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iTunes Alternatives

As the musical landscape changes in front of our eyes, more companies are starting to catch up to what the consumer has wanted since the days of Napster: music in the form of an mp3.
Not MP4, MP3x, RM, or some other random format that requires a special player (although OGG and FLAC are lossless and [...]

30Jun2008 | Fredric | 0 comments | Continued
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TechBuzz: Time.com Top 50 Websites

Time.com has recently released their top 50 websites for the masses to gawk, peruse, and abuse. I remember this list coming out last year and couldn’t really understand what the criteria was. On some levels, I halfway expected them to showcase ‘decent design’ or ‘ease of use’. Similar to last year, however, their theme is [...]

18Jun2008 | Fredric | 10 comments | Continued
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Firefox Download Day: June 17, 2008

We, at the guide, like to support all things good for the interweb. Open-source software, like Ubuntu, a unique and easy-to-use Linux distribution, is a fine example of what a community can create. Professionally, I use Drupal as a tool for web development and this blog is powered by Wordpress, another open-source gem.
Keeping along that [...]

16Jun2008 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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Tech Buzz: iPhone 3G 5-minute Wrap Up

By now, you’ve heard that Apple decided to part the proverbial hardware Red Sea with its new, updated version of its famed iPhone. Readers of this blog may also know that I am an Apple hater. My first and only third-generation iPod pissed me off because of its expensive price tag and lack of quality.

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10Jun2008 | Fredric | 0 comments | Continued
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Tech Buzz: Facebook Jabber Chat, HTC Diamond

It’s been awhile since I’ve relegated our audience to my dribblings on about gadgets, video games, and computers, but that is only because I sift through the fodder and bring you the good stuff.
First up is the announcement that Facebook has chat.
Wait, what? You already knew that? O, ok.
Well, did you know that Facebook will [...]

15May2008 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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Blacks in Games, On Games

The neatest thing about our readership is the diverse backgrounds. All professions, many different points of view have always reaffirmed my passion for exploring unspoken topics on the site. Of even smaller demographic is the black nerd.
You know, the guys and gals who majored in math, know how to program their own piece of software, [...]

16Apr2008 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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hulu is here

In the words of Marvin the Martian:
Did you hear the earth-shattering kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom?
No? Well, perverbially, your computer just jumped a few levels in its ‘usefulness’ as a device for watching television without any new hardware. No, I’m not talking about fuzzy and blurry videos of youtube or the [...]

12Mar2008 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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HD DVD is dead

For those who may be new readers to ybpguide, one of the first posts I made back in October of 2006 was about the high-definition format war between Toshiba’s HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray. Basically, the two companies decided to take visual and audio home entertainment into a new realm and create a medium that would [...]

19Feb2008 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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5 Feeds You Should Be Reading Everyday

Although my previous employer probably would could it slacking off, the appeal of the internet and its mesmerizing goodness is a good thing. Aside from reading celebrity gossip and sneaking in around of porn, today’s life tools are in the form of blogs, podcasts, streaming internet radio, and respectable comment feedback.
One of the most effective [...]

13Dec2007 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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