Posts Tagged ‘ culture

In Praise of My Japanese Cell Phone 06 September 2006 at 3:46 pm by admin

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

+ 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?

+ A Guilt-Relief Program for All Your Sins By admin 10 May 2006 at 12:08 pm and have No Comments

A new program allows gas-guzzlers to atone for their carbon dioxide transgressions for a small fee. What if we could offset our other indulgences, too

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A Guilt-Relief Program for All Your Sins

+ The Festival for Alpha-Geeks and Inventors By admin 26 April 2006 at 10:30 am and have No Comments

From whimsical robots to giant wooden iPods, alpha-gearheads assembled their wildest inventions for the first ‘Maker Faire’ fest.

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The Festival for Alpha-Geeks and Inventors

+ High-Tech Ways to Get Your Baseball Fix By admin 11 April 2006 at 4:14 pm and have No Comments

From streaming video to customized audio and cell-phone alerts, baseball fans can use a host of new services to tune in anywhere, any time—even when they’d rather not get the bad news.

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High-Tech Ways to Get Your Baseball Fix

+ Can Microsoft Catch Up On Online Ads? By admin 22 March 2006 at 7:15 am and have No Comments

Microsoft is moving into the lucrative Internet search ad business. Will its targeting tactics invade users’ privacy

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Can Microsoft Catch Up On Online Ads?