Dec 21
It is amazing how fast this year has passed and not only this year but the past nine. This article reflects on some neat things that changed our culture in the 00’s … http://is.gd/5wQgh
Sep 02
Some quick news hits from my favorite podcast of indeterminate length, Buzz Out Loud from CNET with my own titles and of which I will comment on at a later date…
iJustice!
Man uses ‘Find My iPhone’ to locate his iPhone… and three robbery suspects
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/08/30/man-uses-find-my-iphone-to-locate-his-iphone-and-three-robbery-suspects/
Twitter: just as I thought, no one uses it as much as Facebook
Why Don’t Teens Tweet? We Asked Over 10,000 of Them.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/30/why-dont-teens-tweet-we-asked-over-10000-of-them/
New iPods anyone?
Apple confirms September 9, 2009 “rock and roll” event
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/08/apple-confirms-september-9-2009-rock-and-roll-event.ars
Snow Leopard joins the Achaeans
Snow Leopard’s malware protection only scans for two Trojans
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4139
Yay Google Earth! Where’s bigfoot?
Loch Ness Monster surfaces on Google Earth
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/google_earth_nessie/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10318790-36.html
Speaking of Google, Books anyone?
Google now offers over a million free e-books in EPUB format
http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/google-million-free-ebooks/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10318843-265.html
Why your WPA isn’t safe anymore, better have mac authentication
New attack cracks common Wi-Fi encryption in a minute
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090827/tc_pcworld/newattackcrackscommonwifiencryptioninaminute
Transportation
Wheelchair of the future takes on the scooter
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10320802-247.html
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/08/31/rodem_hi_tech_wheelchair/