Monthly Archives: August 2009

Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Matt | Published: August 30, 2009
My initial impressions of Snow Leopard are quite positive. It appears to be exactly as Apple promised, a more polished Leopard. On the whole the entire system feels quicker and smoother. Where there were little glitchy momentary interruptions before there are now quicker and more predictable responses. I honestly feel as though I’ve been given [...]
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DOJ approves Oracle’s Sun buyout

Matt | Published: August 23, 2009
DOJ approves Oracle-Sun deal Oracle on Thursday said the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, although the deal is subject to certain conditions and still needs the blessing of European regulators.
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What are we missing?

Matt | Published: August 20, 2009
Newsless.org: The 3 key parts of news stories you usually don’t get As long as the news is structured solely around what just happened, journalists are going to be fighting a rough battle. Facts and information are but pieces of a puzzle, their context is what creates relevance. What I really like about this article are [...]
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Snow Leopard Early?

Matt | Published: August 14, 2009
CNET News reports Apple’s Snow Leopard: A flurry of changes According to rumors, the release of Mac OS X 10.6, Apple’s operating system also known as Snow Leopard, might arrive a bit early. Though Apple announced at the Worldwide Developer Conference in June that Snow Leopard would hit stores in September, tech blogs became overly excited [...]
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Ars on Google Voice

Matt | Published: August 11, 2009
Google Voice and you: what it is and how you can use it Have you been hearing all the chatter about Google Voice but still haven’t caught up on what it is? Ars gives you the rundown on Google’s calling service and how you can use it to screen and forward calls, send free SMSs, and [...]
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