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5Words for Tuesday, September 1st 2009

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS. eBay rids itself of Skype. Windows 6.5 phones: October 6th. Are these Chrome OS screens? Nokia music service launch delayed. IE’s loss is Firefox’s gain. Sony bundles Chrome on PCs. Chrome gets desktop notification system. Psystar sues Apple (yes, again). Snow Leopard, in amazing depth.

Oprah Plugs Skype

Thursday, May 21, 2009

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I’m not exactly sure what Oprah’s affinity as of late for putting her media weight behind several techologies, but she’s doing it again with Skype, the popular VoIP service. Oprah’s show does use Skype on certain occassions to interview guests and the company is a sponsor, but producers stress that had nothing to do with Oprah [...]

5Words for April 15th, 2009

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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My taxes? Filed. Whew! You? More about Zune HD. Maybe. eBay: we’re spinning off Skype. Net neutrality? Now now, please! Amazon.com: a third of e-commerce. AT&T wants more iPhone exclusivity. Microsoft patches up Office holes. Philips: Two dimensions are enough. I’m afraid to use ATMs. Miss Circuit City? Just wait.

5Words for April 13th, 2009

Monday, April 13, 2009

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Hey, it’s Monday the thirteenth! Meet Twitter-annoying teen Mikeyy. Prince’s $2100 purple iPod Touch. Amazon: hiding gay-themed books? Skype should sell to founders. Vizio may face import ban. iPod Shuffle is 72% profit. Palm readying inductive-charging accessories? Two potential Pre shipping dates. Windows 7: securest operating system? Microsoft kills on-campus bar.

5Words for March 31st, 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Big 5Words news coming tomorrow! Skype for iPhone now available. Google gets into venture capital. American Airlines: Wi-Fi almost everywhere. Sorry, no Android tethering, please. Microsoft announces Windows Phone partners. Ahoy, matey: iPhone app pirates. Lauren: happy PC? Can’t say! Shure’s new headphones: they rock. A cheaper PS2. Starting tomorrow. Firefox is top European browser. Netflix raises price for Blu-Ray.

5Words for March 24th, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

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News, hot off the grill: In defense of Facebook’s redesign. Dell’s working on smaller devices. Google Street View: Kill it! A cloud-based game console. Skype: biggest long-distance carrier. A botnet that attacks Linux. Warner’s made-to-order DVDs. iPhone keyboard, no jailbreaking required. Peek’s new not-a-phone. Voice-driven Eee PCs soon?

5Words for February 17th, 2009

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Except for phones, pretty quiet: Facebook: Users control their info. Pirate Bay escapes some charges. One charger for every phone. Nokia puts Skype on phones. Satellite radio may sidestep bankruptcy. Card counting’s easier with iPhone. Toshiba buys Fujitsu drive business. Canon sues over fake blogger.

A Brief History of Internet Outages

Monday, August 11, 2008

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Someday we’ll all tell our grandkids about what we were doing during the great Gmail outage of August 11th, 2008. Well, okay, probably not–Google’s e-mail service was down for only a couple of hours, which is relatively brief as Internet outages go. But when one of the world’s most popular mail systems goes missing even [...]