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The personal website of Alex Weber

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Mostly links from around the web, presented with quotes and commentary. Sometimes I write long-form pieces too.

Posted on 20120105

HBO to Netflix: you’ll need to buy our DVDs elsewhere, pal

via Engadget

Netflix has made no bones about the fact that it’s competing (hard) with HBO, and it seems that the sentiment is the same on … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120105

Apple’s 50-inch iTV Reportedly Dwells In Jony Ive’s Design Lab, Slated For Release This Year

via Redmond Pie

General media outlet USA Today has offered teensy bit more information on just what can be expected from Apple’s purported – … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120105

Netflix Users Stream 3,000 Lifetimes Worth of Video in 3 Months

via Mashable!

Netflix subscribers watched more than 2 billion hours of movies and TV shows streamed from the entertainment provider during … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120105

Impromptu jam in a NYC subway car

via Boing Boing

In this video from the NYC subway, a singer named Jessica Latshaw, bearing a small uke, finds herself sitting across from a … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120105

Windows 8’s new ‘Refresh’ and ‘Reset’ options get detailed

via Engadget

And just like that, your next Windows-based PC becomes more like a phone. We’d heard during our early playtime with Windows … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120105

Worm steals 45,000 Facebook login credentials, infects victims’ friends

via Ars Technica

A worm previously used to commit financial fraud is now stealing Facebook login … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120104

Photos Are The New Killer App

via Fast Company

Why photography is every tech product’s most valuable feature.Illustration by Viktor Koen Late in 1975, a young electrical … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120104

The 5 Things Yahoo’s New CEO Scott Thompson Should Do Right Away

via Fast Company

Move on the buyout positionA former PayPal president, Scott Thompson assumes Yahoo’s big
chair at an acutely dynamic and also … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120104

MIT Body Suit Makes You Feel Like You’re in Your 70s [VIDEO]

via Mashable!

America is getting older. U.S. Census data projects that the last of the Baby Boomers will turn 65 in 2029, making up 16% of … Read More >>

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Posted on 20120104

Greatest map of the U.S.

via Boing Boing

Each year, the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society awards a “Best of Show” prize for … Read More >>

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