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by Peter Smith

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Peter Smith writes about personal technology for ITworld.

How to thrive as a conference-going introvert

Posted Mar 13, 2009 - 11:52 am

For some of us, heading to a big conference causes mixed feelings of gleeful anticipation and dread. Here're some tips to reduce the latter.
Apple cries wolf

Posted Mar 12, 2009 - 03:05 am

Did they really need to take the Apple store offline just to add one new product?
Legacy Locker: Your last Web 2.0 experience.

Posted Mar 11, 2009 - 08:01 am

A new service offers to send your online usernames and passwords to loved ones after you die.
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- Security, Legacy Locker, security
Apple netbook rumors resurface

Posted Mar 10, 2009 - 08:02 am

What's Apple going to do with all those Wintek touch panels?
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- Hardware, Apple, netbook
Dancing with the Woz

Posted Mar 09, 2009 - 08:01 am

ABC's new season of Dancing With the Stars offers Apple co-founder an opportunity to show off a new side of himself.
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- Offbeat, Steve Wozniak, TV
Salacious content driving the adoption of ebooks?

Posted Mar 06, 2009 - 02:33 pm

The e-book buzz continues this week as Barnes & Noble buys Fictionwise. It would seem e-books have finally "arrived," but who or what is driving the adoption of the format? Some things never change...
Putting TwitteReader to the test

Posted Mar 06, 2009 - 12:02 am

A new web application lets you read Twitter using an interface similar to Google Reader. But is it better than going to twitter.com?
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- Software, Twitter, TwitteReader
Spotify leaks personal data

Posted Mar 05, 2009 - 09:12 am

Users who signed up before December 19th, 2008 urged to change their passwords.
Kindle books come to the iPhone

Posted Mar 04, 2009 - 09:14 am

Amazon expands its potential customer base by creating a Kindle app for the iPhone & iPod Touch. Is this the start of a new trend or a one-time thing? And what's in it for Apple?
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- Personal Tech, e-readers, iPhone
Roku & Amazon: Cloud vs Hard Drive

Posted Mar 03, 2009 - 08:54 pm

Roku owners can now purchase Amazon Video on Demand content. But the Roku has no hard drive. Fatal problem, or non-issue? Discuss!
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- Personal Tech, Amazon VOD, Roku

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