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(Here’s another Apple related post…)
I haven’t been a fan of mobile computing and I’ve been saying that for a long time to anyone who’d listen. Even now with my Nokia E71, I don’t really do much other than checking e-mails and browsing the web. (I’d also use it to update Facebook and Twitter [...]

It seems like Yahoo just can’t catch a break. Last week, as everyone had anticipated, Yahoo and Microsoft finally signed a agreement that would let Microsoft take over search and search advertising for all Yahoo sites. And still Yahoo’s stock got punished after the news came out. (see coverage on Techcrunch)
Sure, Yahoo [...]

Chrome is the new web browser Google just introduced to the market, in case anyone needs any explanation… I’ve been using it since day 1, but it’s got some small issues, too:

it doesn’t support tool bars from Google itself or from Delicious
it doesn’t work fully with Wordpress 2.0 which I still have installed for [...]

http://www.bytelevel.com/map/ccTLD.html
I wanna get this poster!!!

Not only is Network Solutions charging too much for a domain name, but they are also abusing a “grace period” policy with domain registration to engage in this tricky practice…
When I first read about it on TechCrunch, I had never encounter the problem myself. Then it happened to someone I know. The other [...]

It’s been a week since Microsoft offer $45 billion USD to buy Yahoo. They said in the news that Yahoo’s board of directors already met to discuss their options, though no words yet as to what they plan to do.
If the decision was mine and mine alone to make, I’d say losing Yahoo to [...]

Everyone is talking about the proposed deal right now… You can find a lot of articles and blog entries dissecting what would happen if the deal goes through, or why Yahoo should or shouldn’t accept the offer. Well… on a lighter note in all this, I have one question… If the combined [...]

For those of you who don’t know what Demo is, it’s a show where selected technology start-ups have a chance to give a demonstration or a pitch of their new product to an audience of peers, potential investors and potential buyers. Selected participants are usually US-based companies. This year 3 Taiwanese companies were [...]

I don’t look at Google’s share price often even though it’s listed on my MyYahoo page. That’s why I needed to read this article on nytimes.com to find out that Google’s share price has topped the $700 mark. I think that’s just crazy. I mean I’d love to see Google doing well [...]


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