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Geeking out to ‘Galactica’ 04 October 2006 at 6:17 pm by admin

The third season of the Sci Fi Channel’s smash hit ‘Battlestar Galactica’ starts Friday. Rabid fans will notice story lines ripped from the war against terror.

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Geeking out to ‘Galactica’

+ In Praise of My Japanese Cell Phone By admin 06 September 2006 at 3:46 pm and have No Comments

How do I love thee, Vodafone 905SH? Let me count the ways.

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In Praise of My Japanese Cell Phone

+ Learning a Language on Your iPod By admin 24 August 2006 at 12:35 pm and have No Comments

How new podcasts like ‘JapanesePod101′ are changing the way people learn a foreign language.

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Learning a Language on Your iPod

+ Japan’s Love Affair with Androids By admin 09 August 2006 at 4:26 pm and have No Comments

Japan is obsessed with machines that have arms, legs and head and say ‘hello.’

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Japan’s Love Affair with Androids

+ Inside Japan’s Addictive Arcades By admin 26 July 2006 at 12:09 pm and have No Comments

Japan’s game arcades are far more extravagant and addictive than those in America. Is that a good thing for a country with a youth employment problem

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+ Do You Suffer From Netflix Guilt? By admin 12 July 2006 at 11:05 am and have No Comments

Who has time for all the great entertainment stacking up in our film queues, blog lists and digital TV recorders?

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Do You Suffer From Netflix Guilt?

+ The Death and Rebirth of the Electric Car By admin 21 June 2006 at 10:56 am and have No Comments

GM’s electric car may be dead, but start-up automaker Tesla is betting that pump-weary Americans are ready for a rebirth.

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The Death and Rebirth of the Electric Car

+ Why Apple is Winning the Digital Media War By admin 13 June 2006 at 1:20 pm and have No Comments

Why Steve Jobs is winning the digital download wars—and what his competitors are trying to do about it.

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Why Apple is Winning the Digital Media War

+ Are Free Public Wi-Fi Plans Mostly Hype? By admin 07 June 2006 at 11:03 am and have No Comments

Hundreds of cities are planning municipal wireless networks with free Internet access.

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Are Free Public Wi-Fi Plans Mostly Hype?

+ Social Networks: The Next Web Bubble? By admin 24 May 2006 at 4:41 pm and have No Comments

New social-networking and content-sharing sites abound. But how much copycatting can the Web sustain before the boom becomes a bubble

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Social Networks: The Next Web Bubble?