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This day in tech – 2006 – Dell announces that they will begin putting AMD processors into Dimension desktops and later in the year Dell AMD servers will be available.

Other items:

• The first CD is made
• FBI search a SD “Forensic Tech Solutions” that had gained access to some government computers.
• US rules on Grokster for Peer to Peer and accountability

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Google recently took the Beta label off of Gmail and Google Docs. Gmail has been in beta for over 5 years – with a 3 year private beta. By being in Beta, one could easily write off an issue or even think the accountability and liability might not be theirs. So shouldn’t the ISO put some regulation on this small tag?

Google started with Gmail back on April 7th 2004. They were in a Closed Beta – which meant that you had to get an invitation to use it. However, it wasn’t a difficult thing to get an invitation. My entry into Gmail wasn’t until December of that year.

3 years later – Feb 2nd, 2007 to be exact, Gmail removed the restriction. However, the Beta tag stayed on. It generally went unnoticed until this last July 6th, when Google decided to remove the tagline.
Google Docs had a shorter span – Technically starting in August of 2005. I say technically, because it was launched as a program called “Writely”. Google Spreadsheet came in June of 2006 and by October 10th, the two had merged to start Google Docs. Once again – Beta until July 6th of 2009.

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Abraham Biggs was a troubled teenager – at least that is what the news stories out there state. Abraham had attempted suicide before. But now he had an International audience – And a cheering section.

It’s a travesty. Some of the viewers might have at first thought it was a joke, but it became all too real. In a first-hand account, he thought it was a joke. When the viewer realized it was less a joke and more reality, he tried to contact authorities. After multiple attempts and a couple hours later, the Broward County Police enter the home of Abraham. Jaws drop here.

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The first paragraph goes out to my Aunt Edie. She passed away earlier this morning. I got to spend some time with her one summer when I was in grade school. At the time she owned an actual food concessions trailer. She would drive it to each location and serve the workers lunch, then close up and drive on back home. I learned how to play backgammon from Edie.

Later in life, Edie and Uncle Ed, along with the kids, moved to a horse farm North-East of here. We had a few family get-togethers at the farm. The horses were being raised for the Kentucky derby, so they were rigorously trained.

For that, I bid adeau to my aunt. She lived a solid life and taught me a few things. I won’t forget it.

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An interesting dilemma is that nowadays we can electronically donate to a politicians’ campaign. While donations cannot be used as a tax write-off, there still needs to be some accountability for where a politician is getting their funding.

This week we talk with Adam Beeson – former Political Analyst in the state of Illinois – about accountability of the donations recieved. We also talk a little about “Sign Hijacking” and the instance of the sign on ustream.

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