Category: General
Entertainment Industry Blowing Smoke
January 2nd, 2012CD and Album sales fall 13% in 2010 while digital album sales RISE 24%. And an entertainment industry group claims that piracy is to blame.
Hogwash.
The fact is that fewer people want physical CDs anymore. Most of us have an MP3 player of some sort i… more »
Wednesday Morning Technologist
December 14th, 2011Let's talk Carrier IQ, OneNote for iOS and Twitter Clients...
Carrier IQ
O.K., so now we know a lot more about what Carrier IQ does (and doesn't) do. (Here's a PDF file the company published) It appears that it's not quite as sinister as it was origin… more »
Monday Morning Technologist
October 31st, 2011In the spirit of the Halloween Season let me just say...boo. O.K., now let's talk tech...
Hiding Passwords
From the nice folks at LifeHacker is a cautionary post about how and where to store your passwords. The old chestnut about folks writing their… more »
Monday Morning Technologist
September 19th, 2011Remember when a "friend" was somebody you actually knew?
I recently answered a question on Yahoo! Answers (more on that in a second) from somebody who said:
My friend was supposed to buy me something from his credit card, he is in singapoor, he was re… more »
Thursday Morning Technologist
September 15th, 2011Been a little busy to get our regular Monday Morning post out. So here's a late one...or an early one, depending upon your perspective.
Yelp Gulps?
This week Google bought Zagat the publishers of the respected restaurant guides. On the surface that wo… more »