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Om loves Netflix on the iPhone, but others aren’t so sure about it, noting that there are too many bugs and quirks to make this a good experience. So what do you think: How do you like the app, and what do you use it for? Read more »

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Here at WebWorkerDaily, we understandably spend rather a lot of our time talking about technology: The gadgets and software that enable web working. But what about the tools that many of us rely on every day that aren’t “tech”? Read more »

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As the larger economic picture continues to look dismal, the reverberations are being felt within the tech sector. As our parent blog GigaOM reports, the venture capital firms are starting to get antsy about whether Silicon Valley can continue business as usual. Apple and other tech […] Read more »

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So how is all this playing out for you? Are you staying busy? Has the current economic news got you more worried than ever about your ability to continue as a web worker? Or have you found ways to turn the economic weakness to your advantage, by offering lower-cost services to your clients? Read more »

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There are plenty of manufacturers and carriers out there who will be happy to tell you what you want from a phone. To hear them tell it, if you’re not carrying a device with a camera, a touchscreen, an internet browser, GPS, Bluetooth, and a fancy […] Read more »

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Prince is once again battling the YouTube masses over videos from a recent performance being posted online — only this time the copyright question is a little more complex. During the recent Coachella music festival, the Purple One covered Radiohead’s Creep (ed. note: awesome). Stoked fans […] Read more »

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Even though Dish Network is testing mobile TV transmission equipment this summer, don’t hold your breath for the service to arrive any time soon. On its earnings call today, Dish chairman Charlie Ergen and vice chairman Carl Vogel made it abundantly clear they are in no […] Read more »

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The first taste is free, or in this case, the first 500 GB. Velocix is betting on the free business model bandwagon today by giving away its entry-level CDN service. The move isn’t surprising as CDNs are engaged in a bit of a price war right […] Read more »

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The open thread closes at midnight PDT (UTC -0700). Be sure to get your questions in before then! Although we at The Apple Blog like to hand down our knowledge and opinions on all things AAPL (sometimes a little too self-righteously, sure, but aren’t bloggers supposed […] Read more »

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Need a fast, high-capacity external hard drive for that notebook? You might want to check out the just-announced Mercury-on-the-Go drives available in 200- and 250 GB storage capacity. Other World Computing carries the new drives which have transparent casing and several interfaces: FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0 […] Read more »

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MIT researchers successfully lit a light bulb without wires about two meters away from an energy source, but only 40% of the transmitted energy was used. WiTricity, as they called the approach, is still in the conceptual stage so you won’t see any consumer devices using […] Read more »

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Linda Epstein of Tablet PC2 goes to all the fun events and right now she’s at WinHEC.  In typical fashion she’s posting photos of cool gadgets and providing detailed coverage of the Bill Gates keynote that is all about Tablet and Touch technologies.  I love that […] Read more »

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Its all about the ATAs really. UTStarcom is actually announcing a brand new line of VoIP products for residential and enterprise markets. eLec is buying some of it as well. What will happen to other equipment vendors, now that the Asian vendors are getting serious about […] Read more »

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BBC says that nearly 98% of Scotland including 20 rural and remote counties will have broadband. The Scottish Executive, sort of like US government had reached an agreement with British Telecom to make that happen. Scotland has invested nearly $200 million in bringing broadband to the […] Read more »

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Over the weekend MCI board decided to take a serious look at Qwest’s almost $9 billion offer. Today, Verizon announced that it will pull out of the bidding if MCI’s board deemed a rival $9.07 billion bid by Qwest “superior.” In other words it is not […] Read more »