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You just can’t get shorther than that. Can you?

No Flash For The iPhone

I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Kindling | PBS : : "One product I believe WONT be coming soon from Apple is a Flash plug-in for the iPhone." 
This just pisses me off. That's all I have to say about that.  

Using Viddler To Attract Seesmic Invite

Viddler is a great video blogging website that allows you to post video comments right in the time line. Maybe this will get Loic Le Meur’s attention over at Seesmic. Click here to watch me beg for a Seesmic invite on Viddler.

Live Documents enters the Office suite ring

Live Documents enters the Office suite ring | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com : : “We are just a few years away from the end of the shrink-wrapped software business. By 2010, people will not be buying software. This is a significant challenge to a proportion of Microsoft’s revenues.”
I’m not sure why the end of [...]

This Is One Way To Claim A Blog On Technorati

You post a link to your Technorati Profile

A Commentary On Amazon’s Kindle

The Future of Reading A Play in Six Acts : : some harsh analysis and criticism of Amazon’s Kindle, presented in a very unique format.
Excerpt:
Act I: The act of buying
“When someone buys a book, they are also buying the right to resell that book, to loan it out, or to even give it away if [...]

vozMe

vozMe : : This falls into the category of "why?"  The English voice used is horrid, but understandable, but the Spanish voice was both horrid and unable to be understood. Not a good combo.

Apple Working on a Tablet Mac? - Mac Forums

Apple Working on a Tablet Mac? - Mac Forums : : Crave revives a long-running rumor that Apple may be working on a Tablet Mac. 
I know it's just a rumor… but this is one I really hope is true. I was just commenting yesterday on the need for an iPhone like device that was [...]

What Would It Take To Build A Better Phone?

Open Handset Alliance : : “What would it take to build a better mobile phone? A commitment to openness, a shared vision for the future, and concrete plans to make the vision a reality.” The Open Handset Alliance thinks they have the answer. Since Google has just purchased Android, Inc, they may. This could [...]

The Signal To Noise Ratio On Facebook Is Out Of Whack

Nick Antosca: Facebook.com: Increasingly Overbearing and Terrible - Media on The Huffington Post : : "There are still uses for Facebook — well, two: looking up people you like and looking up people you don't like — but the signal-to-noise ratio just keeps getting nastier."
I don't know what to make of his Fandango purchase claim, [...]