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Injudicious product naming aside, who really needs an iPad? Ever since its launch in January, I've wracked my brain to figure out the empty niche Apple's snazzy new tablet is intended to fill. Trouble is, I keep coming up empty.
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I don't know anyone worth adding into my personal social mediasphere left in my Gmail address book who isn't a total luddite living life without a cell phone, bank card, or voicemail. Do I really want to try and add these people to my Buzz network? Do you?
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In order to meet industry standards for protecting privacy on the Internet, Google should shut down new social-media service Buzz and reboot it as a service that gives informed consent back to users.
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Cnet's right. Google Buzz is an absolute privacy nightmare when it comes to social media platforms, or best practices on the Internet, in general. Here's why--and why you should consider opting out of the new service until Google cleans up its act.
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Since launching in Chicago last November, CLEAR Wimax has touted its 4G wireless broadband service as a reliable replacement for DSL and cable. So why is service above the ground floor so spotty in the city that invented the skyscraper?
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I'm stuck with Mac OS X Snow Leopard for awhile. That unexpected delay wouldn't suck so much if Apple's newest operating system hadn't decided to eat my Macbook battery. There's a debate among Mac users about why Snow Leopard seems to flag previously good batteries as failing, frequently popping up
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The fully deserved death of a barely working AT&T DSL broadband modem in Chicago. By Hammer. On video. Any questions?
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But there are elements of Mac OS X I love. They won't motivate me to stick with the operating system, but I'd sure like to take them with me when I finish migrating to a new OS. Primary among them is Time Machine, Apple's point-and-click, behind-the-scenes backup functionality.
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Many of them have expressed shock, anger, and in the case of the AngryMacBastards podcast, a desire to 'put a bullet' in my head for writing publicly about my disillusionment with Apple Computer.
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I dove into Linux at the suggestion of several commenters who urged me to take a look at the open-source end of the OS world before deciding to go over to the Microsoft dark side. Why not? I figured. One-half of my goal is never again to have to pay several hundred extra dollars for specially brande
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While I continue on my way out the OS X door, I'd like to respond to the commenters who let me know in no uncertain terms that they don't agree with my opinions about the Mac platform. Tough.
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Today, the Chicago Community Trust announced the recipients of its Community News Matters grant awards, aimed at spurring innovation in Chicago's online local news sector. The recipients list reads like a who's who of the Chicago community news scene. But it takes a lot of reading between the lines