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Multitasking: Scan Toaster Prints Text, Photos From the Internet Onto Your Bread

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:40:25 -0700

Now you can scan text and photos from the Internet and put it on your morning toast! Good grief, what could be next, talking washing machines?

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Simplify Media iPhone Application

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:32:26 -0700

With Simplify Media installed on your Mac, PC, or Linux computer and on your iPhone or iPod touch, you can stream your home iTunes library to your mobile device wherever you may be.

It will work over EDGE, 3G, or WiFi and promises what might be the holy grail for mobile audio devices -- practically unlimited storage.

The picture on the left is my iphone streaming music from my home computer.

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Padded Lampposts? You've Got To Be Joking

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:11:08 -0800

Engadget posted an article today about our friends across the sea in England. Seems they get so distracted text messaging with their cell-phones that they are walking into things.

London street has record cell phone texting injuries

Padded_post

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Where Is The Outrage?

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:32:43 -0800

Does no one care about fair use anymore? Wake up America. Your rights are being reduced right in front of your eyes. The RIAA now wants to make you a criminal for copying songs off the CDs you purchase to your own computer. What's next, copy machines?

Copier

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The Hazards of Blogging

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:53:26 -0700

Thought_provoker

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Apple's Web Gallery Browser Support

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:28:50 -0700

So I'm curious to try out Apple's new Web Gallery. Someone posted on Digg.com one of the first galleries that went up here. The problem? Browser support...or lack thereof. I thought to myself...hmmm, what better way to view Apple's new Web Gallery than from their own Safari browser (I'm posting this from a PC by the way). So I fired up Safari and this is what I got.

WebGallery

That's right Mac fan boys, Apple's own browser isn't recommended to run Web Gallery. So I fired up IE 6, same message. Certainly the latest version of Firefox would work! Nope. If you ignore the message and proceed everything seemed to work just fine. I plan on trying it on my Mac when I get to work.

Update: Apple finally fixed it, I got in using FIrefox/PC with no warning the next day.

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Apple TV Fan-boys Rejoice!

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:45:55 -0700

Fortune smiles on those who wait. There is finally a way to use an external USB drive as primary storage for the Apple TV. And since there are also instructions on how to enable ssh without opening the case, you shouldn't have to open the box and void your warranty. Thank the group over at Apple TV Hacks. The bounty they offered finally got the desired result. O.k., now it looks like I'm finally going to have to buy an HDTV.

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Microsoft's "Hell-Bent" Strategy

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:50:23 -0700

Microsoft may move more slowly than other companies, but you can count on them catching up very quickly. Just ask the dozens of companies they have left in their wake. Their modus operandi is to allow a sector to mature a little bit, see what competitors are doing, copy the current best of breed and add their spin on it. The first versions of what they release may not do well, think IE 1.0 or todays Zune, but eventually they correct things and get them right. This strategy does not always work, but wins more than one might think.

Enter Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer who announced at their Financial Analysts Day that Microsoft is "hell-bent and determined to allocate the talent, the resources, the money, the innovation to absolutely become a powerhouse in the ad business." You can translate that as we are being killed by Google's online service and ad strategy and its time for us to jump in before it's too late. Kevin Rose of Digg has just announced on their blog that they will be partnering with Microsoft to serve up ads on Digg (Digg Partners With Microsoft). In addition, Microsoft is playing catch-up in other areas as well, releasing their competitor to Flash Video, Silverlight.

Hell

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Tired of Waiting for iPhone/Exchange Love?

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:22:23 -0700

Synchronica, international provider of mobile synchronization and device management solutions, announced that Mobile Gateway 3.0 supports over-the-air synchronization between Microsoft Exchange and the newly launched Apple iPhone. This will allow mobile operators and service providers to offer mobile synchronization to business users and prosumers, enabling them to receive corporate email on their iPhones without having to ask their IT manager to open the firewall or install additional software.

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Will It Blend?

nobody@vox.com(Jeff) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:16:14 -0700

Will It Blend? - iPhone

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