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Archive for September 27th, 2009

Apple up to its old tricks, pushing unwanted software onto PCs (Ed Bott/Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report)

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Ed Bott / Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report:
Apple up to its old tricks, pushing unwanted software onto PCs  —  I don’t own a lot of Apple products.  My wife has an iPhone (she loves it), but I don’t.  I have an iPod Nano that I keep around for compatibility testing, but I haven’t plugged it […]

Post Editor Ends Tweets as New Guidelines Are Issued (Andy Alexander/Ombudsman Blog)

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Andy Alexander / Ombudsman Blog:
Post Editor Ends Tweets as New Guidelines Are Issued  —  As tweets on Twitter, they’re pretty innocuous.  —  “We can incur all sorts of federal deficits for wars and what not,” read a recent one.  “But we have to promise not to increase it by $1 for healthcare reform?  Sad.”

You’re not on Twitter’s suggested user list but you are in good company: (Robert Scoble/Scobleizer)

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
You’re not on Twitter’s suggested user list but you are in good company:  —  OK, so when Twitter came out with its Suggested User List I went through a bunch of emotions.  Hatred.  Jealousy.  Self loathing.  Blaming.  Anger.  Denial.  All that kind of stuff.

Apple close to unveiling all-new MacBook line (Kasper Jade/AppleInsider)

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple close to unveiling all-new MacBook line  —  An initiative on the part of Apple to retain and redesign its low-cost polycarbonate MacBook line due to ongoing economic uncertainties is now believed to be closer to fruition than once thought, AppleInsider has been told.