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George Takei on the Japan Quake and Tsunami: Gaman

It will take years for Japan to rebuild the infrastructure destroyed in the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami they suffered last week. The damage pales in comparison to the lives lost and the livelihoods destroyed by the disaster. The bar…

Alan HenryMarch 16, 2011 Meta No Comments
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Boston.com – The Big Picture :: For Discovery, A Farewell Spin

(photo by Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images, originally published at Boston.com) If you didn’t know, Space Shuttle Discovery just returned to Earth from its final journey to space. In tribute, the folks at Boston.com, known not only for their news…

Alan HenryMarch 16, 2011 Geekery, Science, The Net 1 Comment
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Two Hours of Fighting Game Fatalities

From the horrifically offensive to the horrifically unplayable all the way up to the modern-day classic and fondly remembered, “Pixelated Blood” is a wild ride through the fighting game spree of the 1990s and all of the varied (and often…

Alan HenryMarch 16, 2011March 16, 2011 Gaming, Geekery, The Net No Comments
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Twitter Adds Always-On HTTPS

First it was Facebook, and now it’s Twitter – both social networks have finally gotten around to turning on always-on HTTPS to make sure that users logged in to their Web sites are always sending data encrypted when they’re logged…

Alan HenryMarch 16, 2011March 16, 2011 Geekery, Security, The Net, Tips and Tricks No Comments
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The Zune is Dead

Well, the social has officially ended. Microsoft has tipped to Bloomberg that the Zune line of hardware products is all but finished, but the name, the media player, and the software line will live on. I reported on this here…

Alan HenryMarch 16, 2011 Apple, Gadgets and Gear, Geekery, Microsoft, Tech News No Comments
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Motorola Xoom Sales “Underwhelming?”

Reports are that the Motorola Xoom – the iPad’s first real competitor, and the first Android tablet to run Android 3.0 “Honeycomb,” isn’t selling quite as well as people had hoped. Admittedly, there are likely a number of reasons for…

Alan HenryMarch 16, 2011 Apple, Entertainment, Gadgets and Gear, Geekery, Google, Tech News No Comments
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