Category Archives: Computer

The beginning of the end for Dell

Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell. Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo from Oracle Photos Flickr Stream. Back in the 90′s Steve Jobs had just returned to save Apple, which was fighting for its life. Michael Dell was asked at … Continue reading

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Caine’s arcade

Only 11 minutes long. From YouTube: A 9 year old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store is about to have the best day of his life. Help Caine’s Scholarship Fund: http://CainesArcade.com Call me … Continue reading

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Celebrating Alan Turing

Alan Turing was a brilliant British mathematician who during World War II helped to break German ciphers for the British government’s Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. He worked as part of a team that was responsible for the decipherment … Continue reading

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The Worst Internet Passwords

Image used under Flickr CCLi. Image credit: Flickr user Jeroen Bennink. According to SplashData’s annual list of worst Internet passwords, the very worst password is “Password.” SplashData, quoted on mashable.com, created the rankings based on millions of stolen passwords posted online … Continue reading

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Ron Johnson: What I Learned Building the Apple Store

Apple Store, Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, AZ. Used under Flickr CCLi. Image credit: Flickr user Dru Bloomfield. One of the most dramatic success stories of the last decades has been the meteoric triumph of Apple’s retail stores. US Apple Stores … Continue reading

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Kodak’s iPhone photo app creates instant social networks

Today Kodak announced Gallery, a free app for the iPhone, that allows users to create on-the-fly social networks to share their photos. Say, for example, you are at a wedding, you can create an instant network of other people snapping … Continue reading

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Is Apple’s Lion a stinker?

Despite the massive hype of its new Lion upgrade from Apple, Chitika, an online analytics company that tracks user behavior, has noticed a stagnation of Lion users online. According to TechCrunch, after an initial burst of sales the adoption of Apple’s … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs was right: Adobe kills mobile Flash

Seems that Steve Jobs was right after all when he banned Adobe’s Flash from all the Apple mobile devices. Adobe has announced that it will cease development of Flash for mobile devices, and instead switch over resources to creating html5-based … Continue reading

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Comparing Google and Apple

Ben Parr has an article at Mashable comparing the key differences between Google and Apple that is well worth a read. Both companies are enormously successful and have played a defining role in current technologies. However, Parr’s thesis is that … Continue reading

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I hate captchas, you hate captchas, we all hate captchas!

I can’t think of anything more annoying that captchas when surfing the web. I am sure I am not alone in trying to register for a website and just quitting upon seeing a captcha show up. Captchas are annoying, they … Continue reading

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