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What I'm Reading
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?CBS News | Aug 30, 2010Apple has scheduled a big event for Wednesday. CBS News speculates on the company's coming announcements.
- Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?New York Times | Aug 25, 2010Some psychologists believe preschoolers can experience bouts of depression, this New York Times report says.
- Electronic Arts stands by Medal of Honor Taliban featureCNET | Aug 25, 2010EA defends the ability to play as Taliban soldiers in the upcoming "Medal of Honor" game.
- Twitter’s not stupid – you just have boring friendswww.andrewdubber.com | Aug 16, 2010A nice look at how to get the most out of Twitter and refutation of some common Twitter complaints.
- Is 3-D dead in the water? A box-office analysisSlate | Aug 24, 2010Slate magazine looks at whether people are happy with just two dimensions in their movies, thank you very much.
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?
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My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Category Archives: Digitalia
What if Apple ruled the world?
Apple and Adobe have been arguing lately over open standards and the future of the Web. Steve Jobs and Newsvine founder Mike Davidson each have some interesting things to say about the conflict.
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Save early and save often
Lesson learned: If a program offers you the opportunity to autosave your work for you, if only you’d take the briefest of breaks to first save your work and give it a file name, do it. Don’t, as I did, work for four hours on a video project, thinking that Final Cut Pro is saving your [...]
The end of the American Internet
The U.S. government’s agreement with ICANN expired on Sept. 29, meaning that America has more or less given up control of the network its universities and military created. I think this is worth noting, at least in passing. It’s not every day that most of us think about the massive network that our precious World [...]
Life Recorders: The wristwatches of the future
Life Recorder devices are coming, says TechCrunch, whether we like it or not. These devices, such as the ones that Microsoft is developing, will have tiny cameras and audio recorders that record what is going on around you and automatically upload it all into the cloud. The Microsoft site says the camera could have sensors that [...]
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
iPad mania continues