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Maximum PC published for July 2005 gives the Hitachi 7K500 Deskstar 500-GB 7200-rpm hard drive a KICK ASS Product award with a 9 out of 10 rating. The author of the article is Josh Norem.
A special thanks goes out also to Kreg Steppe, Victor Cajiao, Shelly Brisbin, Charlie George, Joe Burgess, Jennifer Snoddy, and Kevin Devin for filling in for me with Tech Tidbits Dailies while I am on vacation.
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Todd Maffin suggests doing your final editing of podcasts with speakers and not head phones.
I do use headphones to do my final editing but then I listen to my podcast using speakers at home to make sure they sound OK. I compensate for what Todd says via trying to match levels visually in Audacity.
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Dave Winer’s OPML Editor is now available via open beta test. [geeknewscentral]
UPDATE: Dan Brinklin has a new version of ListGarden in beta also.
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Dymo has a new line of PC label printers. The upgrades from the 300 series line seem pretty good on paper.
Only bad thing they didn’t seem to capitalize on was printing on 3 x 5 cards.
If they did that well then they could really capture some business from the David Allen’s Getting Things Done (Getting), Hipster PDA, and 43folders.com zealots.
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Kreg Steppe examines the PocketPC
software Sidewindow tool that enables your
PDA to act as an extension to your PC system desktop for displaying pictures, media
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Shelly Brisbin examines IEEE 802.11s future standards. More info from Wi-Mesh Alliance and Wi-Fi Planet (on Wi-Mesh and SEEMesh).
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Victo Cajiao @ Typical PC User Podcast examines InformationWeek.com’s recent story "Poker-Playing Robots Battle For $100,000 Pot".
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Kevin H. Devin @ In the Trenches notes that July 29th (this Friday) is System
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Kreg Steppe examines news from Space.com about the upcoming space shuttle return to flight.
Steve Holden's Blog 