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Dr. Martens Aren't What They Used To Be. I'm Switching To American Boots!
Distinctive yellow stitching on Doc Martens shoes. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This post isn't really technical, it's more personal. I'm writing this pretty much out of shear disappointment and also to...
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Facebook Showing Interest in 'Bang With Friends' Hook-up App
 (Photo credit: StephenMcleod - International Man of Mystery) I am married, so I don't spend time out on the prowl anymore looking to hook up with random ladies. When I was though, I did it the old...
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Hacker That Created The Flashback Mac OSX Trojan May Have Been Discovered
Image via CrunchBase Last year around this time in April, around 500,000 Mac's were infected with a trojan known as Flashback. This was huge news because Apple often markets their Mac products as being...
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Anonymous Hackers Steal 15,000 Passwords From N. Korean Site
 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A hacker, or a group of hackers is claiming that they have hacked North Korea's Uriminzokkiri.com website stealing around 15,000 usernames and passwords. The site is...
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Calendar Invites Show A List View in Outlook
My desktop guy Frank the Tank is out of town this week, so I am holding down the fort taking care of any desktop issues that come up. One of the issues that came up yesterday was that my CTO's Outlook...
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Bitcoin Price Drops After DDoS Attack on Mt. Gox
The price of bitcoin dropped from an all time high of $147 on Wednesday to $132 after the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, reported that they were the victims of a distributed denial of service...
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Does the Secret Service Need Supplementing? Michelle Obama Hacked!
Identity theft stories are in the news almost constantly, but it's not every day you hear about a personal identity theft. Apparently, the Secret Service doesn't protect against identity theft....
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Baidu Launching Competing Google Glass Type Product
Image via CrunchBase China's biggest search engine, Baidu, is planning on launching a product similar to Google Glass that will leverage Baidu's image search and facial recognition. From Yahoo...
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Google Fibre May Be Coming To Austin Texas Next
Image via CrunchBase Google and the city of Austin Texas have announced a press conference for Tuesday April 9th, but haven't said what it's about. Neither Austin, nor Google are giving specifics which...
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The Next Xbox is Expected To Be Revealed May 21st
Image via CrunchBase The much anticipated next level version of Microsoft's wildly popular gaming console is expected to be announced May 21st. The console is expected to cost roughly $500, and will...
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Apple Pulls AppGratis From App Store
The popular app, AppGratis that apparently offers big discounts for paid apps in the Apple App Store has been pulled. AppGratis was just given $13.5 million for funding by Iris Capital and the Orange...
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Scientists May Have Discovered The Missing Link Between Monkeys and Humans...
Gelada Baboon (Photo credit: pierre c. 38) Scientists studying wild gelada baboons in the Ethiopian Highlands may have discovered the missing link between humans and primates, at least in the way we...
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New York Residents Can Now Pay The Rent Using Bitcoin
 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) New Yorkers living in buildings that are currently being managed by Alvic Property Management can now start paying their rent using bitcoin. Alvic Property Management manages...
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Vudu Forces Password Changes After Data Breach
 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are a Vudu user you may have had your password reset. That is because Vudu recently experienced a data breach late last month when robbers broke into the company's...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Beta 2 is Now Available
The latest version of the Internet's most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu has released their beta 2 version of 13.04 Raring Ringtail. You can download it here if you want to check it out: (Ubuntu...
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Apparently Iran Has Developed a Time Machine
Get ready for some hoverboards, and self-drying/self fitting jackets because apparently an Iranian Scientist has developed a friggin' time machine! The inventor of the "Aryayek Time Traveling Machine"...
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Apevia ATX-AS520W-BK 520W ATX Power Supply Review
It's been a while since I've had the opportunity to review any products. Mainly it's because things have been working pretty well at my day job, so I've been content sitting back and not touching...
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If You Use Open Source Tools, Robot Recruiters Are Looking For You
In this economy having an edge over the competition can be huge. When I was an instructor at Coleman University in San Diego, I used to tell my students that getting your degree, or your certifications...
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Hadoop-As-A-Service To Top $1.9 Billion By 2016
Image via CrunchBase If you are not familiar with Hadoop, and don't know what it is here is the description from their page:The Apache Hadoop software library is a framework that allows for the...
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Would You Spend $15M on an iPhone?
(Photo Credit: NY Daily News) Some people I know scoff at the standard price tag of an iPhone 5, like this unlocked version that is going for $710 on Amazon. I couldn't imagine anyone wanting one that...
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