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Turning the Twables On Us Twitter Users

Here we go again – another product/service launch that makes heavy use of Direct Messages (DM’s) on Twitter and no Opt Out available (yet). @twables has a great application directory with five applications listed and the most recent one is Two Tweets and a Lie.

The premise behind the game is that . . .

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140Mafia Make Us An Offer We Can Opt Out Of

Here we go again – just the other day I wrote about an Opt Out option for the game Spymaster in my post Do You Want to be a Spymaster on Twitter? Me neither! 

Well just a few days later there is another game using Twitter as the medium but the difference . . .

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Do You Want to be a Spymaster on Twitter? Me neither!

I am not here to bash the SpyMaster game that has picked up on Twitter in the last several weeks.  What people do with their time is their business – no issues there for me. 

My issue is when I start to receive unsolicited Direct Messages (DM’s) from Spymaster players.  . . .

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Digital TV Transition Day is Here Finally

After a much publicized delay authorized four months ago the Digital TV Transition has finally arrived. 

Effective at 12:01 AM  last night the transition has started and according to the governments Digital TV site about 43% of TV stations have made the move to a digital broadcast as of the time . . .

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WordPress 2.8 Released – Baker Hits The Streets!

WordPress 2.8 is live and available for either a manual download or an automatic upgrade through the WordPress Admin panel. You should see a banner indicating an upgrade is available at the top of the screen.  A simple click and then FTP credentials gets your upgrade underway.

I have managed to upgrade . . .

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What a Week in the Tech World

Well it has been almost a week since we left for Europe and our vacation.  Of course the timing is such that there has been a ton of tech news in the past week with me not being connected to the Internet the way I am usually am.  Now I have had . . .

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