Monthly Archives: November 2013

Monopolistic Licensing.

According to the enclosed report, even when any given consumer doesn’t purchase an iPhone, Apple’s secret deals with mobile carriers are akin to a tax that users of said carriers’ network wind up paying! (Source) Register UK: http://goo.gl/WIzCPK

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Appreciation.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays.

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Truth’s Stranger Than Fiction.

If the latest revelation regarding the NSA’s on-going surveillance and the agencies’  tactics is true, it pretty much sums up the degree(s) to which America’s government will stoop in the post-9/11 era (which in light of the paranoia of the … Continue reading

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(‘net) Wind-Talkers.

In light of their (tech) contemporaries / rivals, etc. claiming to do so, Microsoft (pretty much – per the usual) has stated the ‘me-too’ (approach) regarding increasing ‘net encryption in the aftermath of the NSA surveillance disclosures. Whether true, implemented … Continue reading

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Fighting ‘Terror’ Malware-Style.

If the enclosed report is true, the NSA reportedly infected 50,000 networks with malware. However, egregious his whistleblowing was made out to be (by the Mass Media) perhaps the General Public should give pause to the fact that Edward Snowden’s … Continue reading

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Digital Duffers!

GolfSight just might’ve taken Google Glass to a whole new level: think augmented reality for golf aficionados (whereas you can now have a Terminator-style visual readout while on the links). Now whether someone’s game improves or not is yet to … Continue reading

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Where?

“I’m calling from 35,000 feet…” (With the droning howl of the plane and fellow passengers scowling intensely…) Let’s hope that the possibility / discussion regarding the use of mobile phones on commercial airplanes is just that. (Source) Huffington Post: http://goo.gl/5CyrbE

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Tribute.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can … Continue reading

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‘net-sorship.

The creator of the Worldwide Web (i.e., www) believes (arguably, rightfully so) that ‘the democratic nature of the net is threatened by a “growing tide of surveillance and censorship”‘ (which might be the understatement of the year… putting it mildly). … Continue reading

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