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Blogging at 256kbs

I’m sitting in my car waiting for my sons soccer tournament to begin. While waiting I decided to play around with my iPhone. I was curious to see how well the 3g network worked in the middle of Orefield, Pa. I was a bit disappointed. According to the Speed Test iPhone app I’m only getting [...]

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Technology is affecting our ability to remember things

Wired is running an article discussing how the effects of the BlackBerrys, cellphones, thumb drives and Gmail are affecting our memory. This summer, neuroscientist Ian Robertson polled 3,000 people and found that the younger ones were less able than their elders to recall standard personal info. When Robertson asked his subjects to tell them a [...]

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The Rebirth of the Electric Car

David Pogue, a technology blogger for the New York Times has published an interview with Bob Lutz, vice chairman of global product development at General Motors. The interview discusses in length GMs up coming electric car the Volt. Mr. Lutz understands the skepticism behind any electric car initiative from GM or any of the big [...]

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