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The Yin and Yang of Augmented Reality

Posted 26 July 2010 | By | Categories: Technology Landscape | 1 Comment

One annoying thing about my Blackberry Curve 8900 smartphone is the fact that I have to buy a $20 3GB media card in order to shoot video from my phone. While making the purchase at Batteries Plus in Fort Lauderdale the sales agent confirmed that his latest Droid comes with 16 GB card pre-loaded. He [...]

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The Forgotten Island of Johnston Atoll

Posted 18 July 2010 | By | Categories: History, Technology Landscape | 34 Comments

In 1995 the U.S. government declassified a set of military documents which outlined the real story behind a series of failed high-altitude nuclear tests and atmospheric air drops during 1962 on a tiny atoll in the middle of the Pacific called Johnston Island. Barely a mile long this island is permanent record of the nuclear [...]

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How Quirky.com Killed My Dreams of Becoming an Inventor

Posted 04 July 2010 | By | Categories: Technology Landscape | 18 Comments

Well, not quite. It was more fun than anything else, but you have to be prepared for criticism when you submit your idea to one of the most famous online invention incubators which is driven exclusively by “crowdsourcing”. Crowdsourcing, is a relatively new online phenomenon which relies on the wisdom of the crowds to dictate [...]

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The Dude Abides: A Lesson in Changing Your Company Name

Posted 02 July 2010 | By | Categories: Technology Landscape | 11 Comments

Folks, there is a battle underway between two sides of your brain, the left and right, for control of your destiny and ultimately your success. Before I get to the topic of this article headline, let me explain what I mean by what I just said. The left side wants to analyze, deliberate and break [...]

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Job: c# programmer with ‘open source’ mindset needed for The Catamaran Company

Posted 28 June 2010 | By | Categories: Technology Landscape | 13 Comments

The Catamaran Company, whom I work for, is looking for a sh**t-hot c# programmer to join our team as the lead developer for our collection of websites, including Catamarans.com. This is a wonderful opportunity for a talented and resourceful coder. Review link below: C# DEVELOPER / SQL SERVER / AJAX / JAVASCRIPT We want a [...]

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How I lost a $9 iPad to “BrokenHead” on penny auction website, SwipeBids.com

Posted 27 June 2010 | By | Categories: Technology Landscape | 10 Comments

My recent lust to acquire a 16gb iPad cost me $150 when I allowed myself to be sucked into joining the penny auction site, SwipeBids.com. Some idle browsing led me to the site where I noticed an iPad being auctioned off at a paltry $9.50 bucks. I watched a few of their promo videos and [...]

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Skype Scores a Goal With Its World Cup Calling Rate Promotion

Posted 26 June 2010 | By | Categories: Technology Landscape | No Comments

A picture tells a thousands words. So does a Skype geographic map which combines the viral aspects of the World Cup with international call rates, including several African countries, and, of course, perennial favorite: Brazil. I hate having to trawl through mounds of web text and conflicting paragraphs to find out what I need. I [...]

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Clash of the Digital Video Broadcasting Standards: Will China Snatch Victory?

Posted 11 June 2010 | By | Categories: Technology Landscape, Video & Film | 6 Comments

A titanic struggle is underway between the tigers of Asia, the genius of Europe and the ebbing might of the United States to win international market share for standards governing digital video broadcasting. Over the last few years both the United States and Europe have completed — sometimes messy — switchovers over from analog TV [...]

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iPhone 4: A video tells a million words

Posted 21 May 2010 | By | Categories: Technology Landscape | No Comments

The new iPhone 4, billed as the worlds thinnest smartphone, was released today — and it does look sexy. They can’t seem to do much wrong these days. Check out the technical specs. The new “Face time” feature, in particular, is bound to feed into the social networking craze and make the product more sticky. [...]

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Finding A New Home For Your WordPress Blog

Posted 01 January 2010 | By | Categories: Digital Publishing, Technology Landscape | 3 Comments

If your like me, you sometimes get lazy and take the path of least resistance which bites you in the ass a few days later. This happened to me while setting up this site which is driven exclusively by WordPress. My initial research indicated you could either use the install wizard found on my hosting [...]