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Technology

All grown-ups know about the importance of estate planning. Even if we don’t always heed the good advice, we know that we need a will, life insurance, and an estate plan, and we know what we need to do to ensure that our money and property is distributed efficiently and in accordance with our wishes. [...]

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I was raised by video games. Some of my fondest childhood memories involve jumping on the heads of pixilated crocodiles in Pitfall, or fighting evil aliens and mad scientists in Maniac Mansion. To this day, I find it hard to pass by a flying turtle without giving it a little stomp and kicking the shell [...]

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Apple Drops DRM from iTunes

January 7, 2009

Digital music just got a little friendlier. Apple announced yesterday that it will be removing DRM locks from iTunes music downloads. This marks a significant shift in focus for Apple and the major record labels and is mostly good news for consumers, although some songs will be increasing and price and upgrading your old downloads [...]

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Here’s further proof in support of my theory that Google is taking over the world and has almost certainly tapped my phones- their latest project, Google Flu Trends, tracks projected flu activity based on the frequency of related search terms. From the site:
“We’ve found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google [...]

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I’m pretty lucky- I haven’t had a major data loss since 2002. I was in my first semester of law school at the time and using an old laptop for taking notes in class, carting it back and forth in my backpack. Every Wednesday morning after first class, Dean Peter Hogg (arguably Canada’s foremost constitutional [...]

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