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News May 3, 2011
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GD Quickie: Apple Updates iMac All-In-One With FaceTime HD, Thunderbolt and more

As expected Apple introduced new iMacs this morning. While they look the same they have some nice upgrades under the hood. Among the changes are quad-core processors across the line, graphics that are up to 3x faster, Thunderbolt for super-fast data transfer, and a FaceTime HD camera. The 21.5″ model starts at $1,199.00 with the [...]

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News May 3, 2011
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Appigo Announces Upcoming Todo for Mac: Born on the iPhone, Awesome on the Mac

One of the things that has been most surprising to me as I have used more and more iOS devices is the fact that there are many things I actually prefer doing via apps on my iPad than I do on my MacBook Air. Seriously, email, rss feeds and picture editing are so much easier [...]

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Quickies May 2, 2011
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GD Quickie: ‘Be Consecrated to Me with This Ring’ (Or Is It ‘With This Coin’?)

Within my tradition, a couple is officially married when one partner gives the other something of easily assessed value; which is probably the original reason why Jewish wedding bands don’t usually have stones — the addition of the gems makes easily assessing the value impossible. The result is that while we usually use a ring [...]

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Reviews May 2, 2011
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GD Quickie Review: Google Docs for Android

Have you ever wanted to make a quick note or change to a document on the go? Many folks swear by Evernote, but sadly it is blocked by my work so I stick with Google Docs. So when a native Android app arrived, I hopped right on it. So far I have only messed around [...]

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Gaming, Reviews May 2, 2011
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Nintendo 3DS Review: Madden NFL Football

Handheld football gaming experience improves with smooth circle pad controls and touch screen play calling/creation with Madden NFL Football 3DS.

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News May 2, 2011
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Amazon Takes On “Real Books” With New Kindle Ad

I love, love, love the new Kindle ad! Like many prior ones, Amazon is hammering home how great the Kindle screen looks in sunlight, how easy it is to use, etc…but instead of taking on the iPad, they are aiming this ad at the people who claim they prefer “real books.” Words don’t do this [...]

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News May 2, 2011
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Blue Canary Night-Lite Makes a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch Who watches over you Make a little birdhouse in your soul Not to put too fine a point on it Say I’m the only bee in your bonnet Make a little birdhouse in your soul Who didn’t sing along with this song in 1990?  Thanks to [...]

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Quickies, Reviews May 2, 2011
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GD Quickie Review: PPC Techs Apple iPad Black Universal Capacitive Stylus

  Steve Jobs was clear when he introduced the iPad that using a stylus was a “no-no”. Instead, he encouraged all of us to use our built-in pointers; you know, those things called fingers. Well that has worked pretty well for me over the last year. In fact, it has worked so well that I [...]

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Quickies May 2, 2011
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GD Quickie: Breaking News? Who Needs a Tele-promptor When You’ve Got…

I was watching TV at 10:30 pm last night when the first reports came that President Obama would be making a special announcement. “Uh Oh,” I thought, “This is either really good news or really, really bad.” I was anxious to see which it was but then I waited… And waited and waited. It took [...]

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News May 2, 2011
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Video Chat And Facebook Apps Coming to RIM Playbook Tomorrow

Image Via MobileCrunch I’ve had a BlackBerry Playbook for a couple of weeks now. I really like the device but have to concur with the many reports that it is, sadly, unfinished. The hardware is great. The OS is smooth. The cameras take FANTASTIC pictures and video. And I can actually use it to write a [...]

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Reviews May 1, 2011
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GD Quickie Review: Crackle (multiple devices)

There seems to be another new ‘streaming video’ site popping up every week, but the mantra is all-too familiar: too little content that you want to watch, or just as likely plenty of content but it is just the same stuff you can get on every other site. Enter Crackle, the streaming video site cooked [...]

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Quickies May 1, 2011
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GD Quicky: OS X Lion Turns Your Laptop Into the Best Desktop Ever

  9to5Mac had an interesting post earlier today regarding a seemingly minor change in the upcoming OS X Lion release. As they explain, Among other subtle changes, in Lion when you shut your MacBook’s screen while connected to an external monitor, the machine no longer goes to sleep but instead switches immediately to external monitor-only [...]

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Quickies May 1, 2011
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An Ingenious Dieting Tool: The Diet Fork

I saw this on Etsy, and thought it was cute. Want to look more svelte? Try eating less with a “Diet Fork”. You’ll be so frustrated by the time you are done trying to stab your spaghetti or rice, that you’ll just naturally begin eating less, your stomach will shrink, and you’ll live happily ever [...]

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Music Diary May 1, 2011
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Music Diary Notes: Amazon Launches $0.69 Pop Singles Store!

When Apple introduced variable pricing, the purpose was for music labels to be able charge more for popular songs … and to push people o buy albums. There was supposed to be a huge library of $0.69 songs … but anyone who has browsed the store knows that most everything is either $0.99 or $1.29 [...]

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News May 1, 2011
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iPhone Game News: It’s a Dinosaur! It’s Godzilla! It’s… Destructopus!?

Behold… the first game that combines the three elements necessary to help make you feel awesome: heroism, indestructibility, and giant octopi (and fuzzy pandas)!!! The world is doomed. Pollution levels are rising, trees are endangered, and industrialization is past the limit of sustainability. You are the world’s only hope. You. Are. The. Destructopus. Yes you [...]

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