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Beatlemania Returns! Except iTunes

The Fab Four are Everywhere-Except iTunes With the release of the much anticipated Beatles Rock Band video game and the complete, remastered catalog on CD, 9-9-09 was a lucky day indeed for fans of the legendary supergroup. Interest in all things Beatles has skyrocketed thanks to the promotion for the video game, which included CGI [...]

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Two New Sony Readers: Kindle Killers?

Sony has introduced two new e-readers to compete with Amazon’s Kindle. The “Pocket Edition” has a 5 inch screen, 440MB of internal memory and will cost $199. The “Touch Edition” as the name suggests, is a touch screen model. The touch screen is 6 inches, and it will also have 440MB of internal memory and [...]

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Online Dating: A Success Story and Safety Tips

Romance had never been kind to me. My grandmother used to say “You get scratched by a lot of thorns before you get to the rose”. Maybe, but I was scratched raw. In April of 1995, I gave up. At age 25, a lifetime’s worth of unsuccessful, sometimes abusive relationships behind me, I decided I [...]

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Verizon, Barnes and Noble to Offer Free Wi-Fi

In the past week both Verizon and Barnes and Noble have announced they will now offer free Wi-Fi to their customers. Barnes and Noble used to offer AT&T’s Wi-Fi for a fee, but will now make it free of charge in nearly 800 stores. Verizon previously offered free Wi-Fi to just its business customers but [...]

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Social Networking Safety

Social networking is the big thing these days. Almost everyone is on Facebook, MySpace and/or Twitter. These sites bring old friends together, help us make new ones, keep families in touch and can even help us find work. But they can also be a nightmare as recent news stories have shown. One woman, who was [...]

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Life With Kindle

Life With Kindle

With the announcement that Barnes and Noble plans to partner with Plastic Logic and offer their upcoming e-reader, along with the recent release of the Kindle DX, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at life with Kindle. I got my Kindle in early November of last year. I admit, [...]