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High Schools Are Step One Of Two -
MG Siegler in his latest TechCrunch article posits that although Apple’s new iBooks strategy is admirable in its effort to fix problems in public high schools, that it’s not realistic and that their market strategy should revolve around colleges and college textbooks.
Apple, by going high school first, is applying the heat to university textbook publishers and bookstores. They are saying “Fine. If you won’t work with us, then we’ll empower a generation to change your industry for you.”
And they will.
“Yes, we were a bit disappointed that Kansas City companies did not win more of the awards,” Sih said. “The reality is that the judging panel picked the companies that they did, and other than creating the competition and convening the judges, we had no role whatsoever in the results. I think this means that Kansas City must continue to build out and support more local startups and entrepreneurs, and perhaps next time we will have more local companies participate with a better chance of winning.” — Gigabit Challenge shows demand for network, short supply of local winners - Kansas City Business Journal
Liquipel Waterproofs Your Phone -
This product looks amazing, if it works as advertised. They don’t seem to be willing to stand behind their product though.
Due to the nature of our business we are unable to offer any refunds on our Liquipel treatments. We do however cover situations in which a manufacturer defect was found in the device. Should you need to return your device for any type of manufacturer defect Liquipel will treat your new device at no cost for 30 days.
“I’ve had little experience travelling in Big 10 country, and I assumed the storied conference would have fans with the grace and civility that usually comes with a tradition of victory and respect. But we came as tourists and invited guests and left questioning if we should return.” — Benjamin J. Coleman: Disrespectful fans a shock to visitors
“If they had hired a private investigator for a day, it would have been the easiest job that guy ever had,” Shapiro said. “It would have been over in five minutes. You would have had all the information you needed. Follow me to a nightclub or a strip club. Lunches. Dinners. The boat. Hotels for parties. All the outings at Lucky Strike. These guys were at my house. There was all kinds of (expletive) going on in. Gambling. Pool tournaments. Prostitution. Drinking.” — Renegade Miami football booster spells out illicit benefits to players - Investigations - Yahoo! Sports
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Lion Breaks Time Machine NASes - SmallNetBuilder -
In case you have a NAS (Network Attached Storage), Mac OSX Lion doesn’t support AFP Authentication via DHCAST128. Manufacturers will need to update their firmware.
osx - Why does MDS run wild in Mac OS X 10.6? - Super User -
If you find your Mac’s fan working extra hard, and CPU spiking, it may be due to spotlight trying to index data it doesn’t need to. Run the command below to see what Spotlight is actively indexing.
sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys mdworker | egrep "open"
“The only company that has even come close to being in a position to compete with more than two of Apple’s core business strengths is HP. Its acquisition of WebOS is the primary reason, because now it can make hardware and the operating system software, and ultimately have more control of the user experience.” — Why Competing with Apple Is So Difficult - Techland - TIME.com
Major Internet Incidents and Outages of 2010 -
Almost all services are subject to outages. Some are much more impactful than others though.