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Internet memes:
Wikipedia describes an “internet meme” to be a “catchphrase or concept that spreads in a fast way from person to person via the internet”
Urban Dictionary describes an “internet meme” as “an idea, belief or belief system, or pattern of behavior that spreads throughout a culture either vertically by cultural inheritance (as by parents to [...]

So every one out there is buzzing about the first glimpses into Windows 7, the operating system that will one day replace Windows Vista. Like many of the people who eagerly browsed through the screenshots and viewed the small video demonstration, I was left wanting more. Heck, I was left wanting something new! [...]

Have you ever wondered why you don’t get ESPN3, but your relative in another city does? Well, that’s because the channels you get in your lineup is limited, and it’s your provider’s choice as to what channels you get. This is important because instead of getting another informative Discovery channel we instead get a pay-per-view [...]

Hope everyone has had a relaxing and wonderful long holiday weekend. There are a couple of stories this long weekend that we found interesting and noteworthy. Read them after the jump!

In keeping with society’s never ending quest to ensure that no one has their feelings hurt, ever, for any reason whether justified or not, eBay has announced and implemented plans to remove a sellers’ ability to any non-positive feedback for all auctions.  From this point on, anyone who sells an item using the eBay service [...]

From our contributor Nathan:
Movie Review: Second Skin (trailer at end)
My only attendance at the recent 2008 Boston Independent Film Festival was to see Second Skin, a documentary about the subculture of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) and gamers. Not being a “gamer” myself, I went into the movie with a thinly [...]

Whether you use their service or not, chances are good you’ve heard of Netflix, the movies-by-mail service that allows customers to watch DVDs without ever having to talk to another human being. Using Netflix is fairly straightforward - you go online to their website, choose the movies you want to watch (in the order [...]

Alright, I have to get this off my chest… nothing annoys me more than the Cable / DirectTV commercials spouting about how much HD each of them have. It basically can be compared to a contest between a teenage Bill Gates and Steve Jobs over who has more friends. The bottom line is, neither of [...]

There were NO big stories this weekend but some follow-ups from this past week. Hit the link to read more!

Welcome to the first big installment of technewsmadesimple.com. One major piece of technology that most people are afraid of touching is the hardware of a computer. While there are many of us who enjoy building computers, the majority of the people can’t even understand some of the terminology let alone the hardware components. Here in [...]

A write up and video will follow but I will leave you with some pictures of Red Sox players, and the glorious store that is the biggest in the US. It was an awesome time and was worth the 1.5hour wait in line (that stretched for 4 blocks!) for the 6pm opening. With [...]

Hope everyone out there has got a couple hundred bucks lying around over the course of the year. Or at least, if you’re a Comcast Internet customer who enjoys “power-surfing” the web and downloading anything, you’d better be prepared to pay a premium for that service.
Arstechnica first reported last week that Comcast is considering implementing [...]

Whether you’re a business professional with a Blackberry welded to your hip, or a pre-teen whose cell phone usage is used by scientists in their studies on brain cancer, you’re going to be interested in Android.
Developed by Internet superstar Google, Android is an open source mobile platform. Like any operating system, Android is responsible [...]

As you may or may not have heard (most likely the latter), Microsoft is working on some new motherboards and chipsets. Technically speaking, it’s unknown whether they will be used for an upcoming revision of the Xbox 360 or for it’s predecessor. But rumor is, these will be used for both refurbished models and a [...]