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iPad: A Computer Paradigm Shift?

Monday, May 3, 2010 17:21 No Comments

Reading a news report that Apple has sold 1 million - yes, folks - 1 million iPads in one month, got me thinking. (I know - warning - danger lies ahead).
The amazing popularity and demand for the iPad could signal an impending paradigm shift for computing as we now know it.
The iPad is fun to [...]

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My New Wiki | Geoff Caplan

Sunday, April 18, 2010 11:34 No Comments

I am trying out a new free-hosted wiki service. Not sure if I will stay with it, but here goes:
http://www.wiki-site.com/index.php/Geoff_Caplan
wiki wikis blogs forum posts

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Magic Jack: Major Improvement With External Wi-Fi Receiver

Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:35 No Comments

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Magic Jack generally works well but, just like Skype on a phone through my computer, I found that people had problems hearing me. I often sounded garbled.
I found a solution. On a hunch, I bought an external, USB-based wi-fi receiver, bypassing the internal wi-fi on my new HP laptop. Huge difference. The [...]

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Google’s Biggest Direct Assault on Microsoft: Open Source Desktop OS Based on Chrome

Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:12 No Comments

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has officially announced it. And they are open sourcing it, as I suspected below: “Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the [...]

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Facebook Complexity Baffles Older Users

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 11:35 No Comments

Look, Mom, you’re on Facebook
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Facebook, which likes to pride itself on the fact that more than half of its users are between 30-55 years old, appears to to alienating this very age group, many of whom use the ‘net mainly for emailing and sending forwards (e.g., jokes, pictures).
With an active audience of [...]

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Michael Gray Discusses Making Twitter Work For You

Thursday, March 26, 2009 15:32 No Comments

More WebProNews Videos
Twitter social media social media videos

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New Photonic Integrated Circuit sends Internet speeds through the roof

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:07 No Comments

Scientists at the University of Sydney claim increased Internet speeds 100 times greater than current networks.    

Bemoaning the poor load speed of Web pages or the crawl of media downloads could soon become a thing of the past following news that a team of Australian scientists have developed a technology capable of making the Internet [...]

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Great Links for Bloggers

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 18:49 No Comments

Source:  Techmeme
Posted by: Geoff Caplan
Geoff Caplan.Com

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TechCrunch
5.01%
Link
techcrunch.com

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VentureBeat
3.27%
Link
venturebeat.com

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CNET News
3.19%
Link
news.cnet.com

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Ars Technica
2.79%
Link
arstechnica.com

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New York Times
2.35%
Link
nytimes.com

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Silicon Alley Insider
2.02%
Link
businessinsider.com/ alleyinsider

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ReadWriteWeb
1.91%
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readwriteweb.com

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AppleInsider
1.71%
Link
appleinsider.com

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Bits
1.68%
Link
bits.blogs.nytimes.com

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Wall Street Journal
1.66%
Link
online.wsj.com/public/us

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Engadget
1.60%
Link
engadget.com

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TorrentFreak
1.37%
Link
torrentfreak.com

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Reuters
1.22%
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news.yahoo.com/i/578

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Techdirt
1.20%
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techdirt.com

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The Register
1.19%
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theregister.co.uk

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Computerworld
1.17%
Link
computerworld.com

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Gizmodo
1.12%
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gizmodo.com

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Bloomberg
1.08%

bloomberg.com/news/ index.html

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Boy Genius Report
1.06%
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boygeniusreport.com

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Between the Lines
0.98%
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blogs.zdnet.com/BTL

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MediaMemo
0.97%
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mediamemo.allthingsd.com

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Digits
0.93%
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blogs.wsj.com/digits

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MacRumors
0.87%
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macrumors.com

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PC World
0.83%
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pcworld.com

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TechFlash
0.83%
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techflash.com

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BoomTown
0.79%
Link
kara.allthingsd.com

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Forbes
0.78%
Link
forbes.com

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Webware.com
0.77%
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news.cnet.com/webware

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Guardian
0.77%
Link
guardian.co.uk

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Apple 2.0
0.73%
Link
apple20.blogs.fortune. cnn.com

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Business Week
0.72%
Link
businessweek.com

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Microsoft
0.69%

microsoft.com/presspass/ default.mspx

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Tech Trader Daily
0.68%
Link
blogs.barrons.com/ techtraderdaily

34
NewTeeVee
0.66%
Link
newteevee.com

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paidContent.org
0.66%
Link
paidcontent.org

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L.A. Times Tech Blog
0.64%
Link
latimesblogs.latimes.com/ technology

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Epicenter
0.62%
Link
blog.wired.com/business

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GigaOM
0.61%
Link
gigaom.com

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Associated Press
0.55%
Link
hosted.ap.org/dynamic/ fronts/HOME

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BBC
0.52%
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news.bbc.co.uk

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Fortune
0.50%
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fortune.com

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Washington Post
0.49%
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washingtonpost.com

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Financial Times
0.49%
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ft.com

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All about Microsoft
0.47%
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blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft

45
Search Engine Land
0.46%
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searchengineland.com

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Beyond Binary
0.44%
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news.cnet.com/ beyond-binary

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DigiTimes
0.44%
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digitimes.com

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eWeek
0.43%
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eweek.com

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Facebook Blog
0.41%
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blog.facebook.com

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The Official Google Blog
0.41%
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googleblog.blogspot.com

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Gawker
0.41%
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gawker.com

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Mercury News
0.40%
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mercurynews.com

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GamesIndustry.biz
0.39%
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gamesindustry.biz

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A VC
0.39%
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avc.com/a_vc

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AdAge
0.38%
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adage.com

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PE Hub Blog
0.38%
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pehub.com

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InfoWorld
0.38%
Link
infoworld.com

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Business Wire
0.37%

businesswire.com

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The Windows Blog
0.36%
Link
windowsteamblog.com/blogs

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Inside Facebook
0.35%
Link
insidefacebook.com

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O’Reilly [...]

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Circuit City: End of An Era

Monday, March 9, 2009 8:02 No Comments

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Sunday was the final day of business for Circuit City, the once-dominant national consumer electronics chain done in by the rise of Best Buy, the crummy economy, and multiple failings of its own. A Slashdot reader paid a final visit of respect to his local store, and found that they’d gotten rid [...]

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High Definition TV News From The Web

Thursday, February 26, 2009 14:12 No Comments

Six of the Best Blu-ray Players
The Press and Journal
Testing YouTube’s 720p HD Video
StreamingMedia.com
Will Sony Drop the PS3 Price?
Geek.com
6M Blu-ray Player Sales No Sure Thing
Twice Magazine
Report: Worldwide HDTV Sales to Soar
WorldScreen.com
Dish [...]

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