Dead iPad battery? Apple not replacing, just sends new iPad!

March 16th, 2010

Check out the company’s opening line: “If your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee.” Hear that? REPLACE. Better back up your iPad data before sending off into the land of no return!

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Dead iPad battery? Apple not replacing, just sends new iPad!

Google CEO: Social Information Will Produce Better Decisions

March 16th, 2010

Google’s chief executive looks forward to a revolution in video conferencing and discusses augmented reality applications. He also discusses the possibilities of web once the standard is raised to 4G.

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Google CEO: Social Information Will Produce Better Decisions

FCC to Release Ambitious, But Pragmatic, National Broadband

March 16th, 2010

The FCC is set to share the nation’s first official broadband plan with Congress Tuesday — a sort of Declaration of the Internet that seeks to ensure that a fast broadband connection is just as much an unalienable right as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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FCC to Release Ambitious, But Pragmatic, National Broadband

Google’s Biggest Blunder

March 16th, 2010

Google is not a company known for making big mistakes, but not too long ago, it stumbled into the worst strategic blunder in its history.

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No, THIS is what you need a quad-core CPU for [PIC]

March 16th, 2010

Stolen from Reddit.

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No, THIS is what you need a quad-core CPU for [PIC]

Google pays Web pioneer to bash Apple

March 16th, 2010

Tim Bray isn’t as well-known as Sir Tim Berners-Lee, but the guy has had a leading role in defining the Internet. His name tops the list of editors on the official specs for the Internet’s XML language, the basic building block for all Web pages.

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The Amazing Magazine Stand Of The Future

March 16th, 2010

We can’t wait for the day when we’ll read newspapers and magazines on our tablet computers, but what will happen to those darling newspaper stands and kiosks when that day comes? Based on this demo, they’ll become better than ever.

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The Amazing Magazine Stand Of The Future

Texting From Beyond The Grave

March 15th, 2010

Generally a headstone conveys two very basic facts about the person interred below it – their name plus the two most important dates of their life. Thanks to some new technology, headstones can now convey much more that: a photo and note written by the deceased, delivered right to your phone.

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Texting From Beyond The Grave

Copy And Paste [PIC]

March 15th, 2010

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Copy And Paste [PIC]

File-Sharing and Link Sites Declared Legal in Spain

March 15th, 2010

After early calls to shut down a Spanish file-sharing site were dismissed, music group SGAE pinned its hopes on success at the full trial. But, the outcome for them was nothing short of a disaster. The judge declared that both non-commercial file-sharing link sites and non-profit use of P2P networks are legal in Spain.

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File-Sharing and Link Sites Declared Legal in Spain