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It’s clear why Google has released Google Instant: more profit. Anyone who’s used it realizes that it’s more of a nuisance than a help. It’s much like the annoying auto features in Microsoft Word. It just gets in the way. But it’s even worse than that. Google Instant is effectively censoring searches by encouraging its [...]

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Apple iPad

by patrick

The iPad? Really, Steve? That is one epically bad choice of names. I over-heard one female colleague suggest that it may be the first pad that most males won’t feel ashamed to purchase. I’m not sure that I’m convinced… Apple is making a bold statement about the viability of micro-niches with the iPad. Wedging open [...]

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It’s been 4 days now with the new cat… so far, so good. Right off, there’s a noticeable performance boost in startup, shutdown and general Finder tasks. That, along with the  7GB reclamation of disk space makes Snow Leopard worth the price. The new QuickTime is slick, but lacks the export features of the previous [...]

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