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Welcome to TNL.net. If you like this content, you may consider subscribing to the RSS feed.The tech community is buzzing at the news that Microsoft has made an unsolicited US$44.6 billion offer to acquire Yahoo and word is that Yahoo is actually considering it very seriously.
The potential merger has long been rumored and there are [...]
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In part 2 of a 2 part interview, John Moses, global Vice President of Customer Support for Palm, answers questions about Palm’s unit replacement program and about other issues relating to Palm’s technical support.
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I’ve been a supporter of Palm for a very long time (in fact, I’ve been a supporter of Palm for longer than the company itself has existed as I supported it through the first iteration of the company, its subsequent acquisition by US Robotics, then 3COM, then its return to a new company base, its [...]
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I am a tad obsessive about my address book. While there are several thousand people in it, I tend to believe that I need to make sure that they stay current and I look to my address book as the center of my social network. but it ought to work more like a personal relationship [...]
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Yesterday’s announcement of Apple launching it’s Safari web browser for the window platform was a bit puzzling and I wasn’t sure of what to make of it at first. So I decided to read more about it and then install it.
Of course, day one is always amusing. First, it’s clear that the security claims are [...]
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Due to the recent kerfunkle over the Kathy Sierra affair, Tim O’Reilly has now proposed a “blogger’s code of conduct” (covered with no less than a front page article in today’s New York Times.) In this entry, I will dissect the code and highlight why I think such a code is a bad idea.
June 26th [...]
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A portion of the blogosphere is abuzz with comments relating to the alleged death threats against Kathy Sierra .
To recap, Kathy Sierra is the creator of a popular blog called “Creating Passionate Users.” In a recent post, she asserts that she has received death threats that are paralyzing her with fear and left her so [...]
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So it’s official: Apple now is a phone manufacturer. With the announcement of the Apple iPhone, we can now finally assess that new product and I have to say, color me impressed. The company has managed to overcome a lot of the problems surrounding existing mobile phones and created a device that is close to [...]
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There’s been discussion lately about Second Life and how its reported numbers seem to be off. Clay Shirky, on Valleywag, has been deconstructing the numbers claiming that the emperor wore no clothes.
The funny thing is that this was coinciding with some research I’ve been doing to better understand whether SecondLife is a flash in the [...]
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This year marks the 10th anniversary edition of the TNL.net predictions for the year ahead. In past years, I’ve been batting above 50 percent in terms of predictions, except when it comes to naming what will happen with specific companies. The trends are generally correct (or in some case, early) and I always look at [...]
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