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			<title><![CDATA[Microsoft pulls plug on MSN direct, maybe on your GPS device, too]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Own a GPS device that gets traffic 'over the air?' How about a self-setting watch? Or a desktop weather station? They might stop getting updates in 2012 when Microsoft discontinues its MSN Direct service.

MSN Direct is a technology that utilizes part of the FM radio spectrum to send data to]]></description>
			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:57:56</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Did anyone else have any Win 7 issues last night?]]></title>
			<link>http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/techblog/index.php?blogid=195</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two machines at my house went belly-up Wednesday night -- both of them running Windows 7 -- on the eve of the launch of Microsoft's new operating system.

One was a desktop PC. The other was a Win7 installation in the Boot Camp partition of a Macbook Pro.

I'm reluctant to blame it all on]]></description>
			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:12:49</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tiny Photoshop makes huge impact]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Adobe today announced that its Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone application has been downloaded over 1 million times from Apple's App Store, a milestone reached in less than one week of availability.

Additionally, the application has held the No. 1 position for all &quot;Top Free&quot;]]></description>
			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:16:44</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Apple updates iPhone to fix issues. We hope.]]></title>
			<link>http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/techblog/index.php?blogid=193</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The jury is still out on Apple's 3.1.2 update to the iPhone operating system. Many users on the 159-page-long Apple message board thread created after 3.1 screwed up their phones, say they've found success. But there are a few who seem happy because their phone only went into 'coma mode' once since]]></description>
			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:45:54</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thanks, Apple. My iPhone is now nearly useless]]></title>
			<link>http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/techblog/index.php?blogid=192</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Got an iPhone? Got the 3.1 update? Then you might have troubles. I do.

My expensive cell phone from the fine folks at &quot;It Just Works&quot; Headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., has become as unreliable as -- well -- as the folks in Cupertino would have us believe Windows PCs are. And I'm not]]></description>
			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:27:37</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Net's most notorious 'hits']]></title>
			<link>http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/techblog/index.php?blogid=191</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Internet turned 40 today. And, just like a living organism, has had it's share of illnesses. The folks at Symantec have assembled their own Top-10 list of Internet viruses and security threats.

How many of these impacted you?

1.	I Love You (2000) - Who wouldn't open an e-mail with &quot;I]]></description>
			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:26:59</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[When Photoshopping goes bad]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is taking heat for a pair of promotional photos found on the net in which an African-American man's head was swapped out for a caucasian's, apparently to tweak the photo for the company's Polish web site.

The photo appeared on the company's U.S. Web site and depicted three]]></description>
			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:45:51</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Microsoft and Nokia join forces to develop Office for Symbian smartphones]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After launching Bing and signing a search agreement with Yahoo, Microsoft announced an alliance with Nokia during a live teleconference on Wednesday in New York City.


The companies will collaborate to deliver an enterprise version of Microsoft Office for Nokia's Symbian devices and optimize]]></description>
			<author>(Chan Park)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:25:48</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Google targets Microsoft Windows with Chrome OS]]></title>
			<link>http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/techblog/index.php?blogid=188</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yep, it's official, sort of. Google really wants to whack Microsoft with its latest salvo to crack open the Windows juggernaut.


On Wednesday, the tech world was buzzing about Google's announcement of Chrome OS, an open source Linux-based operating system. Basically, Chrome OS will use a Linux]]></description>
			<author>(Chan Park)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:42:31</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[iPhone app RunPee makes movie bathroom breaks less stressful]]></title>
			<link>http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/techblog/index.php?blogid=187</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You've spent $9 -- or more -- on a movie ticket. Who wants to miss a key plot point just to relieve yourself of the 48-ounce soda you foolishly bought on your way in?

Not the folks at RunPee, who first started a website, and now offer a 99-cent iPhone app to help you figure out which parts of a]]></description>
			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:53:29</pubDate>
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