It’s a sobering admission, now if he’ll only fess up to the truth about online dating sites: Despite the “50 levels of compatibility” it’s still just a meat market.

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Here is a great letter from a developer expressing his disappointment with the Amazon Appstore. I still think that the Appstore is a great place to get paid apps at no cost, but if other developers feel the same way as Bithack, then things may not bode well for the future.

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At one time, over 80 percent of all World Wide Web traffic was handled by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. Not so anymore.

I mention this not to kick Microsoft in the shins, despite the pleasure most folks derive from that action. No, I mention it because to me it means that people are aware that there are options when it comes to computing. You don’t have to be stuck with the software that comes with your computer. Good news!

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This is hilarious! Apparently you’re über cool if you have an iPhone, but that doesn’t make you a towering genius when it comes to thinking up a 4-digit passcode for your phone.

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Apple yesterday showed the public a bunch of interesting things: The new Mac OS Lion, a backup and file-sharing service called iCloud, the next release of the iOS mobile operating system, plus an utterly emaciated Steve Jobs.

I’m serious: Can Jobs lose any more weight? The guy vanishes when he turns sideways. It’s scary. In fact, I think Job’s skeletal appearance is what’s driving the stock price down, down, down.

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Not being a member of the Corporate community, I was unaware that employees are typically forbidden to use their personal smartphones and tablets for work activities. That seems silly to me, and especially silly to the new generation of workers being weaned on mobile technology. Hopefully future corporate doodooheads will recognize the importance of personal, mobile communications, and eventually welcome those gizmos into the workplace.

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IBM is now worth more than Microsoft. The value is calculated by comparing each company’s stock price, which puts IBM over Microsoft for the first time in 20 years. Of course, this isn’t news to anyone who follows the tech industry. Microsoft may still have stronger revenue than Google, but what the heck has Microsoft innovated in the last 10 years. Anything?

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Newell is the genius behind Valve, which is the gaming company that keeps producing hits like Half Life, Left 4 Dead, and the brand new Portal 2 games. Gabe shares some fascinating ideas, which illustrates why the company he heads is so consistently excellent.

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A major news event, such as the death of Osama Bin Ladin, is accompanied with lots of information flooding the Interwebs. Fresh on the heel of such news are the Bad Guys with their malware. Watch out for emails and links claiming to have information, photos, and videos, which merely serve to infect your computer.

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Yep, the last typewriter has rolled off the assembly line. Officially, no one is manufacturing typewriters any more. The end of an era. Sad.

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