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Has Google Become “Evil” and Does it Matter?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Bruce Keener

Before we get to the question of whether Google is evil, we have to decide what “evil” means. We all know that Google is not evil in the sense of being a group of axe murderers. But we may have … Continue reading →

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Life Simplification: Year-End Deletion of Social Media Accounts

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Bruce Keener

About a month ago I deleted my Google +, Tumblr, and Posterous accounts. When I announced on Google + and Twitter that I would be doing that, Joe Grant asked why, and here is my (slightly modified) reply: I think … Continue reading →

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Chrome Preventing Macs from Entering Sleep Cycle

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Bruce Keener

Google’s Chrome has become my favorite browser for my iMac. It does have one problem, though, at least on my Mac (an almost 5-year old iMac, 20-inch display, 2 GB RAM, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running Snow Leopard … Continue reading →

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How Much of Your Data do You Really Want in The Cloud?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Bruce Keener

With WikiLeaks and The Gawker Incident so fresh in our minds, many of us are wondering just how secure supposedly secure data really is. (If you are not up-to-speed on what happened with Gawker, see my previous post and its … Continue reading →

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Forbes and Atwood on Password Security [re: the Gawker Incident]

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Bruce Keener

The recent hack of Gawker Media sites has compromised over a million passwords. Although I had not commented on Lifehacker in a long time, my password and email (from the one or two times when I did comment) were among … Continue reading →

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Back to the Basics

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Keener Living now runs on a new, simplified design, and I need your feedback if you encounter any problems with it. Hopefully the commenting system works well, so feel free to leave a comment here regarding your thoughts. But, you … Continue reading →

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Before Blaming Google …

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Bruce Keener

For the past couple of years, the most popular page on this site has been iPod Touch as a PDA and Entertainer. Part of the reason for its popularity is that I have updated it whenever Apple improved the Touch … Continue reading →

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Using Your iPad and iPod Touch as a Phone

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Bruce Keener

You are probably already aware that the 4th Generation iPod Touch will let you do video calls via FaceTime, using a WiFi connection. As Apple says Video calling is in full effect on iPod touch. Now your friends can see … Continue reading →

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Save Money on Tech e-books via Twitter and Facebook

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Twitter and Facebook may cause us to waste a lot of time, but they can be useful, too. I’ve even saved some money using Twitter (probably wasted some, too, but let’s not get into that). For example, by following OReillyMedia, … Continue reading →

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Links of Interest, 2010 Sep 12

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Here are links to some recent articles I found particularly interesting: TechCrunch on why Android is not working out to be as open as Google wanted. David Rock, author of Your Brain at Work, on how to have more insights. … Continue reading →

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