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Tech News

USPS Informed Delivery

I was just recently notified by USPS that they were rolling out a feature that allows you to see scanned images of every piece of mail that is delivered to you each day.  It’s pretty handy, and also lets you know tracking status of all of your Amazon packages being delivered as well 🙂 The […]

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Computer Stuff Tech News

Windows 10

I think I want Windows 10, if only for the new Task Manager.  I know it’s there in Windows 8 / Server 2012 but everyone knows the OS wasn’t ready yet. This is the first time since Windows 7 that I’m actually excited interested about getting a new Windows OS installed on one of my computers.

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Google’s Home Entertainment System

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-Home-Google-I-O-android-Project-Tungsten-Google-Music,news-14142.html   An FCC filing by Google has brought Project Tungsten back into the spotlight after nearly a year. ZoomNews of Google’s plans for a home entertainment system isn’t really new — the company demonstrated its hopes and dreams last year at Google I/O 2011 during the Day One Keynote. Essentially the company wants consumers to have a network […]

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Stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation

The Internet Blacklist Legislation – known as PROTECT IP Act in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House – is a threatening sequel to last year’s COICA Internet censorship bill.  Like its predecessor, this legislation invites Internet security risks, threatens online speech, and hampers Internet innovation. Urge your members of Congress […]

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Pretty amazing stuff

These new cameras capture light fields, which allow you to change the focus of the image after the picture has been taken.  Although the technology has been around for years, it’s now available for use in cameras and desktop applications, where it used to take entire rooms of super computers to do the calculations. Check […]

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Personal Tech News

Good bye Pre, Hello Nexus S

I feel bad to finally give up my Pre for a new phone.  I just couldn’t take it anymore. My Pre is an original and has been through way too much over the years.  I hacked it with the WebOS 2.1 which isn’t supposed to be on there, the screen was broken, cracked, scratched, and […]

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