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Steve Jobs In 60 Seconds

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

This is great, being able to watch the WWDC Steve Jobs keynote in 60 seconds versus 1 hour and 47 minutes.  Don’t get me wrong, I think Steve is a very influential speaker, but there’s just something about getting it all in such a short span of time that appeals to me. Sphere: Related Content

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Easier Than Ever To Jailbreak Your Iphone

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

BBtv has a good episode on very simple Iphone Jailbreaking.  Damien Stolarz says “It started out very complicated, but these days uh… if you’ve ever heard of a script kiddie, uh… hacking your iphone has gotten to script kiddie simplicity” It turns out that with the click of a mouse using an application on a [...]

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Tags: Hacking · Hardware · Mobile Technology · Software · Tech Blogroll · Tools

Google Street On Android

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

I’m am super impressed by the built-in compass feature of Android, especially when combined with something like Google’s own street view.  Just watch the video to judge for yourself. Sphere: Related Content

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Acrobat.com

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

This morning Adobe opened their beta for Acrobat.com which essentially offers a word processor “buzzword”, some file storage options, and they are integrating all of this into a Flash player environment.  If you already have an Adobe account you’re already signed up for the beta, you just need to log in at www.acrobat.com The interface [...]

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Tags: Business · Software · Tech Blogroll · Tools

YubiKey

June 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

I’m impressed by this little device called the Yubikey which is the creation of a company called Yubico.  The Yubikey is a tiny form factor USB authentication device which produces a one time password for authentication purposes.  Essentially the Yubikey acts like a keyboard and auto enters passwords which are 32 characters in length (8 [...]

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Tags: Business · Encryption · Hardware · OpenSource · Security · Software · Tech Blogroll · Tools

FiveRuns Launches TuneUp

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

If you program in any computer language you’ll soon realize that debugging can be a real drag.  I was  reading a techcrunch today and noticed an interesting debugging tool called TuneUp which was just launched by a start up called FiveRuns.  This is any interesting debugging tool for two reasons.  One if automatically reports on [...]

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Tags: Programming · Software · Tech Blogroll · Tools

Finally Made The Twitter Jump

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Yes, I know your probably thinking “your just signing up now!”.  Your right it took me a while, but now I have a twitter account.  You can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/wbullockiii Sphere: Related Content

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Tags: Entertainment · Miscellaneous · Mobile Technology · Software · Tech Blogroll · Tools

Encyclopedia Britannica Might Be Free, Or Not

April 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Image via Wikipedia If you “write a lot” on the web and you would like to have a chance to read Encyclopedia Britannica for free (something that you can already do with wikipedia) than go submit your URL and they just might consider you a publisher! I agree with Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, this is [...]

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Tags: Business · Miscellaneous · Software · Tech Blogroll · World News

Google App Engine

April 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

There’s been a ton of buzz around the recently announced Google App Engine. Various blogs have covered it including TechCrunch for which I’m a huge fan. One article talks about the experience of developing a simple application, while another article talks about the App Engine service specifically. I’ve taken the time to understand and read [...]

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Tags: OpenSource · Programming · Software · Tech Blogroll · Tools

Inspiring Linux Commercial

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

If this were a real Linux commercial it might be effective, but there are going to be those in the Linux community who will argue that at it’s core Linux was not intended to be a Windows replacement rather an alternative OS for a “Specific Audience”. I do like the simplicity of the commercial though. [...]

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