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Installed Jaunty Jackalope with Wubi. Definitely feels like a smoother UI on my Lenovo....
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Facebook is not a revolution permlink
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A follow up to my earlier post on information technology, In The Age Of Facebook, Researcher Plumbs Shifting Online Relationships: "You can ask somebody, 'Of your 300 Facebook friends how many are actually friends?' and people will say, 'Oh, 30...
Posted by Razib at 5:56 PM • 5 Comments •
Every Man A Media Mogul! permlink
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Portfolio & Wired have a one-two punch on the future of broadband up. I've read that it takes 3-4 months for a salary increase to be "discounted" so that individuals move up the consumption ladder and no longer feel flush....
Posted by Razib at 11:56 AM • 11 Comments •
Whither the cloud? permlink
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New Nail in Google Cloud Coffin: Here's what Google fears: If its cloud-computing system crashes, or inadvertently lets companies view their rivals' confidential documents all over the world, the entire system of cloud-based business-information processing collapses. Companies' most precious secrets...
Posted by Razib at 3:16 PM • 6 Comments •
23andMe = Terrorists? permlink
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I thought this Genetic Future post was an exaggeration, as it seemed to indicate that the Gene Sherpa was accusing 23andMe of terrorism. I thought there has to be context, right? Uh, not really: In healthcare, imagine if your doctor...
Posted by Razib at 2:04 AM • 5 Comments •
War Machines permlink
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This bloggingheads.tv about war robots is pretty fascinating. One of the issues with robots is that people are fixated on androids and really human-like artifice, and that hasn't really panned out. But it seems that technology is becoming a seamless...
Posted by Razib at 5:22 PM • 0 Comments •
Pomegranate NS08 Smartphone permlink
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Have any of my Canadian readers gotten their hands on the All-In-One Pomegranate Smartphone? I've heard the "hand-warmer" feature was designed specifically for customers in the Great North....
Posted by Razib at 12:23 AM • 7 Comments •
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex permlink
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If you have problems getting Ubuntu Hardy Heron to work properly, I strongly recommend you check out Intrepid Ibex, the newest release. I'm having way fewer issues with it on my Toshiba Satellite notebook (if you are fine on Hardy...
Posted by Razib at 6:26 AM • 4 Comments •
Which netbooks are good? permlink
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I'm thinking of getting a netbook. Any recommendations/experiences?...
Posted by Razib at 4:47 AM • 29 Comments •
Manjoo on Ubuntu permlink
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Linux Is Making Me Insane: Grappling with Ubuntu, the free, open-source operating system. I have Ubuntu on my PC through a dual-boot. I also purchased a USB wireless card which was guaranteed to be compatible with Ubuntu plug-and-play. It does...
Posted by Razib at 3:49 AM • 14 Comments •
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