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Opinion

Stevenson Fails ‘Report Card’ on Mac Ads

Seth Stevenson writes a column for Slate called the “Ad Report Card,” where he rates the effectiveness of advertising based on his own extemporaneous criteria. Sometimes it’s the concept , sometimes execution, and sometimes he just likes ads because they are entertaining. After watching Apple’s new Get a Mac ads, however, he complained: “They are […]

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Software

Gizmo Project 2.0 Released

Voice Over IP (VOIP) software Gizmo Project has released version 2.0 of their free software with smoother and more reliable calling. It’s like having a phone in your computer. New features include: – Integration with the Asterisk office PBX – Improved buddy list presence display – Support for “Growl” notifications (Mac) – Call-routing improvements for […]

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Digital Camera

What’s Right With this Picture?

The possible future of photography

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PC Notebook

Laptop Explodes at Conference (It was a Dell)

If you thought that the legend of the PowerBook battery catching fire was bad… AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident. Gaston, our astonished reader reports: “The damn thing was on fire […]

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Accessory

Mystery Insulating Laptop Sleeve

A while ago someone sent me this insulated notebook case. The cool thing about it is that it’s lined with sand-like substance that works great as an insulating blanket between a hot notebook (like the MacBook/Pro) and the lap. It’s heavy and kind of reminds me of the lead blanket that the dentist lays over […]