One of the main reasons I wanted to jailbreak my iPhone was to be able to scrobble the tracks I played on my iPod to my last.fm account.  I really love last.fm, both for the radio features and just to have a history of what I’ve been listening to.  I like to track my habits, [...]

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So, apparently Dallas-originated CompUSA filed for bankruptcy and closed their stores only to return as a sister company to Tiger Direct.  They’re rolling out slowly, but one has landed practically in my suburban backyard (better known as the eastern border town of Plano, according to Kurt Loder).  They’re adopting a “retail 2.0″ mindset, which apparently [...]

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I was reading an article today about a rising trend–people getting buried with their favorite technology.  Apparently people love their geeky gear SO much they don’t want to part with it once they shuffle off this mortal coil.  From the article:
“It seems that everyone under 40 who dies takes their cell phone with them,” says [...]

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First we had the holograms on CNN during the live Election Night coverage, and now we have the BCS (Bull Crap System, if you live in my house) Championship Game coming to a theater near you in live, glorious 3D thanks to Sony, Fox Sports, 3ality Digital, and Cinedigm.
The game will be filmed using 3ality’s [...]

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