The recent fires in Colorado show how devastating a disaster might be to a business. In the case I read about in the Colorado Springs Gazette, a couple had their business in their home. When the fire threatened their house, they grabbed all the usual p…
Archive | August 7th, 2012
Apple Accuses Samsung of Copying Even Application Icons
Posted on 07 August 2012.
In an effort to make its patent case against Samsung as strong as
possible, Apple brought forth a graphic designer as a witness to claim Samsung
copied the look of Apple application icons in the design of its smartphones and
tablets.
The icons on a Sa…
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Microsoft Has Strong Reasons to Induce Users to Adopt Windows 8 Tiled UI
Posted on 07 August 2012.
Tech news Web sites and blogs have been buzzing the last few days
with news that Microsoft is going to block Windows 8 users from booting
directly to their desktop without having to use the tiled start screen. But its
apparent that Microsoft needs t…
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Apple Is Banishing Google From iOS 6: 10 Reasons Why
Posted on 07 August 2012.
Apple Is Banishing Google From iOS 6: 10 Reasons Why (
Page 1 of 2 )Apple and Google have long since become bitter rivals in the
mobile market. In fact, Apple announced on Aug. 6 that it would not offer a
native YouTube app in iOS 6. Users hoping to …
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Bill Would Ban Online Ammunition Sales
Posted on 07 August 2012.
Reacting swiftly to the July 20th Aurora, Colorado theater shooting, but just before he and the rest of the U.S. Congress left for a 5-week summer vacation, U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey), introduced a bill that would essentially ban onl…
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Jordan, Ewing and ‘Melo to Participate in "Obama Classic"
Posted on 07 August 2012.
Basketball greats Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Carmelo Anthony will participate in the “Obama Classic” – a hoops extravaganza and campaign fund-raiser for the president’s re-election campaign.
Several other current and former NBA and WNBA players…
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Analysis: Five Ways to Make Core Gamers Finally Accept Gesture Gaming
Posted on 07 August 2012.
When it’s done right, I really like gesture gaming. But many core gamers have developed an intractable aversion to anything beyond buttons and triggers. The problem to my mind is that very few game designers outside of Nintendo ever brought their A gam…
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Kucinich Cell Phone Radiation Bill Heads to Congress
Posted on 07 August 2012.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced the Cell Phone Right to Know Act Aug. 6. The bill requests that a national research program be established to study cell phones and their potential effects on users’ health, that data on Specific Absorpt…
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Report Says People Without Facebook Profiles Are ‘Suspicious’
Posted on 07 August 2012.
We’re already pretty well aware that Facebook is a monster platform. Everyone is on it, including your mom. Meanwhile, a few select individuals are deleting their accounts. Some of them claim that it’s a waste or time or they’re sick of all the people …
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Quotable
Posted on 07 August 2012.
“The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of invention.” Plato, The Republic, Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC – 347 BC)
“Doubt is the father of invention.” Galileo
“I don’t think necessity is the mother of invention. In…
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