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Twitter's Tweets are Calling
Posted on Feb 16, 2009 10:56:41 AM  |  By DoryDevlin

Okay, so I finally joined Twitter. Like Erin, I admit I avoided Twitter for awhile, thinking it was yet another fun diversion that would sneakily soak up time I really don't have to give. But after talking to some of...

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Gear
Would You, Could You Read a Book on Your Phone?
Posted on Feb 7, 2009 10:55:43 AM  |  By DoryDevlin

I may be showing my age here, but I spend lots of my days peering at screens, large and small, and my eyes feel it at the end of the day. I am always using the handy magnifier on my...

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Entertainment
Analog-to-Digital Switch May Be Delayed
Posted on Jan 27, 2009 9:36:22 PM  |  By DoryDevlin

Granted, if you're reading this blog post, yours may not be among the 6.5 million U.S. households that still have only analog TVs in their homes. But the Obama administration and many Congressional representatives are concerned that too many people...

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Could you give up your cell phone?
Posted on Jan 24, 2009 8:19:20 AM  |  By DoryDevlin

When President Barack Obama was on the campaign trail, you could often see him in full BlackBerry pose, thumb-tapping messages to colleagues, friends, and family. When he was told he may have to give up his electronic tether to the...

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One More Thing to Know About Recycling Electronics
Posted on Jan 14, 2009 9:28:59 PM  |  By DoryDevlin

We've all written on Simply Stated Technology about how to recycle electronics, whether you do it by trading them in, as Erin suggests, or selling them to services like Gazelle, which send you cash in return. But I was reading...

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DRM-Free Music From Apple. Finally.
Posted on Jan 6, 2009 11:17:18 PM  |  By DoryDevlin

The big news from Apple today (aside from details about Steve Jobs' illness) is that the company has agreed to drop the DRM copy protection from its iTunes songs. What does that mean exactly? Well, Apple had a pretty exclusionary...

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Internet
Three Tech Goals for the New Year
Posted on Dec 24, 2008 8:38:02 AM  |  By DoryDevlin

As we head into the holidays, a new year is around the bend. At some quiet moment, we will likely put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and write out a few goals for 2009. Now, I don’t want...

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Gear
A Quick Guide to Dealing With Tech Gifts That Don't Work
Posted on Dec 16, 2008 10:40:10 PM  |  By DoryDevlin

As the tech in our lives gets easier to use we expect more out-of-the-box plug-n-play kind of use of all the tech gadgets and electronics we buy. But, sometimes, it doesn't work out that way. And there's always the possibility...

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Create a Simple, Holiday Slideshow Greeting
Posted on Dec 11, 2008 12:19:31 AM  |  By DoryDevlin

It's that time of year -- winter concerts, piano recitals, and school holiday programs. Now that most digital cameras include a video function, parents can get snippets of video of the kids without remembering to charge and bring along the...

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Apple Quietly Suggests Antivirus Help
Posted on Dec 2, 2008 6:30:00 PM  |  By DoryDevlin

Update: After stories about Apple's advisory note on antivirus software made their way around the Web, Apple pulled the note from its website and issued this statement to the SecurityFocus website: "We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was...

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