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Who Cares About Steve Jobs’ Health?

Friday, August 8th, 2008

There’s been a lot of talk about the “Mac Cult” or “Apple Cult” in the media. There’s even been a popular book about it called, appropriately enough, The Cult of Mac. But I’ll let you in on a little secret…there is no “cult of mac” and there’s no “apple cult” either. There is, however, a […]

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The Reluctant Social Networker

Friday, August 8th, 2008

I’ve been online for quite a long time now…16 years or so in one way or another. So I go back way before the current iteration of online social networking existed. Yes, I’m probably dating myself by saying this but there it is: I’m a bit of an old salt as far as the online […]

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10 Free iPhone 3G Utilities

Friday, July 11th, 2008

I listed 25 free apps and 8 free games in earlier iPhone software articles. But what about other utilities? Surely there has to be some additional cool freebies available in the app store?You bet there is and here they are for your downloading enjoyment!
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8 Free iPhone 3G Games

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Since Apple has released its app store, there are quite a few games available for purchase, but why pay for games when you can get some for free instead?
Here’s a list of my favorite 8 free games for the iPhone. They run on both the iPhone 3G and the iPhone Classic (the non-3G iPhone).
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The 25 Best Free iPhone 3G Applications

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Apple has launched its app store and there’s a bunch of great stuff to download for your iPhone. But not everybody wants to spend their hard earned cash on applications so I’ve put together a list of twenty five of my favorite free iPhone applications.
Yup, that’s right…free! You don’t have to pay a dime to […]

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Good Riddance to Bill Gates!

Monday, July 7th, 2008

They say it’s not nice to kick a guy when he’s down but how about kicking him when he’s retiring? Seems to me that that’s fair game. In case you haven’t noticed there’s been a lot of media coverage about Bill Gates retiring from Microsoft and quite a lot of it has been more than […]

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In my last column I pointed out why I’ve decided not to buy the new 3G iPhone. But since then new information has come to light that indicates that the 3G iPhone is ever worse than I thought initially. The 3G iPhone shouldn’t be called the second coming of the Jesus phone; it should be […]

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Well another WWDC has come and gone and this one left me somewhat disappointed. Oh sure, I thought the apps coming out for the iPhone were cool and it looks like the 2.0 software update is going to be great. I’m particularly interested in getting some fun games for my iPhone. I can’t wait to […]

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Microsoft has gone from being a feared technology powerhouse to being a mocked has-been and shell of its former self. The glory days of being able to run roughshod over competitors and instill a sense of terror in rivals have come to a screeching halt as competitors such as Google , Sony, and AppleĀ  have […]

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The Hollywood morons (a term of loving endearment I like to use for the movie and TV industry) are still out of it when it comes to the realities of online content distribution in 2008. They seem hopelessly trapped in a 1980s perspective that they have control over their content and can decide when it […]

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