Author Archives: John

‘i’ Get Around…

Posted on June 7, 2011 by John

The Financial Times has released an application that is not captive to iTunes (as it resides independently on an iPhone / iPad Home Screen). In sum; this is clearly in response to what many publishers felt was / were the … Continue reading →

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iCould.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by John

Apple’s unveiling of their latest service offering seems akin to playing catch-up more than anything else. Yes; it has been rumored (prior to Amazon and Google launching cloud-players) that this was one of their next major announcements. Nevertheless, there are … Continue reading →

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Openness Downsides.

Posted on June 6, 2011 by John

A lot has been stated about the upside of the cloud; Open Source; Share-ware, etc. Granted, there are a number of positive attributes (worth noting). Nevertheless, in light of the recent wave of hacks that have struck; one question is … Continue reading →

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‘iPranksters’

Posted on June 5, 2011 by John

A group of men (posing as what appears to be construction / city-workers in Hamburg) pulled a fast-one by placing a pseudo-Windows logo on the soon-to-be newest Apple store in the city. From Fortune: http://t.co/Fs8aiPz

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Hackers Gone Wild…

Posted on June 4, 2011 by John

With Sony; Google; Microsoft and Yahoo all in the news regarding their systems being compromised… it looks as though Skype can now be added to the (what appears to be) growing list of technologies that are either: a) revealing their … Continue reading →

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Specific Absorption Rate.

Posted on June 4, 2011 by John

Your handset just might be dangerous to your health (depending on how much / how you use it). And, as a Public Service Announcement (one would hope, anyway) Computerworld (and other media outlets) published data of their levels of radiation … Continue reading →

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Messier

Posted on June 3, 2011 by John

Google’s approach to Android (being allowed to roam free via the some would argue naive view that open source is more upstanding) continues to be challenged by reality. Towards that end, on the heels of removing multiple applications that were … Continue reading →

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iCloud-ed?

Posted on June 3, 2011 by John

Perhaps ‘reign’ is too strong of a term / word? Perhaps not? Whatever the case; Apple’s newest service offering is not going to be free (which should really come as no real surprise to anyone as they are after all … Continue reading →

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Non-optional Failure

Posted on June 2, 2011 by John

Viewed from the grand scheme of things – it is not the end-of-the world. Nevertheless, catastrophic data failures – do – happen. Towards that end; as the phoenix rises… so shall one’s on-line presence too.

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Begin Anew!

Posted on June 2, 2011 by John

First off; a thank you is in order to all of the people the world-over who regularly read the missives posted by the owner of this nascent online presence. It is humbling and somewhat surprising that a following has been … Continue reading →

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