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I'll believe it when I see it... Though after owning a HTC Hero for four days (had 2 both headphone jacks broke) I liked you could customize the device (though took hours to do so), multiple screens with widgets (Twitter, Facebook, Mail, Pa
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17y ago
yeah me too and was confused and after reading this removed it off my Windows Vista laptop. Damn MICROSOFT! Just kill IE already!
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Last weekend I spent buying, customizing, replacing and then a few days later taking the HTC Hero(Android phone) back to Sprint. I ended up getting an iPHone after all that, as 2 Hero's headphone jack malfunctioned and the thing runs extre
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I think he is correct in his apathy theory, but if Facebook and YouTube told these XP/IE users that they no longer could use their sites until they'd upgraded, millions would get off their lazy butts and upgrade from XP and or IE.
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Need Funding? Better Get Creative
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I back up my Gmail by forwarding it to other providers (Yahoo, Comcast). If Gmail fails and loses all my data, it's in my comcast and yahoo account. If they both fail then ok Im screwed, but the Internet I hope would have to melt down if
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Sorry but I hate the photo on that site! Yeah it's nature and all but it speaks loudly about the author of that blog!
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Any US citizens use Pirate Bay less? I applaud them for forcing media's hand which prompted great sites like Hulu and Justin.TV(lol - best of the bunch). It maybe time to throw in the towel; downloading no longer cuts it for me, prefer st
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You have to compete with piracy by offering premium levels of service one where it requires your users to pay to connect to your server to say play against others across the world and other things that require a server connection. Sure they
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This would be a good time for this age group to learn a trade or do a start-up. I learned (web design, development, marketing, seo) doing my start-up then I ever did in college. A start-up that needs to be created is a site that mixes Craig
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17y ago
Cool thanks. I might give it a try. Though prefer last.fm's toolbar (fire.fm) as no site needs to be open, there are play controls at the bottom of firefox, as well it tells you what's playing. As I code/test within one Firefox window I p
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Coding at my new job I tried out Pandora and after a few days I kept hearing the same music. My test is eclectic and I like hearing folk to jazz to alternative to 80s to etc ... Pandora does not seem to offer this type of station, but Last
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Age ratings plan to fight Internet piracy
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Overall as AT&T states Google maybe breaking the fourth rule, but who cares I want innovation, free SMS, voice transcriptions read via email, ability to regulate who rings my phone vs. who goes to voicemail, web interface and etc, etc,
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For distribution will they sneak it into google toolbar or offer an option to install it when you install Google toolbar? Overall this sounds great, but there still is one huge problem; the average net user(majority) won't install this. Th
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oops well you showed it at the meetup. Pardon I should have said demoed rather then launched. Probably the others I mentioned did not launch there either. Though Muxtape did, pretty sure.
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Check out the NY Tech Meetup - you can to present in front of a crowd of 400 tech enthusiasts; VCs, press and alike are in the crowd. Some even have received funding, as well some fairly big sites launched there (Delicious, Muxtape, Hype M
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This is a no brainer! The cost and way we pay for Internet will have to change; resemble cell phone and electric bills. Economies have been hurt by the Internet and when it starts hurting the ISPs we will finally start to feel it. The IS
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NYC Demo Day
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@zev i only want a month to month 3G/4G plan that connects to my compatible 3G/4G Internet mobile device (i.e. iPod Touch). That does not exist at the moment! I don't want cell phone svc; i prefer using the Internet to communicate via text(
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yes I agree and I am one of them. As entrepreneur/hacker I like to see and enjoy hacking old business models. I'm personally sick of the Cable TV and cellular phone service business models as they are restrictive. I don't want to sign a
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I have be waiting and have been excited for the day to have an unrestricted Internet mobile device that does everything my laptop/desktops do, but in my pocket! I don't think Apple would ever do what the author is suggesting, but it does
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Advice for Apple: Grow the iPod Touch
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A copyright infringement suit - HA, that's funny coming from the guys who created Kazaa.
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Well had it not been a publicity stunt I would have agreed with the president. Sorta sad he thinks it for real!
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Since canceling my cell and Internet mobile service I began carrying around my iPod Touch. I'm in Maryland suburbia and wherever I go i'm able to see WiFi connections. Unfortunately for me in 2009 70% of those are locked up. I wish everyo
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Where are the african & hispanic americans? Females? Do these groups of people not innovate & or get into the innovation investment world in Silicon Valley?
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I started up an Internet idea(1st time) with the intention of getting something out of it. Initial goal was to learn how to code websites and work around like minded individuals; was answering customer svc calls at Comcast/Verizon. I start
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oh looking at it again the whole site is not flash. I got that impression because on first load it took awhile to load up; felt like an old time flash site for me. I'm using a Mac Mini Intel and my connection is 12Mbps down.
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If I am not mistaken your site's concept mirror's http://ltlprints.com . Competition is always good and a form of flattery, as ltl has been around for more then year. Also, a site completely in flash? I am surprised the flash haters her
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