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Apple’s Magic Trackpad Ride

Jeff — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:41:56 +0000

Steve Jobs and his Fruit Stand are betting that people have become accustomed to the touchiness of the iPhone, iPads and trackpads on laptops and that they may upgrade their desktop Macs with a trackpad featuring the same Multi-Touch technology. The wireless Apple Magic Trackpad was announced last week along with the refreshed iMacs as an optional accessory. [...]

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Apple’s Magic Trackpad Ride

Pay Walls Erected at Hulu With Hulu Plus

Jeff — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:49:42 +0000

Back in April on of my favorite websites, Hulu, made the announcement that the company would begin a paid version of their service. Yesterday, June 29th, Hulu has the Hulu Plus information up on their front page. The $9.99 a month service will allow viewers to play programs from Hulu on their iPhone, iPod Touch, [...]

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Pay Walls Erected at Hulu With Hulu Plus

If Only School Buses Ran On Water

Jeff — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:58:03 +0000

The administration at Beverly High School in Beverly, Massachusetts are taking great steps to see the students are computer literate. when the 2011 school year comes the school will be requiring the students to have an Apple MacBook. This sounds good, until you discover that the parents will be footing the bill for the Macbook. [...]

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If Only School Buses Ran On Water

New iPhone is like a Leica? Really?

Jeff — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:29:27 +0000

While Steve Jobs was unveiling the new iPhone 4 he said “it’s closest kin is like beautiful, old Leica camera.” Really? I own a few Leicas and have yearned for the Leica M9. It is going to be hard for me to believe that an iPhone from 2010 will still operating 10,20,40, 50 or more [...]

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New iPhone is like a Leica? Really?

Adobe is Giving Away Flash Builder 4 Standard

Jeff — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:37:31 +0000

This evening I noticed that Adobe is running an ad campaign on a social network. The ad was offering “Free Flash Builder 4.” It peaked my interest and yes the company is giving away copies of Adobe Flash Builder 4 Standard to users that meet certain requirements. This may a long ways towards swaying loyalties [...]

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Adobe is Giving Away Flash Builder 4 Standard

Coming to a Kindle Near You, Kindle Software Version 2.5

Jeff — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:43 +0000

The best-selling eReader to date has been Amazon’s Kindle. Now that Amazon is facing more competition in the eReader field from challengers like the iPad, Nook and other eReaders and tablet computers the Kindle is getting a few upgrades with the Kindle Software 2.5 update. The upgrades will not include a touch screen or full [...]

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Coming to a Kindle Near You, Kindle Software Version 2.5

Apple’s iPad: The iWant or iWant More

Jeff — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:40:54 +0000

Unless you were removed from all media today, you have already heard about the iPad coming this March from Apple. The concept of a larger iPod Touch is something I have been wanting to see since I got the Touch. It didn’t take long to discover it could function as a stand alone computer when [...]

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Apple’s iPad: The iWant or iWant More

A Story of OS

Jeff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:14:33 +0000

Getting to dig into the source code of Google’s Chrome OS for about 12 hours today has been interesting. Once I created a build, my imagination began to fly with the possibilities the OS could bring. Google’s representatives has it would take about seven (7) seconds to go from boot-up to the Internet. I got there in [...]

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A Story of OS

Na-Nu Nano

Jeff — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:49:41 +0000

Apple announced several additions to their iPod line-up today and while some were impressive it’s clear that for the most Apple fans walked away a little disappointed. The rumored iPod Touch with camera or larger tablet based media computer were what the majority was expected to see uncovered day. There’s always the spring for such [...]

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Na-Nu Nano

Touchy News Stories

Jeff — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:10:10 +0000

Today Techcrunch has a post that a source in the Apple supply chain has told them Apple has increased it’s ordering of $10 video camera assemblies. The source for the article say this can only mean that the cameras will be installed in Apple’s iPod Touch based on the number ordered and the sales rate [...]

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Touchy News Stories

Top Ten Free Photography Apps for iPhone

Jeff — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:16:27 +0000

There is something about photography that will never hear the words ‘cheap’ or ‘free’ used with photography, photo gear or photo related services. It seems everything related to photography has sticker shock attached. Even those simple clamps that a Everythings a Buck store sells for a dollar will be $12.00 at the camera store. It’s [...]

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Top Ten Free Photography Apps for iPhone

Steve Job to Return to Apple With New Liver and Possibly a Little Rocky Top

Jeff — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:56:09 +0000

The Wall Street Journal has a report that Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs will return to work at the end of June. The story cites “unnamed source” that says he had a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital two months ago. I had heard that he was in a hospital from a couple friends in middle [...]

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Steve Job to Return to Apple With New Liver and Possibly a Little Rocky Top