Monthly Archives: January 2011

p>TechCrunch today broke the story that IAC had made the decision to shut Bloglines down. Early on, this was my RSS reader of choice and then I gradually moved on. I have a vague recollection that Blogline was in serious … Continue reading →

If you are a Diigo user, you want to pay attention the new list of services provided to free, premium and education users. If you are a free or education user and have been “caching” copies of pages you bookmark, … Continue reading →

This from Wired: Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with … Continue reading →

I happened across a streaming Netflix documentary from Frontline last night. College Inc. examined the rise of “for profit” higher education. I am interested in the topic and I found the analysis of the industry quite enlightening. If you are … Continue reading →

Backing up your stuff must be made a priority. Our computers have larger and larger capacity and we store more and more stuff. Consider what you might lose if your hard drive crashes or some one takes your machine. Money … Continue reading →

I watched the Apple announcement today. The new Apple TV will likely be a purchase, but this would mostly be a way to feed my tech habit and not because I would be exploring educational potential. After watching some of … Continue reading →