Year: 2009
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Kindle in Japan: Any questions?
The International Kindle, released last week, finally came into my eager hands last night. This is my first eReader. The reason I purchased it is — ironically enough — my love for paper books. I love to annotate, but I would rather not deface my books. For me there is just something wrong with marking…
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$20 refund on international Kindle
Just got this email from Amazon: Good news! Due to strong customer demand for our newest Kindle with U.S. and international wireless, we are consolidating our family of 6” Kindles. As part of this consolidation, we are lowering the price of the Kindle you just purchased from $279 down to $259. You don’t need to…
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http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1922981&fullscreen=1 See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Ever wonder what it’s like for the dudes who have to drive those Google camera cars around? I think it’s a little something like this… (Source: http://www.collegehumor.com/)
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The Tech Crunch ‘Apple Backlash’ Myth
Roughly Drafted takes it to the Apple Haterz at TC: “Anyone who can lay out an iPhone along with its recent competitors (never mind those previous generations of lame “iPhone-Killers” they presented in 2007 and again in 2008) and say with a straight face that the only advantage Apple has is its ability to make…
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Movie posters for minimalists This one is my fave. via BoingBoing
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Movie posters for minimalists This one is my fave. via BoingBoing
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Take a train ride round Google’s corporate acquisitions since 2001. Looks like something @iA would enjoy.
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Take a train ride round Google’s corporate acquisitions since 2001. Looks like something @iA would enjoy.
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Re: the lack of movies/tv on the Japanese iTunes Store
Is the lack of movie rentals and television shows on the Japanese iTunes Store due somehow to the powerful copyright lobby in Japan? JASRAC and JIMCAare more litigious than even the RIAA and MPAA in the US. Furthermore they are linked via Iron Triangle to MEXT. Moreover, Japan’s television industry is still mostly terrestrial, and…
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How Should Mac Apps Be Distributed?
I agree: delivery by disk image is far too complicated for the lay user. I have to explain this concept nearly every day. Just the fact that there are three different install paradigms for OS X (drag-and-drop, double click to install, and .pkg type installers) should be a signal that something is wrong. How Should…