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by Peter Smith

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Peter Smith writes about personal technology for ITworld.

Kindle 3 resurfaces

Posted Apr 10, 2009 - 10:48 pm

No new details, but when a rumor refuses to die, that in itself can be interesting.
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- Personal Tech, e-readers, Kindle
Paying per byte; the impact of Time Warner's new pricing

Posted Apr 10, 2009 - 12:47 pm

Time Warner is testing a 'cost per gigabyte' pricing scheme in several US cities starting in August. If the idea gains traction, what will it mean for internet usage in this country? How far will it set us back?
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- Internet, bandwidth, Time Warner
TweetDeck fires back with new update

Posted Apr 09, 2009 - 08:03 am

Tuesday a new contender stepped into the full-featured Twitter-client ring. The reigning champ unveiled a few new moves in response.
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- Software, TweetDeck, Twitter
Seesmic Desktop shakes up the Twitter-scape

Posted Apr 08, 2009 - 07:51 am

TweetDeck gets some competition in this new Twitter client aimed at power users.
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- Software, Seesmic, Twitter
Another PSP 2 rumor surfaces

Posted Apr 07, 2009 - 12:57 pm

Will Sony reveal a radically re-designed Playstation Portable at this year's E3? I want to believe!
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- Personal Tech, PSP, video games
FriendFeed beta thoughts

Posted Apr 07, 2009 - 08:14 am

The Scoble-hyped new FriendFeed is here, at least in beta form. Does it shift the paradigm? Has it changed the web forever? Nope. But it's still worth a look.
Apple store down; new toys incoming

Posted Apr 07, 2009 - 07:48 am

The Apple rumor mill hasn't been churning in overtime lately, so we're probably looking at some minor refresh. But speculating is half the fun!
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- Hardware, Apple
The fuss about the future FriendFeed fix

Posted Apr 06, 2009 - 07:50 am

Scoble and pals have spent the entire weekend falling all over themselves gushing about some new FriendFeed feature/layout/floor polish. And I want to know why!
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- Internet, FriendFeed, rumors
Nintendo DSi launches: Is it worth the extra $40?

Posted Apr 05, 2009 - 05:38 pm

This is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS; lots of gamers already have two of these things. Is there enough new here to warrant a third?
Snag your username before someone else does

Posted Apr 02, 2009 - 08:03 am

A new site helps you to find social networking sites where you've yet to claim your favorite username. Better grab it while you can!

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