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Wireless carriers delay paying Japan's text-to-give donations: Written on Wed, 03/23/11 - 4:34pm; As the fallout from the Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown tragedy continues to unfold, Americans want to help. We learned from the Haiti disaster that the easiest thing to do is to text a donation to our favorite relief organization. But, unlike Haiti, did you know that a text donation will...; Read More
Firefox 4 performance lags behind Chrome 10 and IE 9: Written on Tue, 03/22/11 - 1:28pm; When it comes to browsers, faster is better. Chrome 10 kicks the butts of the brand new Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9 in benchmark tests run on my 2Ghz Intel-based Windows 7 PC. All three new editions of browsers released this month promise performance gains. Of them Chrome 10 really delivers and...; Read More
Open source is socialism at its best: Written on Thu, 03/10/11 - 7:18pm; Open source is a system where the line between a project's users and its owners blur. It is socialism at its best. Because it doesn't preclude commercialization, the 'open source' concept has the power to change other industries in dire need of changing, such as healthcare. We're already seeing it influence...; Read More

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