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Cult of less: digital minimalists on the rise

Sorry but who are we kidding here?

The cult of less? Predicated on owning two eBook devices and a laptop with no means of personal transport. Sounds perfect for New York, a place of 20 million people where the streets are too small to fit everyone at once and apartments extend to the height of small [...]

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Google and TV

Although Rupert and Micro$oft tried to steal the limelight last week with their joint venture on Foxtel the big story appeared in the NY Times months ago where it wrote

Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new [...]

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Old is New according to Crikey

Bernard Keene over at Crikey trotted out this little gem in the free Crikey newsletter that added to the clutter already existing in my inbox -

Foxtel and Microsoft joined forces this morning to announce a fascinating new partnership!!!!

Fascinating? New? what planet is Bernard on? Microsoft and News Corp (part owners of Foxtel along with Telstra [...]

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The Press Association: Britons 'waste £52bn on gadgets'

This story arrived in my inbox yesterday and like all good headlines it did grab my attention but the more I read the story and similar related ones doing the rounds the more curious I have become about the source and its methodology.

The source of the story seems to be a British based magazine called [...]

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Honda FCX Clarity | Hydrogen re-filling station

The hydrogen-electric Honda

The FCX Clarity is a pretty impressive piece of high-techory but why must we wait 10 years or so before such gizmos are generally available when clearly they could have been made before now. The almost inescapable answer is that complementary relationship between car makers and oil companies is determined to wring [...]

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Twitter hiring workers to turn Tweets into money | Reuters

It seems that Twitter is looking to cash in on its users according to this unsurprising news story. Perhaps the collective twitter mind could be tapped for some inspired business ideas. Imagine a tweet from twitter…we love giving you this free service but someone has to pay, send us your ideas.

Twitter hiring workers to turn [...]

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Oz firm seeks talented IT developer • The Register

oh dear…

Surely not…

Oz firm seeks talented IT developer • The Register.

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No shadow can take your place...

A song by the wonderfully talented Tiffany Eckhardt tells me to shine today, something I’m sure Auntie Gertrude would agree with, my lack of illumination not withstanding, yet I am sorely troubled by two things that have surfaced on my screen in recent times.

The first one I want to share is a job ad. I [...]

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Why Twitter Will Endure - NYTimes.com

Twitter has been on my mind a bit lately and David Carr’s piece reminded me of a draft post I have in the pile of unfinished stuff lying around. At first I thought the two lines of thought might cross over but Davi’d article takes a fairly familiar line so I guess my Twitter Confession [...]

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YouTube - where old TV promos go to live.

I love boing boing! Check out the cameras and the typewriters but the fashions…omfg!

YouTube – WITI TV-6 – News Update [1982] {1 min}.

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