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Amimon Promises Wireless HD Link In 2007

Posted on December 19th by .
A big-screen plasma TV would look pretty sweet hanging on your living room wall, wouldn't it? But unless you want to start drilling holes and pulling cable, you're going to have an ...

Political Compass Questionnaire

Posted on December 15th by .
On the political compass, I fall in the "lefty libertarian" quadrant -- not far from the Dalai Lama. In AD&D terms, I think that means "chaotic good." Economic Left/Right: -3.25 Social Libertarian/ Authoritarian: ...
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Ms. Dewey and Clippy: Separated at birth?

Posted on December 15th by .
I may be way off base here, but isn't Ms. Dewey uncannily similar to Microsoft's earlier pathetic attempt at humanizing the computer, Clippy? Sure, one is a babe, and the ...

Which historical lunatic are you?

Posted on December 14th by .
I'm Emperor Norton, it seems. Rum and Monkey: The Historical Lunatic Test

PCMagCast – Technology News Video Webcasts

Posted on December 14th by .
A small but growing collection of short, useful how-to videos from PC Magazine: PCMagCast Video

Seven Habits of Highly Successful Websites (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)

Posted on December 12th by .
"The glorious thing about the Internet is that it allows us to aggregate the combined stupidity of literally millions of people:" Seven Habits of Highly Successful Websites (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
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Tech Tips Video: Search Smarter

Posted on December 11th by .
The first installment in a series of short (2-3 minute) how-to videos from PC Magazine and PCMagCast, starring yours truly. In this video, I show you how to get rid of ...

News is something someone wants to suppress.

Posted on December 11th by .
"News is something someone wants to suppress. Everything else is advertising." --Lord NorthcliffeBy that measure, there are mighty few true news reporters in tech publishing right now. Declan McCullough, certainly; ...