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Inflight WiFi Over Water: When Will We See It?

As I made my 9 plus hour flight yesterday I got to thinking about how different a flight it would have been if there was WiFi connectivity while we were over water.

Most everyone who flies these days knows that WiFi is possible over the Continental US because the system uses cell . . .

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Distraction and the Internet

Who hasn’t gotten online and knew exactly what they were planning to do and then the moment your web browser is open you start what you planned and then end up somewhere else?

Well Sean Li, who runs A Reasoner’s Miscellany, has done up a great graphical flow chart that shows exactly . . .

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What If Web Browsers Were Celebrities?

Funny how accurate some of these are – enjoy.

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Related Posts European Web Browser Ballot Screen Do Not Track: Other Browsers Follow Internet Explorer’s Lead Internet Explorer 9 Beta Continues Frantic Download Pace Internet Explorer Global Usage Increases . . .

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Netflix Offers Pure Streaming Plan for U.S. Subscribers

What do Xbox Live, TiVo, PS3, Wii and the Internet all have in common?  They are all avenues to receive Netflix streamed content of course.

Netflix has finally decided that the growth in streaming content warrants a specific subscription plan just for streaming on all of your devices.

With its members now . . .

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Gaming Devices: More Than Just Gaming

flickr photo by Sean Reilinger

I bet when many people hear of the word “gaming”, they immediately picture a bunch of young kids sitting in front of the TV playing video games.  What many people don’t understand is that there is a whole other gaming world out there besides shooting aliens and . . .

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Will Newspapers Survive?

I remember years ago, my Grandfather would wake up early to walk to the corner store to get his newspapers.  It was a morning ritual that my Grandfather enjoyed to see what was happening in the world around him.  Up until recently, a large portion of people relied on newspapers to get . . .

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