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fishwreck: 02.09
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Monday, February 9, 2009. Microsoft plays catch up to MobileMe with My Phone. Wow What a mess. Sort of like Apple's MobileMe, but not. My Phone will sync Windows Mobile settings, contacts, calendar data and photos, and provide a web interface for accessing and editing that data. It will even back up and restore the entire device via the cloud. And it's free. But not with each other? So, uh, which sync should I use? Oh, if that wasn'...
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fishwreck: Fingerprints Can Reveal Drug Use, Medical History
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Monday, December 15, 2008. Fingerprints Can Reveal Drug Use, Medical History. Watch what you touch people. Might be time to bring gloves back into fashion. A careless touch could be all police or insurance companies need to determine not only your identity, but also your past drug use, if you've fired a gun or handled explosives, even specific medical conditions. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow fishwreck on Twitter.
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fishwreck: Clueless AP Can't Figure Out It's Own YouTube Channel
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Thursday, April 9, 2009. Clueless AP Can't Figure Out It's Own YouTube Channel. It's no news that professional journalism, especially of the print variety, is in an ever desperate crisis. The failing economy has only exacerbated the crisis as well as the desperation. Witness this demonstration of ineptitude by the Associated Press:. The AP's official channel on YouTube. Which displays codes for embedding the videos. On breaking this...
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fishwreck: 04.09
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Thursday, April 9, 2009. Clueless AP Can't Figure Out It's Own YouTube Channel. It's no news that professional journalism, especially of the print variety, is in an ever desperate crisis. The failing economy has only exacerbated the crisis as well as the desperation. Witness this demonstration of ineptitude by the Associated Press:. The AP's official channel on YouTube. Which displays codes for embedding the videos. On breaking this...
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fishwreck: 06.08
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Wednesday, June 25, 2008. NBC To Offer Complete Olympics Online — But Only To Windows Vista. Oh, this is rich. For the first time, NBC (which owns rights for the U.S. television market) will offer complete video of the Summer Olympic Games online. Yay! The service, dubbed, "NBC Olympics on the Go" will be available only for users of Microsoft's Vista Home Premium and Ultimate operating systems. Say what? Links to this post. Heads up...
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fishwreck: NashMash Releases Frankentwitter on Unsuspecting Nashville Twitterverse
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Tuesday, October 28, 2008. NashMash Releases Frankentwitter on Unsuspecting Nashville Twitterverse. Late yesterday, local Nashville developer 365 Creative. Released a new Twitter mash-up that quickly generated strong reactions among Nashville users of the Twitter service. Dubbed NashMash. Used NashMash today and certainly had a strong reaction to the results.]. Provide a mechanism to undo all the follow requests. (I don't know h...
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fishwreck: 11.08
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Monday, November 10, 2008. Battered, but not broken: understanding the WPA crack. You may have heard recently that the WPA security protocol for WiFi had been cracked. Well, sort of. To be sure, it has been compromised, but you might be just fine and you should definitely continue to use WPA if WPA2 is not available in your wireless router. Read on as Glenn Fleishman at Ars Technica provides all the nerdy details. Links to this post.
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fishwreck: 07.08
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Wednesday, July 9, 2008. First iPhone 3G reviews trickle in. A few tech writers have had early hands-on time with the new iPhone and are releasing their initial reviews. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow fishwreck on Twitter. First iPhone 3G reviews trickle in. Good Morning Silicon Valley.
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fishwreck: Battered, but not broken: understanding the WPA crack
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Monday, November 10, 2008. Battered, but not broken: understanding the WPA crack. You may have heard recently that the WPA security protocol for WiFi had been cracked. Well, sort of. To be sure, it has been compromised, but you might be just fine and you should definitely continue to use WPA if WPA2 is not available in your wireless router. Read on as Glenn Fleishman at Ars Technica provides all the nerdy details.
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fishwreck: 08.08
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The fortunate discovery of that which you did not know you were seeking. Sunday, August 10, 2008. Protect yourself from phishing scams. Recently, Consumer Reports demonstrated again how they're completely in the deep weeds whenever they review computers and, more specifically, operating systems and applications. But, unlike the computer writers at CR, you can protect yourself from phishing scams and still use Safari (or any other browser). Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
