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Blank Weather Forecast On Your Device? Blame MSN Direct

On By The Social CriticIn Technology & Science13 Comments

I remember it well: standing in the Sharper Image store debating between a three-day Bushnell wireless weather forecaster featuring AccuWeather forecasts and an Oregon Scientific model alongside it that offered more detailed information from a competing service provider, MSN Direct. Both weather stations did something unique: They didn't require owners to hook up outdoor sensors …

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To Own or be Owned: A Virtual Reality Check

On By The Social CriticIn Media & Social Media, Technology & Science1 Comment

Amazon recalls illicit digital e-books, and with them our notion that we can ever really own anything "digital". This and other dangerous realities of the e-universe.