Archive for December, 2008

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WordPress 2.7 Upgrade

WordPress 2.7 was released the other day so I decided to install is on my blogs. Half an hour later I had manually backed up files and databases (as opposed to using the auto upgrade plugin), upgraded and tweaked five blogs (including this one). Why can’t all software be so easy to upgrade and maintain?


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New Palm OS Coming at CES?

Google Chrome ultra secure, they say. Sony virtual online gaming off to a rocky start, Microsoft warns about a zero day IE attack, President Bush opposes free broadband mandate. Early Dark Knight VOD to be released ASAP to catch Christmas. Microsoft phone coming at CES? Maybe, but they deny it. Palm will bring new OS […]


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Teens Swapping Naked Pics. Of Each Other!

AOL intends to make hay with Bebo. FCC chairman criticized to an extreme. Study indicates that kids pass dirty pics of themselves routinely. "These kids!" Microsoft mammoth security update. Check it out.  Netbooks said to be more popular than the iPhone. Sounds like a publicity stunt. More stories about the $99 iPhone. Apple bricking PC’s […]


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Why Credit Cards Are A Bad Business Model

I was canceling one of my credit cards the other day and the guy on the other end of the phone kept trying to woo me into another card from the same bank. I had held the card for over 14 years and paid on time every month so I’m not surprised that they were […]


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$99 iPhone?

 iPhone for $99 at Wal-Mart. Will it ruin Apple’s image? Google signs another 14 members to the open headset alliance. Lots of big names. New study says US students scoring higher in math. Still not that well. Yahoo to lay off 1000. Sony laying off 16000. Firefox beats chrome in Javascript speed test. Computer Mouse […]