for data we know is sitting on a password encrypted file back at home. Carbonite offers the options to log into your filesystem via a computer browser, or to access your files directly via the…
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How to Install a Central Vacuum System and vacuum your furniture the right way
Lately I’ve been trying to finish all the little projects I’ve started around the house. Recently, I finished the central vacuum project. We’ve been using it for a couple years now, and a central vacuum is great! Learning how to vacuum your furniture is important because you can do a good job and not be…
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Papermill and the Blight of Android Play
Media coverage and sales of Papermill have already far exceeded my expectations and I can’t envision either increasing. With this in mind, it’s easy to conclude that the the application, with its current price and need for a subscription, will never generate a profit, especially when costs like fonts still need to be incurred. If…
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Australian court finds Google guilty of misleading consumers
You’re kidding, right? Unfortunately, no! The problem is Google’s Australian web site displayed advertisements (paid search results) for a competitor when you searched for Honda. In fact even today when you search for Honda you get paid advertisements for not only Honda but Hyundai too! I mean, apart from the big pink box that says…
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Happy 1st Birthday Go!
Google’s revolutionary new programming language Go has just hit a major milestone: version 1.0!!! I know the computer science world doesn’t really need another programming language. We’ve already got so many to choose from it’s hard to find two programmers with overlapping skills. The only language that has really stood the test of time is…
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Google’s Dropbox competitor will reportedly launch in April
The famed, mysterious G-Drive is apparently finally coming to the internet! There have long been reports since 2006 that the G-Drive, used internally at Google as Platypus, was coming. It’s hard to imagine that the initial, free, limit is 1 GB when services like Drop Box offer 2 GB and Sugar Sync offers 5 GB.…
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When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized
David Allen’s book on productivity, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (or GTD to his followers) was the second book on productivity I read, but the one that made the most impact. It has a simple philosophy that is broad enough to apply everywhere and straight-forward. I have to admit I’ve fallen off…
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Apple iPhone: Top of Pops for Canucks
Apple surpassed RIM as the top mobile phone manufacturer in Canada said Bloomberg on Thursday. Data from IDC and Bloomberg suggests Apple shipped 2.85 million handsets in 2011, while RIM shipped 2.08 million. This is down from 2008 when RIM out shipped Apple almost five to one. We all saw this coming months ago, but…
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Sony making it easier for developers to build custom ROMs for Xperia S
This is exactly what I expected from Android when it was first announced, before it was released, and then we saw what the manufacturers were doing and where the carriers were taking it. The device should be just hardware, you added some drivers to the OS provided by Google (or Cyanogen or MIUI or …)…