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July 5, 2010

Opera 10.60 for Linux Released

Opera released their desktop browser v. 10.60 for Linux on Friday, several months later than hoped. See the note at the end of the post for my theory on the reason for the delay. Last September, I posted a two-part tour of Opera v. 10.0. Part One: Mail, News, RSS. Part Two: Browsing, Preferences, Configuration, […]

June 30, 2009

16 Tech Innovations that didn’t quite stick

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You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…” Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just […]

March 14, 2009

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook Review

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Over the past couple of days, I’ve been testing a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook. Here’s what I found.

February 28, 2009

File and Network Browsing in Debian Linux and Gnome

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As a little explanation, I specify Gnome in the title because, with other Linux desktops, there can be other file managers. They all do pretty much the same thing, but they can look different. Fun Fact: Google runs on Linux. If you have never used Linux, I think you will find browsing your files and […]