Apple released Snow Leopard, the next version of the operating system, a little earlier than they’d originally planned. A good summary of its features is in the NY Times this morning. It’s faster, smaller in terms of disk space it needs, and offers some, but not tons, of new features. It only runs on Intel [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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A hearty welcome to this year’s new folks at Lab! Our goal in IS is to make your first year at Lab as easy and tech pain-free as possible. Be sure to ask as many questions as you need to; in contrast to some school tech departments, we actually like people and you will not [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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…a software application designed to help you concentrate on your work instead of playing with other software applications. That sound you hear is the 4th grade teacher in me cringing.
Posted on August 19th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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The much beloved Flip camera is evolving. Check out Wired Magazine’s report on this new model from Kodak.
Posted on August 18th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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This post in Ars Technica offers some great advice on how to keep your Facebook presence as private as you would like.
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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Remember the series of posts from this spring about vendor relations? I thought it was all pretty absurd back then, but it just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
This week, I got to say all over again what the hardware failure problems were and the impact they’ve had on my budget and our operation, and the [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2009 by Curt Lieneck
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