When OS X Leopard was released, my Mac was fortunately new enough to qualify for a special £5 upgrade, but the vast majority of users had to pay about $129. Snow Leopard was different; for an upgrade, Apple only charged about $30 (£25).£25 for a piece.
Topics: Adobe, apple, microsoft, piracy, Software

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The primary aim of a social networking site should be to satisfy of its members. Members do not control such sites; their wants are often slow to be fulfilled or unpopular features introduced.Facebook fails to have a network for my urban area. If I want..
Topics: community, cooperative, cooperatives, democracy, economics, facebook, Internet, mutualism, myspace, social networking, social networks

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I have been without my MacBook Pro for nearly a fortnight, following the failure of its graphics card. Whilst I am assured by an Apple Authorised Service Point that it is on its way back to me, I have found it fascinating that for 75% of my usual...
Topics: iphone, mobile, mobile phone, mobile technology, smartphone, smartphones, social networking, Technology

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I have been reading Freedom of Information Act requests recently and I came across one filed to Merseyside Police, in February 2007, that I had to share. I apologise if someone has already reported this; I found the information in the public domain and...
Topics: Computers, foi, foia, freedom of information, liverpool, merseyside, merseyside police, microsoft, police, politics, Technology

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A few weeks ago, Eric Goldstein, CEO of Clipmarks, invited me to his new website: Amplify. Amplify allows users to share clippings (like excerpts of text or images) much like Clipmarks, but encourages its users to comment on it and then the combined...
Topics: amplify, blogging, blogs, bookmarking, clipmarks, del.icio.us, Internet, social networking, social networks, twitter, web 2.0

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