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  • App is Chosen as Word of the Year

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    “App” chosen as word of the year by American Dialect Society: “Short for ‘application,’ ‘app’ received 69 votes from the linguists in the society. Speaking to MSNBC, the Dialect Society’s executive secretary said ‘I think this past year there wasn’t anything clearly dominant. But there’s no question ‘app’ is a very powerful word.’” My 11th…

  • Ninja’s Unbox the Galaxy S

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    This is another must see video by Quebec animator Patrick Boivin: Ninja’s Unboxing

  • BlackBerry Empathy: Needs Some!

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    BlackBerry Empathy -via Engadget: “” What the hell is wrong with these guys? Honestly…

  • iPhone gets UberTwitter – But Why?

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    iPhone gets UberTwitter client, BlackBerrys have one less reason to exist — Engadget: “The major distinguishing feature being touted is something called UberView, which allows access to links within tweets without exiting the app or opening up a new window within it.” I have still have to ask why? Twitter for iPhone does a pretty…

  • Is it Too Little, Too Late for hp Palm?

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    Five future Palm devices pop up in webOS 2.0 code? | BGR: “Well, the folks over at WebOS Internals have been pouring through SFR’s webOS 2.0 code and have stumbled upon five device code-names: Stingray, Mantaray, Broadway, Windsor and Roadrunner (Palm Pre 2). “ I often wonder if the ship has sailed for Palm WebOS.…

  • Apple and Near Field Communications

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    iPhone 5 will be remote computing on steroids | 9 to 5 Mac iPhone 5 will be remote computing on steroids | Apple Intelligence: “The scoop is that use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies at Apple extends beyond personal security and payment systems and will also include solutions for remote computing on steroids. As…

  • BGR on the MacBook Air

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    Apple MacBook Air review | BGR: “Soon, all laptops will not require moving parts, they will also offer almost instant boot times, run cool, run fast, and they’ll be thin. Because thin is in.” It’s hard not to drink the Kool-Aid when they mix in a 40 oz of Vodka. The review is good, but…

  • Secre-Terrible Jobs

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    I am now so bad at writing in English that iI’m actively inventing words to express my extreme dissatisfaction with folks who are content at doing insanely repetitive task simply because someone with more money then common sense told them too. Secre-terrible Jobs: Doing the same repetitive thing over and over simply because some HiPPO1…

  • BlackBerry PlayBook Demo Highlights from Adobe MAX

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    I just posted the following comment on the Blackberry’s Developer’s Blog article BlackBerry PlayBook Demo Highlights from Adobe MAX. Seriously?! Your choices should be 1) Java, 2) C/C++, or 3) both. Anything else might sound like a good idea in the meeting room but good friggin’ luck in the real world! Check out Tiobe’s stats…

  • The Skypeasaurus is still a Gold Standard

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    Equipment – The Official TWiT Wiki: “Skypeasaurus: used for Skype calls beginning 3/7/2009. Four Acer V173b monitors attached to four separate Windows PCs running Synergy KM sharing software. The motherboards (Intel BOXD945GCLF2 945GC ATOM330) on these machines have S-video out built into their onboard video adapters; each goes to a separate video input on the…