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As reported this morning in Slashdot, you should read and carefully consider Google Chrome’s end user license agreement (EULA) before using Chrome. It’s hard to read in the teeny tiny box that Google provides so I am reproducing the entire text below the break. I am certainly not a lawyer but [...]
Google Chrome to Replace Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux
By Art Zemon On September 2, 2008 · 12 Comments · In Business, Communicating, Internet, Recommendations, Software, Technology
Google released Chrome today and you will see “Google Chrome is a browser” if you visit the Chrome web page. Do not be deceived, though. Chrome is not designed to replace Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari. Chrome is designed to replace your operating system and virtually all of the software that you [...]
Many, perhaps all, of us assume that our privacy is respected and protected in most aspects of our lives. This notion is so ingrained in our society that I never gave it a second thought until this week when a court ruled that Google must turn over data on YouTube users to Viacom. [...]
You have almost certainly enjoyed the “hospitality” of an airline as you waited… and waited… and waited for a delayed flight. Maybe you were on the plane, wishing that you could get off and sit somewhere more comfortable. Maybe you were in the airport, wishing that you a) had news of the plane’s whereabouts and [...]
For a change, American Airlines is making a good business decision. Instead of whining about how it cannot run profitably, it is doing something about its bottom line: raising its prices. There has been lots of news coverage about the $15 fee which American Airlines is charging for the first piece [...]
Is a licensed, downloaded music recording your personal property? What happens when the state of California says that something is “tangible personal property” even though the EULA says that your rights are still restricted? How would California’s law impact interpretation of the first-sale doctrine as it applies to downloaded music and, by extension, [...]
I run my company using OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office. It does everything we need and costs a whopping $0.00; not a bad deal for a small business. To be more specific, OpenOffice.org
Gives us word processor and spreadsheet programs that more than handle our documentation needs, Allows us to open Word and [...]
It’s time to renew your Do Not Call listing and it’s even more important than renewing that library book which you lost but don’t want to pay an overdue fine for. According to Yahoo! News, Do Not Call listings aren’t forever
Numbers placed on the registry, begun in June 2003, are valid [...]
The Wall Street Journal ran a story about a United Airlines pilot who revels in delighting his customers. The Middle Seat on August 28, 2007, begins with
Capt. Denny Flanagan is a rare bird in today’s frustration-filled air-travel world — a pilot who goes out of his way to make flying fun for passengers.
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I am more than a little bit proud to share the news. My wife, Candy, has a chapter on her career as a senior product strategist in A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science. See chapter 72, pp. 315-318.
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