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			<title><![CDATA[On this day in history: Some very old tech that's still everywhere]]></title>
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			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[It was 72 years ago today that Henry F. Phillips received a patent for something that we take for granted today: The Phillips screw and screwdriver.

Today, they're everywhere. That PC you're sitting in front of probably contains hundreds of them. What was Phillips thinking? That the little]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:47 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Look before you leap. That 'other' broadband may not be better]]></title>
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			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[After grumbling about Comcast for weeks, I was easily enticed by WOW's door-to-door pitchman's promise of blazing fast speeds. A day after WOW installation, all I can say is 'WOW! That's slow.'
To be fair, WOW's installers were thorough and courteous, even if they were nearly 45 minutes late for my]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:29 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[OLPC 2.0 wows]]></title>
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			<author>(K.J. Hardy)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[ No doubt a noble cause, the One Laptop per Child project has had its share of challenges, but the recent unveiling of its next-gen model is simply too ambitious to go unnoticed.

For those of you not in the know about OLPC, here's the company press lingo:  One Laptop per Child (OLPC)is a]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:32 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's time for a new power plug standard in cars; I vote for USB]]></title>
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			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Here's a question: With all the advances in technology that have been integrated into the automobile, why are we still using huge, inconvenient cigarette lighter plugs to power our devices?

I pondered this question over the weekend as I struggled to figure out how to get a mini-usb connection to]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, May 19, 2008 at 9:34 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[We're checking out new Wii Fit]]></title>
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			<author>(K.J. Hardy)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Headband. Check. Laced-up sneakers. Check. "Wii Fit." Check. That's right, boys and girls. We snagged a "Wii Fit," Nintendo's upcoming offering in the world exercise gaming. We'll review it in Tuesday's paper as well as in the Health section of this site. Initial thoughts after 23 minutes of game]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:37 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Support a hometown doodler]]></title>
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			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Nine-year-old Connor Pogue of South Lyon needs your votes. The 4th-grader is one of 40 finalists -- out of 16,000 -- in this year's 'Doodle for Google' contest.

Doodle 4 Google is a competition in which K-12 students from across the country are invited to reinvent Google's homepage logo. This]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pressing my buttons]]></title>
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			<author>(K.J. Hardy)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[There has been one major causality in the iPhone era that seems to be apparent now more than ever: Buttons. With the popularity of touch-screen cell phones flooding the market, mobile phone makers seem set on eliminating buttons from their devices. 

While I never expected a rotary dial gizmo to]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:16 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[WSU students take top prize in Microsoft Imagine Cup]]></title>
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			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[What can you do with a digital camera? A lot, if you're Melissa and Jennifer Hui, two Wayne State sisters and students who took the top prize in the photography competition at the 2008 Microsoft Cup in Los Angeles.

Their photo essay project transported viewers to the cradle of the world's]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:58 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Get a bundle of Mac software and help a bundle of good causes]]></title>
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			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Mac users can get a steal on a dozen pieces of software and help ten charities at the same time by taking advantage of the latest MacHeist bundle.

The $49 package -- representing more than an 80% discount from normal prices -- features twelve top pieces of Mac shareware: iClip, CoverSutra,]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:57 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[And the battle over piracy rages on]]></title>
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			<author>(Tom Gromak)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Tech blog tweaktown.com has received word from one of its readers that a recent Windows Vista update takes out an exploit hackers have used to 'activate' pirated copies of the Microsoft operating system.
This just a week or so after word of the Paradox OEM BIOS Emulator spread across the net like]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:44 PM</pubDate>
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