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  • FIOS packages strike your fancy?

    FIOS packages strike your fancy?

    Verizon has a bunch of new FIOS packages that may interest you. The top of the pile is the Ultimate package, which gives you "90 or more" HD channels, plus an Internet connection of 35/35, which is 35 mbps download, 35 mbps upload. The upload speed is impressive, but I still have triple the download speed. (I seriously run at 11 MB/s when downloading from Usenet. It's almost unnecessary how fast it is.) This top package is $149 per month.

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  • Here’s your chance to get a $5000 photographer grant

    Here’s your chance to get a $5000 photographer grant

    logo2Here's something that we don't see very often; a chance at winning a $5000 photographer grant for people working on important humanitarian and environmental projects. This could be a great opportunity for the right person, and can definitely help draw attention to a project.

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  • School district buys 131 iPod touches, for education

    School district buys 131 iPod touches, for education

    A school district in North Carolina just placed an order for 131 iPod touches to be used to help kids with their readin' and writin'. The money to buy the Apple devices came from a combination of grants and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as "the stimulus."

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  • Dual Electronics’ XGPS300 adds a little GPS to your iPod touch

    Dual Electronics’ XGPS300 adds a little GPS to your iPod touch

    Nope, I’ve never head of Dual Electronics either, but it looks like that’s about to change. Well, it did, in fact, just change, technically speaking. Let’s just get on with it. The XGPS300 is a normal looking cradle-dealie for the iPod touch that grants it the ability to use GPS. Handy, yes. It should be out sometime in the first quarter of this yea

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