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New MacBook and MacBook Pro Don’t Have FireWire 400 Ports
Wed, 10.15.08 4:24 PM – 16:24 | 0 Comments
New MacBook and MacBook Pro Don’t Have FireWire 400 Ports

With the release of Apple’s latest laptop lineup, Apple has quietly removed FireWire 400 ports from their lineup. Released in 1995, FireWire has long been the preferred standard for attaching external hard drives, high-speed card …

Washington D.C. shoots Goo over the bow of Microsoft
Wed, 10.15.08 4:00 PM – 16:00 | 0 Comments
Washington D.C. shoots Goo over the bow of Microsoft

Washington DC has recently decided to hang up the keys to the Microsoft Upgrade Closet and adopt Google Apps for its city employees. The choice Washington DC has made will help to cut their budget …

Presidential Race: Blackberry vs. iPhone
Wed, 10.15.08 9:48 AM – 9:48 | 0 Comments
Presidential Race: Blackberry vs. iPhone

The Presidential election season gives us a great time to reflect on the past look at our present, and envision our future in technology. For a few years Blackberry was the heir apparent in the …

Computing 101: Leave it on or turn it off?
Thu, 10.2.08 11:23 PM – 23:23 | 0 Comments
Computing 101: Leave it on or turn it off?

I’m still asked this question frequently. And I used to have a pretty long-winded answer about the pros and cons of each choice; it involved power, hardware wear-and-tear and time vs. productivity and, well, so …

Allow You to Introduce Yourself to Me: EJ
Wed, 09.24.08 10:03 AM – 10:03 | 0 Comments
Allow You to Introduce Yourself to Me: EJ

Just sit back relax and interact.

ArcSource <3 Yelp
Mon, 06.2.08 10:21 PM – 22:21 | 0 Comments
ArcSource <3 Yelp

I’m proud to announce that ArcSource has a Yelp page!! If you’re a Yelp user, please do stop by and say hi?
There is a huge variety of amazingly useful Web 2.0 services that ArcSource depends …

Adobe Adopts Microsoft’s Drunk Thinking
Tue, 05.13.08 8:22 PM – 20:22 | 0 Comments
Adobe Adopts Microsoft’s Drunk Thinking

Well now this is just stupid.
Taking a chapter right out of Microsoft’s intrusive “We’ll block everything for you until you say it’s ok” Vista book, Adobe has suddenly and annoyingly decided to block every flash …

Mandatory Mobility: Do or Die
Fri, 05.9.08 9:48 PM – 21:48 | 0 Comments
Mandatory Mobility: Do or Die

Peer to you: pick up your phone or else
The advent of the internet brought the world to you. Information that once required you to go out into the world and hunt down is now as …

Introductions: Aaron Marks
Tue, 03.25.08 3:23 PM – 15:23 | 0 Comments
Introductions: Aaron Marks

Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Aaron, the latest techie to join the ArcSource team. I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, and after 4 years in Arcata (and 1 in Paris), …

iPhone, you broke my heart
Wed, 11.28.07 10:25 PM – 22:25 | 0 Comments
iPhone, you broke my heart

A collegue/friend of mine once used the expression “Mac Bigots” to describe a small group of us. This is most certainly the case. I freely admit to being extrememly biased in the ever stimulating debate …