Tech News November 23, 2009
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Fred Astaire’s favourite dance partner was Gene Kelly.
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“No sane man will dance.†CICERO (106-43 B.C.)
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AT&T Makes Poor Decisions
Instead of spending money and expanding, updating and creating a stronger better infrastructure, AT&T decides to spend money on Ads defending poor infrastructure. AT&T has over 1,000 apps but a small 3G network and limited bandwidth. But Verizon can’t tell people via commercial. It confuses users. Bottom line, AT&T is not going to make a better AT&T system. Each commercial put out by AT&T is a raise in wireless fees and one less dollar to expand 3G network. (read more . . .)
Microsoft Bing Wants The News
As long as each article is no more than $.01 I don’t care where it is located. But it has to be an easy interface. Wondering why isn’t Paypal getting involved? (read more . . .)
Chrome & Android Marriage into One OS
That would be smart. (read more . . .)
Not Impressed with Chrome OS
You are not alone. (read more . . .)
Last Breath of a Dot Com
Make a new logo in hopes to generate users. (read more . . .)
Plastic Made Without Fossil Fuels
Polyester blue is no longer limited to prom night and Italian weddings. (read more . . .)
Volt After 40 miles
Sounds a little like a “miss shift”, nice Chevrolet. Can you fix that? (read more . . .)
Companies Take a Stand Against Apple
Problem – to truly take a stand remove apps from Apple store. Duh. (read more . . .)
Opera In The News
This time it is for being accused of censorship. Or maybe this is allot of hype because most people don’t use Opera. If you didn’t know, Opera is a browser. (read more . . .)
YouTube Browser Only Access
Shutting down API means adding browser to Roku, Wii and desktop TV. (read more . . .)
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Monthly Online Gaming Pick
The Lord of the Rings Online has quickly established itself as the emerging leader and was named the PC MMO Game of the Year 2007 by the editorial staff of GameSpy and PC Game of the Year 2007 at the 25th Annual Golden Joystick awards. The New York Times proclaimed The Lord of the Rings Online “a major achievement of interactive storytelling, the first game truly worthy of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ franchise and a must-play for just about anyone with an interest in Tolkien or the future of online entertainment.”
Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.
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