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What’s all the Buzz at Google? [First Look]
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.
Today, the tech universe has been blogging about Buzz, a new Dr. Moreau synergistic (I had to put that word in) evolution to Twitter, Google Wave, GMail, Facebook Wall, and FourSquare. On paper, it seems like a really great idea. So, is it? My first impressions are relatively positive. This service will definitely get better. But [...]
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Google Chrome for Mac (Beta)
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by zevmo.
Yesterday Google released the Chrome browser for the Mac (Beta). We’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. I will try it out and report on it!
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Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 crash
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by zevmo.
All browsers crash. I don’t care what anyone says. But running Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 1, I found a cool little feature. Previously, when your browser crashed, you would have the option of restoring upon restart. Many browsers (IE, Safari, Opera) are offering this feature now. Firefox took this operation to another level. Usually it [...]
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Question: Should I switch from the Cablevision Scientific Atlanta 8300HD to a Tivo DVR?
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by zevmo.
I am one of the lucky few who is trapped into Cablevision‘s service plan. Where I live in Northern NJ, we have lots of trees (Dish/DirecTV is out), and we are in a part of town that has no Verizon FiOS b/c of a crappy Englewood Central Office upgrade that has been taking forever. Alas, [...]
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The online storage fun continues
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by zevmo.
There are a lot of online storage companies out there, and I have tried about 4 of them (iDrive, Mozy, JungleDisk (S3), and Carbonite on Windows). I have a large need for storage; my iTunes (600GB) and iPhoto (250GB) libraries are getting unruly. Unfortunately, I haven’t broken down to get a Drobo yet… damn, do [...]
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10.6 Snow Leopard post 2, electric boogaloo
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by zevmo.
Well, I have had some time to play around on MacOS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and overall it seems to have been worth the upgrade cost ($10). I did, however, run into a couple fo snags. Understandably, there are a few bumps that need to be ironed out, namely software not developed by Apple. For example, [...]
