Reddit Goes Open Source: What Does That Really Mean?
My new favorite crowd voting / social bookmarking site Reddit made the announcement today that it’s “open source.” This means the code for the sRead More…
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The Death of Search Engines?
There’s an interesting article over at ZDNet UK. The idea is that people don’t need to go to a search engine to find what they need. If they want Read More…
HP is the New Dell: Great Customization Options and Even Better Price
My last two laptops have both been Dell. I had always loved the fact that I could customize my laptop fairly specifically at the same time as getting Read More…
Some Free Marketing Advice for Apple
After many years in a Windows world, I recently purchased a Mac Pro, and have been very happy with my choice. There were many reasons for this move, bRead More…
Amazon MP3 Customers Don’t Come from iTunes, But I Did
Market research firm NPD Group issued a report today explaining that Amazon MP3 is growing but not taking away customers from Apple’s iTunes. It seeRead More…
Blockbuster Offers to Buy Circuit City
Wow. There’s plenty of buzz surrounding Blockbuster’s offer to buy Circuit City. Blockbuster’s reasoning is full of the usual business jargon: cRead More…
Newsflash: Digg Admits It’s Rigged and Just a Game
Digg has had its fair share of criticism. But the idea that it’s slow, bloated, outdated, gamed, and policed has all been hearsay. But now, in an exRead More…
More News Out Showcasing Mac Security Issues
We took a lot of flack over a post back in January that questioned the security of Apple’s Mac OS X. TechConsumers left various comments ranging frRead More…
Sony Charges $50 Extra to Sell You Laptop with No Crapware
Sony and crapware have a special relationship, so much so that it takes over two minutes for its laptops to boot into Windows (compare that with 30 seRead More…
Blu-ray in the News: High Prices & No Microsoft Love
Since Blu-ray became the next generation movie disc format of choice, the consumer supposedly has been better off. But Tom’s Hardware claims that prRead More…