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Privacy: Available on Facebook for a cost (kinda)
This comment isn’t likely to win me any privacy-friends, but…Facebook’s privacy settings are really pretty good. Yeah, I went there – no other social networking service (that is widely used) has such a granular group of privacy settings. Now, whether … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Privacy, Social Networking
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Comment: Media Attention to Blackberries In Mumbai
I need to begin this post, in an unambiguous fashion: I absolutely do not support the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that claimed the lives of hundreds, and injured many more. Now that that disclaimer is out of the way…. How … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Technology, Thoughts
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Technology Fix: Pocket Mac and Blackberry Devices
, but I thought I should probably post how to get a Blackberry to actually work with OS X once Pocket Mac stops working (and it will…trust me). … I can’t do that on a Mac – it’s been almost 2 years since they released Pocket Mac, and I still can’t do these basic operations, which means that I need to have a Windows virtual machine. … Annoyed to the point that I’m tempted to just move to an iPhone (I won’t because of security issues, and I can’t just get an email plan without a data plan, but it’s tempting). Continue reading
Posted in Mobiles, Technology, Trinkets
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Thoughts – Study reminds us why we’re always fixing our parents’ PCs
Ars Technica has a jaunty little piece that puts hard numbers to the statement, “computers are confusing when it comes time to fixing them!” Something to take away from it is that “almost half of adults said they needed someone … Continue reading
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