Friday, June 29, 2007

OpenMoko - the Anti-iPhone

The OpenMoko Neo 1973 has a touchscreen, WiFi, GPS and runs Linux. Unlike the iPhone, it is completely open for developers. They even include a guitar pick so you can ply open the case. Developer version goes on sale for $300 on July 9th.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

6 Ways To Cancel Any Cellphone So You Can Get An iPhone

If you want to get an iPhone but you're stuck in a contract, here's some ways to leave your service without paying a $175 cancellation fee.

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What the iPhone Doesn't Have

• Songs as Ringtones• Games• Any flash support• Instant Messaging• Picture messages (MMS)• Video recording• Direct iTunes Music Store Access (Over Wi-Fi or EDGE)• Voice recognition or voice dialing• Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Streaming

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George H. W. Bush claims Athiests aren't Citizens and can't be Patriots.

Bush: No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.Sherman (somewhat taken aback): Do you support as a sound constitutional principle the separation of state and church?Bush: Yes, I support the separation of church and state. I'm just not very high on athei

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Amazing pictures of the history of Apple! The Apple 1, Jobs, Wozniak

50 pictures from the history of Apple, from the Apple 1 to Iphone, Bill Gates at Apple-meeting in 1984, Wozniak cuddling his dogs, Lisa, Newton - it's all here!



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Thursday, June 21, 2007

How to Take Great Group Photos

The 'group photo' is one of the most common types of images taken with digicams - yet it's also one of the most stuffed up ones - with people looking in different directions, people being cut off on the edges, the group being too far away, people blinking and more. Here's 12 tips on how to get a great group photo.



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0 To 12,000 RSS Subscribers In Seven Months: 10 Techniques

"...launched at the end of October 2006. ...by June 2007, I had 12,000 RSS readers and was generating enough traffic that I had to switch hosting plans twice."



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Friday, June 15, 2007

Hack Attack: Turn your Windows Mobile phone into an iPhone

If your clunky old Windows Mobile phone is just sitting around collecting iPhone jealousy dust, you can either scrounge together 500 leafy Sacagaweas, or you can customize your Windows Mobile phone to emulate several of the iPhone's more interesting features, like the iPhone's home screen, flick-scroll contacts, and the fancy slide-to-unlock.



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Are you Lazy? How to Make Laziness Work for You!

You’re feeling lazy right now, and reading blogs instead of doing what you’re supposed to be doing. That’s OK — we all do that. But let’s look at how to make that laziness work for us, and how to turn lazy into productive.



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Star Wars: Spectacular High Resolution Galaxy Map

Pretty incredible detail of the galaxy far, far away...



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Friday, June 8, 2007

Senators: Companies with "mass layoffs" shouldn't hire more foreign workers

Two senators have proposed an amendment that would restrict companies from hiring more foreign workers if they are planning "mass layoffs" that will reduce the US workforce. Such an amendment could affect a number of big tech companies that are still pushing for an increased H-1B cap.



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20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches

For millions of people, Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day, in all facets of their lives. From work or school, research, to looking up movies and celebrities to news and gossip, Google is the go-to search engine. There are a number of ways to make your searches more efficient.



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WIRELESS Electricity from MIT - WiTricity

We always knew Tesla was right: MIT physics professor Marin Soljacic and his team of researchers behind the latest wireless electricity scheme have reportedly demoed their magnetically coupled resonator technology on a 60-watt lightbulb that wasn't plugged in.



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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

MIT: New theory on how brain learns

Brain uses both neural 'teacher' and 'tinkerer' networks in learning. While most people need peace and quiet to cram for a test, the brain itself may need noise to learn, a recent MIT study suggests. In experiments with monkeys, the researchers found that neural activities in the brain gradually change, even when nothing new is being learned.



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Guy Kawasaki: How to build a Web 2.0 site for under $15K

Guy Kawasaki shares the details and numbers of how he created Truemors.



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