Talk about local start-ups for the win. Last year, we had three start-ups to go to the TechCrunch50 conference and do pretty damn well there, with one winning the demopit. Now, McAfee has announced that it plans to acquire tenCube, a mobile phone security company from Singapore. tenCube is the provider of WaveSecure, a software [...]

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Ever since I decided it would be a good idea to actually start running and actually train to do my first marathon before I turn 25, I’ve realized just the tiniest problem. I have no bloody way of tracking how far or fast I’m running. As low tech as I am, I STILL need to [...]

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I’m supposed to be sleeping because tomorrow I have to go to the gym to work.  But I’m not. I’m very bad at sleeping. Some nights, it gets really hard to sleep because I keep popping my joints (weird habit, I KNOW) or it feels like something is weighing me down or my ankle feels [...]

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Who wants to use numbers for telling time when you can use social media icons to tell time? It’s be the perfect gift to any school going kid. Think about it – teaching the kid to tell time using all the icons instead of numbers. It’s be hilarious when he corrects his teacher that 12 [...]

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1.  (Ok, so this technically did not happen within this week but hey.) 2. At the end of a horrible week, offer to install Bumptop on my computer. Can I say just how much Bumptop rocks? Its even more entertaining when you’re slightly drunk and asleep. The bumping function is super fun. Plus, I get [...]

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Not very much to say tonight. Just, at the request of a friend, I am putting this up. No I’m not usually surrounded by so much technology, I only own two cell phones and a laptop and a hard disk all of which I can’t live without. But after nights of hunching over my laptop, [...]

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vs     Well, I disappear off the internet for a bit and what does Apple do? Come up with a new iPod shuffle. Well, well, well. I wil admit to a knee jerk reaction of not being pleased with the new shuffle but, well, its sorta cool. Sorta. The only thing I hate about [...]

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Do you have a problem with checking a certain website waaaaay too much for your own good? I tend to do that with sites like Facebook and my gmail. Anyway, some brilliant person thought of the coolest thing. http://keepmeout.com/ You go in, set how many times you can check one website within a certain time period [...]

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A few months ago, my dad appeared on my Facebook friend request list. As you can imagine, the sun exploded, the stars fell out of the sky, the earth tilted to such a degree that we all fell off and well, yes. Then again, it could have just been my own damn imagination. But as [...]

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So while I’m waiting for the Palm Pre to be released, I’ve been obsessively stalking the internet for news about the phone. I mean, seriously how can it take so long for one damn phone to be released? Just get the damned phone out already!!! I’m DYING here!! Anyway, came across this bit about Apple [...]

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