Category Archives: technology

Sprint purchases 30 million iPhones for $20 billion — new definition of “betting the farm”

Posted on October 3, 2011 by David Forbes

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has made it clear that his company needs the iPhone. He recently stated that the number one reason Sprint subscribers switch to another carrier is to gain access to the iPhone. One of the persistent rumors … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s new Timeline

Posted on September 24, 2011 by David Forbes

I don’t go crazy over Facebook. It’s a cool place to post pictures and catch up with what a lot of people are doing in a convenient, simple interface, but it also has a lot of crap I can’t stand. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft unveils Windows 8. Tech press wowed, makes stupid predictions

Posted on September 14, 2011 by David Forbes

It’s amusing to watch the collective jeans-creaming of certain segments of the tech press over the unveiling of Windows 8 on tablets. You can read some of these reviews here, here, here, here, and here. (Google for more; there are … Continue reading →

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Standards

Posted on July 20, 2011 by David Forbes

So true! (If you’re not reading xkcd all of the time, well … okay, there is no “well.” You need to read this! All. The. Time.)

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Book versus e-book: the dictionary

Posted on May 12, 2011 by David Forbes

As I’ve said previously, I really enjoy reading books on my iPad. The iPad is about the size of a hardcover book without all of a hardcover’s unwieldiness, like figuring out how to prop it open if you’re reading while … Continue reading →

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The end of the Space Shuttle era is almost here

Posted on April 6, 2011 by David Forbes

I was in high school when the shuttle was launched for the first time. One of my teachers rolled a television into our classroom so we could watch, and I remember fighting really hard to hold back tears of awe … Continue reading →

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Great photo of the International Space Station

Posted on March 22, 2011 by David Forbes

A thing of beauty. Courtesy of Astronomy Picture of the Day. Click on the photo for a larger version.

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Flipboard CEO: No Android challenges to the iPad in 2011

Posted on March 17, 2011 by David Forbes

If you have an iPad and don’t have Flipboard, stop whatever you’re doing and get it right now. It’s one of the best ways to showcase exactly how the larger screen of an iPad makes it fundamentally different from an … Continue reading →

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Nokia CEO: “I am not a Trojan Horse.”

Posted on February 14, 2011 by David Forbes

Maybe, maybe not. Stephen Elop, recent president of Microsoft’s Business Division who in September became CEO of Nokia, claimed on Sunday that he “is not a Trojan Horse,” sent by Microsoft to take over Nokia and steer the ailing company … Continue reading →

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Nokia commits suicide, adopts Windows Phone 7

Posted on February 11, 2011 by David Forbes

Nokia abandons it’s in-house operating system, Symbian, in favor of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7, basically swapping out the smartphone OS with the world’s biggest market share for one with the smallest. Almost no one thinks this is a good idea. … Continue reading →

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