Entries Tagged as 'Technology'

Macworld 2009 Keynote now online at Apple.com

Comments   0   Date Arrow  January 6, 2009 at 6:23pm   User  by thecodepounder

It hasn’t been posted to the Apple Keynotes podcast yet, but it’s available at Apple.com for streaming via QuickTime.
Personally, I’m still bummed that they didn’t announce a 32gb iPhone…  I guess I’ll have to wait until summer to upgrade my 8gb iPhone… oh well!

Tagged   Apple · Entertainment · Insanely Great! · Mac / OS X · Technology

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IS Quote of the day

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 30, 2008 at 7:11am   User  by thecodepounder

Seriously, who STILL instructs you to quit ALL other applications while you install software.
– Wil Shipley on Twitter, 12-30-2008

Tagged   Personal Computing · Quotes · Technology

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Jobs to give “keynote” at Wal-Mart iPhone launch?

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 18, 2008 at 2:45pm   User  by thecodepounder

Cringely, in his second posting on his new website, theorizes as to why Steve jobs won’t be giving the keynote address at this years Macworld. Don’t know if I agree, but it’s an interesting theory…

Tagged   Apple · Technology · Wireless / Mobile · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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9to5Mac: POTUS uses a Mac

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 14, 2008 at 9:06am   User  by thecodepounder

Turns out our President-elect is a Mac guy. That would help explain his ability to “think different”, no? He ‘”Barack’s” a Mac!
I just love this:
There has been some question as to whether Clinton or Bush used Macs. Clinton sent a grand total of 2 emails while in the White House - which was two [...]

Tagged   Apple · Government / Law · Insanely Great! · Politics

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YouTube contest: can you make a video worth watching?

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 11, 2008 at 11:06am   User  by thecodepounder

The Onion: YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A ‘Good’ Video

Tagged   Humor · Internet · Technology

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President-Elect and family get Secret Service code names

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 10, 2008 at 3:49pm   User  by thecodepounder

Chicago Tribune:
The Obama family recently received its new (and alliterative) names: “Renegade” (Barack), “Renaissance” (Michelle), “Radiance” (Malia) and “Rosebud” (Sasha).
These not-so-secret names are chosen by officials at the White House Communications Agency, which was not inclined to comment on the selection process. In a previous news report, an agency spokesman said the names are assigned [...]

Tagged   Government / Law · Technology · Workplace / Business

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Nate Silver: the man behind FiveThirtyEight.com

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 10, 2008 at 2:29pm   User  by thecodepounder

New York Times profile of Nate Silver, the man behind the wildly accurate FiveThirtyEight.com:
In March, he introduced FiveThirtyEight.com, and it quickly became a go-to site for readers whose interest in raw numbers had grown after the close (and miscalled) elections in 2000 and 2004. As his reputation grew online — there’s a Facebook group called [...]

Tagged   Internet · Politics · Technology

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Website of the Office of the President-Elect online

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 6, 2008 at 10:04pm   User  by thecodepounder

The website of the Office of the President-Elect is online.
It really does kind of feel like a metaphorical “torch” is being passed, if you’ll excuse me for referencing the Inaugural Address of John Kennedy. What I mean is, Barack Obama will be the first President of the United States that is less than two decades [...]

Tagged   Government / Law · History · Internet · Personal · Technology

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Quote of the day

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 3, 2008 at 10:32pm   User  by thecodepounder

Technology pundit and columnist Andy Ihnatko on Twitter:
I like and respect Senator McCain, his character, his service, and his accomplishments. But in the end, he’s a 4:3 mind in a 16:9 world.

Tagged   Internet · Politics · Quotes · Technology

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Campaign ‘08, presidential candidates and Twitter

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 3, 2008 at 1:56pm   User  by thecodepounder

Elizabeth Chuck writing at MSNBC, 140: The 2008 election’s other magic number. Nothing really shocking or significant here, but I found the following interesting:
Both presidential candidates are on Twitter. At press time, twitter.com/barackobama had more than 112,000 followers; twitter.com/johnmccain had more than 4,600. (This discrepancy in their online fan bases is apparent across other social [...]

Tagged   Internet · Politics · Technology

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