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Category Archives: Technology
Portrait of the Day: Blois Olson
Posted in Journalism, New Media, Photography, St. Paul, State Politics, Technology, The Internet
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I Want Google Glasses (History Edition)
The tease video for the new Google glasses is OK. There is a lot of nifty stuff there. Watch for yourself. But none of this is what I want the glasses for. I want them for a far geekier operation, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Technology, The Internet
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Latest HIT Exchange Piece
I probably ought to do this more often. … I get out of the habit because all my Capitol Report stories are hiding behind a paywall. Here is a link to the latest healthcare information technology piece I wrote for … Continue reading
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Steve Jobs Dies
Steve Jobs has died. The world just got a little less interesting. Certainly no one in my life time has changed the world quite in the same way, much the way Henry Ford changed the lives of my great-grandparents. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Popular Culture, Technology, The Internet, Video
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Google Kills Off Personal Health Records Service
A fair bit of my corporate work and journalistic work touches on the electronic medical records space, so it is with some interest that I note the passing of Google Health. The New York Times: Google Health never really caught … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Technology, The Internet
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Final Cut Pro X Debacle Heats Up
Fortune magazine is reporting that 643 people describing themselves as filmmakers and video-editing pros have signed a petition against Final Cut Pro X, Apple Corp.’s video-editing software reboot. The petition reads, in part: “Many have invested hundreds of thousands (some … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, The Internet, Video
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iCloud Floats Lost Music Back Into My Life
Diggin’ Apple’s iCloud beta, which has allowed me to reclaim lost iTunes that were purchased and moved to now-failed back-up drives. Wondered when they’d make this happen. Maybe the technology wasn’t there before, but this seems sort of a no-brainer. … Continue reading
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Viva The National Jukebox
I hope to spend a lot of time diddling around on the Library of Congress’ new National Jukebox site. The site makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The recordings come from the Library of Congress … Continue reading
Posted in Popular Culture, Technology, U.S. History
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Franken’s iPhone Hearing
I’m glad this is happening. Sen. Al Franken has announced that the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, which he chairs, will hold hearings on the privacy flap involving Apple’s iPhone and iPad and Google’s Android smartphones. … Continue reading
Posted in Congressional Politics, Security, Technology, The Internet
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Big Brother Wants Better Lenses
Good thing we’ve got a more liberal, civil liberties-minded administration in power, isn’t it? Not. Criminal investigations ‘are being frustrated’ because no law currently exists to force Internet providers to keep track of what their customers are doing, the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Presidential Politics, Security, Technology, The Internet
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