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Ubuntu’s Fiesty Fifth Birthday, And Linux As A Desktop Solution
Ars has a great post up on the 5 ways Ubuntu has made Linux more human in commemoration of the distro’s fifth birthday. They bring up some good points, including how being philosophically driven has helped Canonical drive development, its easy installation (which has gotten even simpler over the years) and setup process, and their [...]
Why The Magic Mouse is the Most Important Apple Announcement Today
I suppose its no surprise that Apple’s latest hardware announcements have taken over the tech news waves today. After all, the announcement of sexy new 27″ iMacs, coupled with the future availability of Intel’s next generation Core i5 and i7 processors, is sort of hard to ignore. There were upgrades across the board for the [...]
The Lucid Hydra 200 Makes Multi-GPU Gaming Across Video Card Vendors a Reality
If there’s one thing that’s annoyed me most about PC gaming, it’s all the work that goes into keeping up with the hottest video cards on the market. It’s sort of a crazy experience, especially for average consumers, and it’s something that I’ve always felt has kept significant portions of the PC gaming market far [...]
Thoughts on the September 09 New York Tech Meetup
Last night I attended my first session of the New York Tech Meetup, and it seems I’ve found exactly what I’ve been looking for in the city when it comes to a vibrant tech community. I recently moved to New York from Western Massachusetts to pursue a career writing about technology and film–after several years [...]
Dear Digsby, Where’s the Group Chat and In Line Text Formatting?!
I’m about ready to give up on Digsby. I’ve been a faithful user for the past year and a half, and I’ve written about it positively as well, but it seems as if they have no desire to implement two of the biggest missing features since the beta: Group chat, and in-line text formatting (the [...]
Sony’s Idea of Corporate Synergy: Smashing PS3s into Bravia TVs at 50mph