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Google is now offering hosted email as a beta. Feel free to read through all the other blogs about competition, etc but the question I ask myself is what kind of risks does a company or individual take on while having your email hosted by Google who may again be subpoenaed by the DoJ or…

My 3G iPod still works but the LCD died after about 18 months of use. 18 months is an inordinately small amount of time for a device that I paid $399 for to be dying. I used the device every day, dropped it a few times but never abused it. The LCD casing is fine,…

This is a great little article about *nix basics. Very useful to newbies and for reference. Read more at www.cs.usfca.edu/~parrt…

It is truly amazing how Verizon and all the other telecom companies can’t get their act straightened out. The still can’t accept the telecom is a commodity and that their monopoly over telecom is being diminished by alternative providers, i.e. cable and wifi. It is going to be priced as a commodity and if you…

Don’t Believe the hype! The much speculated 1GB Apple iPod Nano is out and prices on the iPod Shuffle have dropped to $69 for the 512 MB and $99 for the 1 GB. The 1GB iPod Nano debuts at $149. Read more at news.com.com/Apple+roll… technorati tags: apple, ipod, ipodnano, ipodshuffle