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Government would nuke Manhattan
Nuking Manhattan is a question use of my tax dollars.
Verizon Wireless bandwidth, call minutes limits: there has to be a better way
I have been on a work vacation in Florida this week and have used my iPhone hotspot for Internet access. Since that costs $20 a month and it
BostonGlobe.com versus Boston.com
For the past few days, I've been exploring Bostonglobe.com, the new paid web site for the Boston Globe. It's longstanding Boston.com will remain free and become
Twitter, the consumer complaint center
The best way to test if companies are using social media is to complain about them. I had occasion to do so twice this week on Twitter. One
WiFi can make you famous
"Of, so you're John Dodge," the person next to me at lunch said as if he knew me. Well, he did a little even though I had never met
Cable clutter reflects a tethered world (wireless not so much)
In this `not as wireless a world as we like to think,' I am being strangled by cables. I trip over ones around my desk and just organized
The iTunes Hairball
Among Sun Microsystems (now Oracle something or other) founder Scott NcNealy's favorite potshots at Microsoft was calling Windows a "hairball." Know what? iTunes is a bigger
Jeopardy, Watson go home
Over the past three nights, I have watched Watson, the IBM supercomputer, make mince meat of the two most formidable Jeopardy players ever. The inherently unfair contest gave
Verizon iPhone announced, arrives early February
The Verizon iPhone arrived at 11 a.m. ET this morning, but Verizon's Wireless (VW) site is very clearly being bombarded with requests. So I grabbed a VW photo
The Smartphone Buyer’s Upgrade Dilemma
If you're eligible for your mobile smartphone upgrade right now, it's a tough time to make a move. And it might be better to wait. I am a Verizon





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