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Last.fm No Longer Free on Mobile

By ⋅ February 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Last.fm announced on Monday that its service would no longer be free on mobile devices. As someone that has been a member of their service off-and-on since the days that Audioscrobbler (the technology Last.fm is based on) was an independent service, I thought that it was only appropriate that I should dedicate some time to give a proper salute [...]

Upgrade Schedules, Traveling Guides, and Traffic Jams

By ⋅ August 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

So, this blog post is going to be going out a little bit later than I had intended, but I had a little bit of a crazy day – what with having to take my car into the shop. Anyway, it’s time for me to give a little roundup of interesting news items that I [...]

Apple’s Magic… Trackpad?

By ⋅ July 27, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

So, I usually applaud companies that try to set the curve for new user input standards, and such innovations are usually met with an “ooh ahh” by me… but to be honest – I don’t really know what to make of this: I mean, it’s kind of cool looking… I guess… but the “buy this [...]

Google, Microsoft, and Uncle Sam’s Inbox

By ⋅ July 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

So I don’t know about anyone else, but I was kind of creeped out when I ran across this news story from the WSJ last night. It talks about how Microsoft and Google are bidding for contracts to run email services for different Federal Organizations on their respective clouds. Currently, most large organizations maintain specific [...]

A Practical Security Reference

By ⋅ July 15, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This article has been several days in the making, and I hope the content reflects that. If you haven’t already figured it out, today I’m going to take a break from talking about what’s happening now in the computing industry. Instead, I’m going to give you a pretty basic, yet still practical, overview of ways [...]

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