Archive of Technology
News articles dealing with technology, computers, gadgets, etc.
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Please Don’t Take My Google Reader Away
Posted on February 12, 2013 by Mystech in TechnologyThe Google Reader "hiccup" the last couple days made me painfully aware of just how much I rely on it (and it alone) as my sole means of digesting the tremendous volumes of news and information in each day without...
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Kindle Books by Email
Posted on December 10, 2012 by Mystech in Reading, TechnologyIt is probably fair to say that nearly all Amazon Kindle users load books on to their various devices by simply hitting the purchase button on the Amazon site and minutes later, their books are downloaded and ready to read...
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10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Google Plus Pages
Posted on December 28, 2011 by Mystech in TechnologyIt's been almost two month since Google Plus Pages became available to most of us, as Google's answer to Facebook's omnipresent Pages. While adoption has been slower in light of Google's long-languishing full API for Plus, there are still some...
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SOPA Hypocrisy Among Lawmakers Continues
Posted on December 27, 2011 by Mystech in TechnologyAs the author alludes to, it is at once encouraging to see our lawmakers are capable of grasping some of the concepts of the technology of the Internet. What is less encouraging is the glaring hypocrisy, but was that factor...
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Hasbro Joins the Lawsuit-Happy Bandwagon
Posted on December 22, 2011 by Mystech in Android, TechnologyIf you can't compete, sue. If you can't profit independently, sue. Maybe Apple too, can squeeze a few more dollars into the coffer by suing companies that copy their sue-happy business model? Watch out, Hasbro! Personally, I think the author of...
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Strengthening Your LinkedIn Privacy Settings
Posted on August 18, 2011 by Mystech in LinkedIn, TechnologyFor the most part, I love LinkedIn. I've frequently referred to them as "Facebook for grown-ups" and they've been invaluable in creating, monitoring and nurturing professional relationships with clients, employers and peers. However, I recently learned that some of...
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Georgia Based Affordable Eco Home Builder
Posted on August 12, 2011 by Mystech in LinkedIn, TechnologyOne continual theme that drives me nuts every time I see "eco" homes is the "eco boutique", prohibitively expense homes that seem to be more about resume building for design and construction firms that anything that could be realistically deployed. I was...
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How to Find Out If Your Domain is on an Email Blacklist
Posted on August 9, 2011 by Mystech in LinkedIn, Technology, TwitterLet's just assume for a minute that events beyond your control may have come to pass and your site may have been used to transmit spam emails. In the aftermath, you're curious and concerned that, as a result, you may...
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Catching Fake Social Network Accounts With TinEye
Posted on August 5, 2011 by Mystech in LinkedIn, TechnologyTinEye has been a useful tool for some time now: Finding image collection a single image belong to. Tracking down articles that go with orphaned images. And, of course, finding the original source of borrowed images. Here is another use for it. In an effort...
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Linking to a Specific Time in YouTube
Posted on July 30, 2011 by Mystech in TechnologyIt's a bit annoying to get a link to a YouTube video with the instructions "wait till about 4 minutes in". You can actually modify a YouTube url to send people right to the exact spot you want them to...
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