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Apple’s Expensive Solid State Add-On Drive A Bust

This guy just did a huge Apple comparison with the new Air notebook computer, both with and without the solid state add-on drive. The verdict? The Air in general is slower than both the Macbook Pro and the Macbook, and the battery life is only average.

Photo by John Biehler
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Digg Categories In Need Of A Serious Overhaul

I love Digg. I surf it at least a couple times a day, usually when I’m bored, sitting a work waiting for something to compile. I would say that without a doubt the majority of my “cool” news actually comes from Digg.
Lately I’ve begun submitting the odd story on [...]

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South By Southwest — Help!

So, here’s the deal. I really want to attend some of South by Southwest this year. The only problem is that all the hotels in Austin, Texas are pretty much sold out. I worked the phones for a bit tonight trying to find a place to crash, but haven’t had any luck. [...]

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Microsoft Extends 44 Billion Dollar Offer For Yahoo!

Wow, what can I say. That is a pretty impressive sum of money. I read this before going to bed last night on Digg, but I thought it was fake. Turns out that Microsoft has just extended a 44 billion dollar offer for Yahoo!
To be honest, Google has really handed Yahoo! [...]

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Thursday, Apple Air, Sore Throat, Muffin of Death

I woke up to my phone ringing basically non-stop thanks to Hesty and Sean at work. There’s a big career fair out at UBC today, and I guess they are all going and wanted me to go too. I woke up with a nasty sore throat though, so I’m going to leave [...]

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Launch Party Vancouver 3

Last Friday I met a pile of people from the Vancouver technology scene down at the Lamplighter pub in Gastown. Apparently that location is surrounded in controversy, since the Lamplighter has recently changed hands and has been transformed into a more “modern” establishment. I can’t say that I ever hung out in it [...]

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What Are You Up To Facebook?

This is a rather interesting move made by Facebook. Apparently on Friday they announced a new javascript library that would let you put Facebook applications on your own web page.

Facebook announced Friday a new JavaScript client library that will allow Facebook apps to be displayed on any website.
The client library allows users to [...]

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Venezuela Bound?

I got an email this morning asking if I’d like to speak at a university technology conference in Venezuela in May. All expenses would be paid for.

Caracas (Venezuela). Amanece en la ciudad con el monte Ávila al fondo., photo by José Manuel AzconaAll Rights ReservedCaracas, Venezuela, photo by josemazcona

Thumbs up!, photo by Rafael MéndezAll [...]

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