I got Ooma VoIP service a week ago and will be posting a review of it soon, but so far I love it. That said, I wanted to point out this great deal on Amazon where you get the Ooma hardware and an iPod Shuffle for just $199 (until Oct 31st). It’s the best deal [...]

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The new 27-inch 2560×1440 LED display bundled with the new iMacs is one of the most outstanding monitors (and values) in computing today. With the same resolution and better specs than the Apple 30-inch Cinema display, the lowest end iMac with this panel is $100 less – and comes with a pretty nice computer! But [...]

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I have used VMWare Workstation on Windows and VMWare Fusion on Mac OS for years. VMWare an outstanding company and they have great products and support. If you are looking for virtualization software, VMWare is where its at. Now, about VMWare Fusion 3 – its probably the only upgrade to a VMWare product I have [...]

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On my main workstation, I have two 24″ displays. Why two? Well, there is one right in front of my face, which is connected to my MacBook running Snow Leopard. This is my main machine at the moment. On the left, my Windows 7 workstation. I usually keep stuff on this screen that I don’t [...]

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As an iPhone user and developer, I am rooting for the Motorola Droid. I was not originally a big fan of the Apple iPhone. In fact, it didn’t win me over until the launch of both the App Store and the 3G. Before that, I felt it was an ambitious device, but missed the mark [...]

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Al Franken has been doing a great job of laying down the law as applies to corporate rape cover-ups and healthcare issues lately. Besides his intelligent and learned opinion on these subjects, there is another element to his congressional hearings which are just somewhat – oh I dunno, so easy to watch. Either its general [...]

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Last night, I attended a Connecticut Rail Commuter Council Meeting at Metro-North headquarters above Grand Central. In attendance were senior management from Metro-North, including President Howard Permut. Among the topics on the Council’s agenda was their longstanding issue with ticket collection – specifically, how often it doesn’t happen. After the meeting I took the 6 [...]

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