This is probably a better review than I could offer for the new Livescribe smartpen. It has gotten to the point that when my peers see me using my smartpen, they either clam up or ask me to stop using it. David Pogue: A High School Student Reviews a Smartpen, the Livescribe Echo And as [...]
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This just in from ExamSoft
Dear Administrator, After months of intense development and extensive testing, we are proud to announce the availability of SofTest Mac on September 1st. SofTest Mac and SofTest Windows both have the same features, security levels, and a similar user experience. Additionally, your exam management/creation process won’t change. Your exams created after 9/1 will be compatible [...]
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EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections for consumers who modify their cell phones and artists who remix videos — people who, until now, could have been sued for their non-infringing or fair use activities. [...]
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The 80% Solution
Want to resolve 80% of the technical problems you will encounter with your Mac? Follow these two relatively simple steps: 1. Reboot your Mac and simultaneous hold down the command-option-p-r keys. If you do this properly your Mac’s screen will flash and it will cycle a reboot. Keep holding down the keys until your Mac [...]
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Livescribe Echo Gets Some Interesting New Upgrades
Lazy summer days make for some lazy blogging (or re-blogging). Gizmodo reports on the new features of the Livescribe Echo Smartpen: “Echo lets you put pen to pad to draw on your computer (Mac or PC) via USB port, records audio, and can even sync that audio with your note-taking. The 60-plus selection of Livescribe [...]
