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Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Personal tech

Almost a year ago today, I waved goodbye to the world of print books and got myself an Amazon Kindle 3. You might recall I...

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On Tuesday, Microsoft made the Windows 8 Developer Preview available publicly without demanding so much as a Windows Live login name and password in return....

Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows

Today, I finished my first book in a long, long time... probably years: On Writing by Stephen King. While King was one of my favorite...

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For more than a decade, I lugged my notebook in a simple shoulder bag. I suppose you'd call it a messenger-style bag today, but...

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There are few things that I despise more than the predominance of polished plastics in today's notebooks. Glossy finishes are the single worst...

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You've heard about the cloud, right? No, not the one that's spitting a pitter-patter of raindrops onto the roof of my home office. ...

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Well, I finally did it. After misguidedly buying what turned out to be a sub-par iPhone clone in 2008, then waiting almost five months...

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I severed my last land line about a decade ago, so I probably count as a reasonably early cell-phone adopter. Was I driven by a...

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Hey hey, kids. In case you've forgotten or are too lazy to use a...

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By now, many of you must have looked at, or at least heard of, the experimental, HTML5 version of YouTube. And if you read...

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As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?...

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USB thumb drives are everywhere. Heck, they've been everywhere for years. Never before have I see a new class of product become...

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Late last month, Microsoft revealed plans to offer a free Windows XP virtualization solution to users of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate. In a...

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No, I'm not talking about getting your dog or cat fixed. I'm talking about the Sansa Clip MP3 player, and my recent foray into...

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I recently acquired a Sansa Clip 4GB MP3 player (which, I might add, I'm quite happy with). After using it for a few weeks, I...

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After finally receiving one of Apple's new aluminum MacBooks last week, I've been doing some testing and working on my review of the machine....

Type: Blog post Tags: Mac The Tech Report

A few weeks ago on a backpacking trip, I took a stack of pictures to stich together for a dramatic panoramic shot. Or rather,...

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