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by Peter Smith

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Peter Smith writes about personal technology for ITworld.

Up, up and away! Team takes photos of space on the cheap

Posted Mar 20, 2009 - 02:14 pm

Four students launch a camera 100,000 feet up for some amazing pictures from the edge of space.
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- Offbeat, flight, space
Does Twitter make us dumb, or just lazy?

Posted Mar 19, 2009 - 09:56 pm

Scads of Twitter users read, believe, and pass on an obvious hoax post. Are these people honestly that gullible, or do they just Tweet first and read later?
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- Offbeat, hoax, Twitter
Internet Explorer 8 available as of noon EDT today

Posted Mar 19, 2009 - 07:56 am

More secure, more compliant, and faster. At least, that's what Microsoft claims
Chrome Experiments launches; productivity plummets

Posted Mar 18, 2009 - 08:05 pm

Javascript tech demos come to life on this new site. Get comfortable because these things can really suck you in.
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- Development, Chrome, fun
Fujitsu launches color e-reader

Posted Mar 18, 2009 - 08:16 am

The FLEPia "e-paper mobile terminal" is interesting tech, but might need a bit more development time before it becomes really useful.
Twitter "house ads" appear

Posted Mar 17, 2009 - 01:13 pm

A new feature on the twitter homepage raises the question: what constitutes an ad?
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- Business, ads, Twitter
Sci Fi channel becoming Syfy. Huh?

Posted Mar 16, 2009 - 12:53 pm

The channel that only geeks love decides that it doesn't love geeks.
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- Offbeat, branding, Tech & society
AT&T doubles SXSW capacity...in FOUR hours!?

Posted Mar 16, 2009 - 08:16 am

At SXSW, iPhone users were having all sorts of trouble getting good service on their phones. AT&T says it fixed the problem. Really quickly.
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- Mobile & Wireless, AT&T, iPhone
Kevin Rose launches WeFollow Twitter directory.

Posted Mar 14, 2009 - 05:42 pm

Twitter gets a new directory service compliments of Digg co-founder and Dark Tipper.
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- Internet, Kevin Rose, Twitter
Another geek holiday: Happy Pi Day!

Posted Mar 14, 2009 - 10:57 am

It only comes once a year, so don't miss the festivities!
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- Offbeat, Math Holidays, Pi Day

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