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TidBITS iPhone iPad iPod: Virgin Mobile Offers MiFi Mobile Hotspot without Contract

Jul 13th

TidBITS iPhone iPad iPod: Virgin Mobile Offers MiFi Mobile Hotspot without Contract

Source: db.tidbits.com

"Virgin Mobile offers four prepaid data plans: $10 for 100 MB consumed within 10 days, while 30-day usage plans cost $20 for 300 MB, $40 for 1 GB, and $60 for 5 GB. There are no overage fees; you simply add another time-limited plan, just as AT&T does with 3G iPad service offerings. Unused data expi...

TidBITS likes Virgin Mobile's MiFi offering and its "pay as you need it" broadband service

AppleJack:Troubleshooting Tool for Macs | Download AppleJack:Troubleshooting Tool for Macs software.

Jul 12th

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AppleJack:Troubleshooting Tool for Macs | Download AppleJack:Troubleshooting Tool for Macs software.

Source: sourceforge.net

Get AppleJack:Troubleshooting Tool for Macs at SourceForge.net. Fast, secure and free downloads from the largest Open Source applications and software directory

AppleJack 1.6 is out for Snow Leopard...

How to use HTML5 on your website today | Applications – InfoWorld

Jul 12th

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How to use HTML5 on your website today | Applications - InfoWorld

Source: shar.es

Don't wait for the Flash-iPhone war to end: InfoWorld's hands-on guide tells you how to get your websites ready for HTML5 now

SitePoint : New Articles, Fresh Thinking for Web Developers and Designers

Jul 11th

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SitePoint : New Articles, Fresh Thinking for Web Developers and Designers

Source: sale.sitepoint.com

SitePoint.com - With a vast variety of web design tutorials and articles coupled with a vibrant and well informed community, SitePoint the natural place to go to grow your online business

Spain wins the World Cup and SitePoint offers a FREE PDF (4.5mb) of its JQuery book until noonish Mon/12...

Agnosticism and the Varieties of Certainty

Jul 11th

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Agnosticism and the Varieties of Certainty

Source: www.juliansanchez.com

Here’s a little paradox. Suppose we propose to meet for a drink at The Passenger after work, and I tell you that it’s on 7th just above Massachusetts Ave in Northwest. Perhaps being acquainted with my spotty geographic instincts, you ask if I’m certain. And of course I am, I go there after work ofte...

Stanford’s Bookless Library Heralds the Future of… Book Buying? | Fast Company

Jul 10th

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Stanford's Bookless Library Heralds the Future of... Book Buying? | Fast Company

Source: www.fastcompany.com

library-v-ebookThe e-book has arrived folks, and if Amazon's Kindle and Apple's new iPad with its slew of e-reader apps doesn't prove it, then ponder this: Stanford University's Engineering school may be entering an era of bookless libraries.

Writers and Writing: Can the Internet save the book?

Jul 10th

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Writers and Writing: Can the Internet save the book?

Source: www.salon.com

Online luminary Clay Shirky explains the new digital literary revolution -- and how the Web will change reading

GodBlock – Protect your children

Jul 10th

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GodBlock - Protect your children

Source: www.godblock.com

GodBlock is a web filter that blocks religious content. It is targeted at parents and schools who wish to protect their kids from the often violent, sexual, and psychologically harmful material in many holy texts, and from being indoctrinated into any religion before they are of the age to make such...

Free Stolen Laptop Tracking « Dan Wood

Jul 10th

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Free Stolen Laptop Tracking « Dan Wood

Source: www.lockergnome.com

One of the unfortunate consequences of using a portable machine, such as a laptop or a netbook, is the ease with which someone can walk away with your valuable

Gmail Gets Native Rich Text Signatures; No Tweaking Required

Jul 9th

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Gmail Gets Native Rich Text Signatures; No Tweaking Required

Source: lifehacker.com

Google has rolled out rich text signature support to Gmail so you can have a fancy signature without any Greasemonkey scripts or Macgyver-like cobbling together of Google Labs features.