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Hands on with Opendedup

After reading about Opendedup on Slashdot this weekend, I decided to try it out to see how well it all really worked. My test server was an install of Ubuntu 9.10 x64. If you happen to be using that stack, the installation isn’t too difficult: Download required files (adding links …

Gmail to Add Twitter-Like Clutter

While I can’t say that I’m surprised, I’m a bit frustrated and disappointed in Google over the recent news that they are adding a Twitter-like clutter status to the Gmail interface. While I appreciate fancy new tools built into apps I already use as much as the next geek, I …

Soon We Will See Just How Loyal Search Users Are

With today’s announcement that Canonical is changing the default search provider to Yahoo, Apple’s rumored talks with Microsoft, and cell phone providers such as Verizon also jumping to Bing, we may get to see just how big of a role the default settings have on people’s search preferences. Google has …