49ers vs. Bears: Preseason Game 3 Preview & Discussion Thread
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Game time changed to 5PM
Guard Adam Snyder suffered an ankle sprain earlier in the week and will be out of action for possibly a week. Undrafted rookie Brian de la Puente will take his spot in the starting lineup. De la Puente, out of Cal, has been working at that position and looks to be [...]
Are Mozilla’s ‘Extend Firefox 3′ Winners A Little Dull?
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, you’ll find Mozilla’s list of winners for its “Extend Firefox 3″ contest, which asked developers to submit their best add-ons for the browser.
Admittedly, there are a few plug-ins of interest. My absolute favorite is , also seems useful, although not for me.
I yawned at the rest, though.
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Facebook Allowing Restricted Apps, Booze
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Is that Facebook app appropriate for you?
Developers on the social networking site will now have the option to restrict access to their apps by age or location.
“We have seen an increasing number of complex cases where certain applications and certain content may be appropriate or available to specific audiences and users, but not to [...]
SurfTheChannel Lets You Watch Your Favorite Shows on the Web
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If you can’t stand the thought of missing your favorite TV shows or not being able to catch old episodes whenever you want to see them, could be your new favorite site. It’s a television-show and -episode search engine, and while the actual videos aren’t hosted by SurfTheChannel, the service certainly makes it easy [...]
Who’s going to win the NFC West? I’ll tell you who…
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I was invited to put together my predictions for the NFC West by .
Now before you go all crazy on me for my picks, just to let you know that I was trying to be very cautious. Last year, I got my hopes up way too high and the Niners bombed. The team is still [...]
Jonas Jennings has broken hand; O’Sullivan to start again
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. He missed Monday’s practice and will not participate in Thursday’s game against the Bears. Barry Sims took his place during practice.
Now the report is a broken knuckle on his right hand. He had surgery today to take care of it and is expected to possibly return for the final preseason game of the year. [...]
49ers vs. Packers: Q&A with The Frozen Tundra
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Last week, I got a chance to do a Q&A with the 49ers opponent for the week. This week, the Packers visit the Stick. I got a chance to have a little Q&A with MVN’s took the time to discuss this weekend’s matchup. I asked him these five questions and here were his responses.
In [...]
Replace Those Cute Kittens On Your Desktop With Auto Updating Wallpaper
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I read about and had to try it–immediately. No disappointment! Ben has come up with detailed instructions for automatically updating the wallpaper on his Ubuntu PC on a regular basis. It took under five minutes to implement (less time than it took to write this blog entry) and worked the first [...]
Jott Exits Beta, Will Charge Users in September
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You know when you’ve got that new friend you really like, and then suddenly they ask if they can borrow your truck–and your bad back–to help them move away? That what it feels like when a favorite free Internet service you love starts charging. It’s hard to be grudge them making some money… but does [...]
Copy & Paste Coming for iPhone
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Not from Apple, of course–at least not this time around.
Third-party developer, OpenClip, has nearly hit upon a fix for the iPhone’s much-requested, but thus-far undelivered feature. The company has worked out a that saves copied data to the handset’s open memory, which can be accessed by other apps.
“While just an interim fix [...]
