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    Study: People don't use or understand digital wallets

    Digital wallets from Square, Visa, MasterCard, and others have a major perception problem, a study from ComScore finds. The digital wallet has been anointed by many as the future of payments. In the present, however, virtual-pay apps remain largely untouched and misunderstood. Only 51 percent of U.S. consumers are even aware of digital payment providers other than PayPal, and a teeny-tiny ...
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    New World Order: is the UN about to take control of the internet?

    Is there a war on for the web? By Adi Robertson on November 29, 2012 02:15 pm Email @thedextriarchy184Comments The future of the web will be decided in a dark room by UN politicians and authoritarian governments — at least according to Google and some other opponents of the International Telecommunication Union’s plan to reform its 25-year-old guidelines. Leaked documents have shown that ITU members are...
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Archive for May, 2011

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Dropbox et al

May 21st

Posted by Bill Castle in Stuff That Really Sucks

It’s been more than a week since the FTC layeth the smackdown on Dropbox, charging that the cloud-based file-sharing service hasn’t been totally honest with its customers about the degree of security it offers. At the heart of this matter is whether someone other than those authorized could access your files. Dropbox has conceded a small number of its staff have such access, but it went with the “yeah, but so do all the other service providers” defense. More >

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Spiceworks – OpenDNS

May 18th

Posted by Bill Castle in SSCToday Misc

Background:

Founded in 2006, Spiceworks develops the first free social business application that combines systems and network management software with an online community of IT professionals to help over 1 Million IT pros and 140,000 managed service providers (MSPs) simplify everything IT. More >

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XBMC – entertainment hub for digital media

May 16th

Posted by Bill Castle in SSCToday Misc

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages. More >

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Confirmed: Microsoft Will Announce Acquisition of Skype Tomorrow Morning

May 9th

Posted by Bill Castle in General Microsoft Solutions

The Wall Street Journal reported tonight that Microsoft–in what would be its most aggressive acquisition in the digital space–was zeroing in on buying Skype for $8.5 billion.

Sources told BoomTown tonight that the deal for the online telephony giant is actually done and will be announced early tomorrow morning. More >

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Ways to get Ubuntu

May 8th

Posted by Bill Castle in General Linux Solutions

  • Download and install ›

    You can download Ubuntu onto your computer today – all you need is a CD or USB stick. You can even choose to replace your current operating system, whether it’s Windows or Mac OS, or run Ubuntu alongside it. More >

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InkScape – Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics Editor

May 8th

Posted by Bill Castle in Really Cool Stuff

Stable release 0.48.1 intended for production use is available:

Download any of the above (as well as .sig files and previous releases) at the Sourceforge Downloads page, or through your distro’s update capabilities.

Please let us know about packages for other platforms or distributions, and we will add them as we receive information.

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Android Market Share 35%, Windows Phone 2.5%

May 5th

Posted by Bill Castle in Smart Phone Stuff

Google’s mobile platform remains at the top of the smartphone market for the second quarter in a row, while Microsoft’s latest platform barely registered.
By Ed Hansberry InformationWeek - May 05, 2011 11:27 AM

Overall, worldwide sales of smartphones hit 101 million units in the first quarter of 2011, up 83% against the same quarter in 2010. Phones running Android represented just over 35 million phones. Even though Android was the clear winner as far as platforms go, Nokia didn’t cede its number one position as the largest manufacturer. It stayed in the lead with 24% of the market, though that is down substantially from the 39% share it held last year. More >

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