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MacBook Air Parody

sixxxer — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:38:35 +0000

Dell’s response to the launch of Apple’s MacBook Air.

Google Joins MIT in Search for “Earth-like” Planets

sixxxer — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:34:15 +0000

Google has joined MIT scientists who are designing a satellite-based observatory that they say could for the first time provide a sensitive survey of the entire sky to search for earth-like planets outside the solar system. Google will fund development of the wide-field digital cameras needed for the satellite.

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Windows is caught between Mac and Linux

sixxxer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:27:26 +0000

For the first time in ages, the sale of new PCs with Windows as a percentage of the PC market is declining sharply. The new winner is the Mac, but, while no one does a good job of tracking the still-new, pre-installed Linux desktop market, it’s also clear that Linux is finally making impressive inroads into Windows’ once unchallenged market share.

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Replacing Wire With Laser, Sun Tries to Speed Up Data

sixxxer — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:56:10 +0000

The computer maker, which is based in Santa Clara, Calif., plans to announce on Monday that it has received a $44 million contract from the Pentagon to explore the high-risk idea of replacing the wires between computer chips with laser beams.

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Evolution of Websites: 10 That Have (And Have Not) Changed

sixxxer — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:53:12 +0000

In the year 2008, having created websites for over half my life, I look back and see how much websites have changed in the last decade and a half. At the same time, I can see how little they’ve changed as well, and I’ve realized that the internet as we know it today is only a teenager, with many years of growth still ahead.

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