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Mobile Phone Company Verizon and Motorola Make Apple Nervous

August 10, 2010

A recent report measures the usage of mobile phones and claims Apple’s iPhone sales are down as Android based phones blaze past the iPhone sales.  Precisely Apple is in third place and Android phones are now in first.
I could go down the path of harping on Apple and it’s closed and proprietary business practices.  However, [...]

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Apple And The iPhone 4 Antenna Saga Continues On

July 21, 2010

Apple is in a bind and faces the balancing act of image versus bottom-line.  Steve Jobs insists the phone is okay.  Yet statistically seven to ten percent of paying customers are complaining about the phone dropping.
It seems the left-handed are mostly affected by the debacle.  Weeks have passed and Steve Jobs continues to live in [...]

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MOCX Received $20,000 To Repair Computer And Reduce eWaste From Landfills

May 22, 2010

Callaway County has something to brag about.  North Callaway High School in 2003 organized “The Missouri Computer Exchange.”   The organization recently received a grant to further the mission.

The website states MOCX is “an alliance of educational facilities, private businesses, and various state agencies committed to the responsible reclamation [...]

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Mozilla Expands Security Checker To Competitor’s Browsers

March 24, 2010

Mozilla upgrades a Firefox service that scans your computer for security updates on existing Internet browsers installed on your computer.  This security checker scans third-party browsers such as Internet Explorer (IE), Safari, and Opera.
The Mozilla checker is similar to Microsoft’s Windows Update that checks your computer on the first Tuesday of each month.  However, Windows [...]

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The 10 Best Computer Downloads Of All Time

March 4, 2010

PC World posted a piece that includes, per the magazine, the 10 best downloadable programs of all time.
This is a subjective article, but does have a few programs worth looking into.
I don’t agree with all the programs in the list.  The first program is Ad Aware Free.  It will scan and remove adware from your [...]

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