have you all noticed the upsurge in pc vs mac debates on the web? usually around macworld, the debates are refueled since apple usually announces something new, but this year it’s a bit abnormal. i think i know why:
the line between macs and pcs is not so discrete anymore.
with the introduction of intel [...]

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arstechnica has done a nice review of the new intel imac. most notably, they have done some benchmark comparisons with the g5 imac and the dual g5 powermac. overall the new imac did very well and rosetta emulation numbers look promising. i was a bit surprised at the xbench graphics numbers while [...]

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linky here. great stuff. some of my favorites are in there. (warning! long download time!)

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this is got the be the best blonde joke i’ve ever heard!

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ces has kicked off in las vegas and there are many electronics to drool over. as you may or may not know, the techpodcasts network has two members on the floor and they are blogging and podcasting away. the braytek podcast will be showcasing some of this content in tonight’s show! stay [...]

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apparently, there has some been some cynicism of web2.0 naysayers that has annoyed web 2.0 workgroup founder, richard macmanus. in response, dion henchcliffe has put together a nice list of web 2.0 software on his blog. (which compliments his already popular best web 2.0 software of 2005 article)
if you’re not up to speed on [...]

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the guys over at theubergeeks.net have posted the lyrics to the wildly popular Saturday Night Live skit, “Lazy Sunday“. go check it out.

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as promised, the fine folks over at wordpress released version 2.0 of their blogging software to public on december 26th. i have installed 2.0 on braytek.com and it is working fine so far. the new features (mainly the admin interface) is a refreshing change. there’s little things they fixed/added that makes the [...]

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digg.com has released version of their “spy” feature which shows recent activity on digg.com in realtime. this brilliant use of ajax has gotten a facelift a well as a speed increase. if you visit the page, you’ll notice after a short delay, it begins to refresh at a blazing pace. for me, [...]

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according to netcraft, typepad is experiencing some issues:

Problems persist at the popular blog hosting service TypePad, with numerous users reporting that they are unable to access their blog management system. In addition, a number of TypePad users report that posts from the past three days have disappeared from their blogs. While TypePad-hosted sites are visible, [...]

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