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True Story: The NMCI network took 5 months and 2 days to create an email address for a new user. CREATE AN EMAIL ADDRESS.

One of these monsters is hanging immediately to my right. Sigh.

iOS and Android, in terms of upgrades, are two very distinct beasts. iOS is closely tied to the generation of iPhone it debuts on, where Android is (per the nature of the OS and ha…

I think it's less "job titles that", and more "job titles can". The hiring model for employees in the tech industry has shifted from "I'm hiring a (insert position here)" to "I'm h…

How do you find a vegan at a dinner party? Don't worry, they'll let you know.

The issue with this post is that the people offering 1-2% equity for you to do all the work were destined for failure far earlier than the point when they contact you. They're the …

The W7 phone is an immature device on an immature OS in a market with mature devices and mature OS. Google Chrome iterated through six versions in the entire time Internet Explorer…

Google Checkout is always recommended, as is WePay. The issue is that PayPal is the convenience/compatibility elephant in the room. The naive see them as "trusted", and they're as …

If anything, "mainstream" computer users are trending toward the exact opposite of this. App Stores for your desktop are the logical next step here.

I have to disagree in a very large way with two of the points this article makes. The first is that Apple is dissuading amateur developers by rejecting 'fart apps', in the metaphor…

Strictly speaking, HP seems to want to enforce their confidentiality agreement as a "generally unacceptable" (FTA) non-compete. The two are separate entities, and although Hurd is …