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		<title>Apple needs to fix the app approval process, once and for all</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/03/04/apple-needs-to-fix-the-app-approval-process-once-and-for-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a developer.  I have one fun app in the app store, iMoo.  I&#8217;ll have more.

I am also someone who needs to feed my family and pay the mortgage.  Read day to day problems.

When one decides to take a risk and develop software, the normal model, say for a Mac or Windows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuse Time machine backups in Snow Leopard!</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/02/15/reuse-time-machine-backups-in-snow-leopard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/02/15/reuse-time-machine-backups-in-snow-leopard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple fixed Time Machine in Snow Leopard!

Elizabeth&#8217;s laptop died.  She had been using our Time Capsule under Leopard.  After receiving the new Snow Leopard based machine, I used the migration assistant to restore her machine.

Now she is on Snow Leopard.  After awhile, the Mac asked her if she wanted to reuse her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to design a great website</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/02/04/how-to-design-a-great-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/02/04/how-to-design-a-great-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Start with this site and then design your site to be nothing like it.  You win.
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		<title>Goodbye Flash video</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/02/01/goodbye-flash-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/02/01/goodbye-flash-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an example of what can be done with HTML 5.  A very pretty video player that will be free soon.

Sublime Video

Now, to replace Flash animations&#8230;&#8230;.
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		<title>Adobe fights back</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/30/adobe-fights-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/30/adobe-fights-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lee Brimelow, a flash evangelist for Adobe, made this site mocking Apple for not having Flash on the iPhone/iPad.

He had some porn in there I guess, and removed it.

In the end he mocks &#8220;Millions of websites use Flash.  Get used to blue legos&#8221;

Apparently this fellow Lee hasn&#8217;t realized that some of us have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPad</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/27/ipad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/27/ipad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The iPad is here.

In this edition, it is a large iPod with a 3G data connection option.  The iPad can run older iPhone applications.  It can run one application at a time, which is a disappointment to some.

The iPad did ship with a publishing system, the standard ePub ebook format and an application [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPad Liveblog Feeds</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/27/ipad-liveblog-feeds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/27/ipad-liveblog-feeds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
ihnatko
engadget
ars
gizmodo

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		<title>My Predictions for the iPad</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/26/my-predictions-for-the-ipad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/26/my-predictions-for-the-ipad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Apple won&#8217;t call it a tablet
It&#8217;ll be around $999 with 64GB
Apple will discontinue the MacBook Air
We&#8217;ll see a new publishing tool for creating content that goes directly for sale in the iTunes Media Store
We&#8217;ll get a new iLife (maybe the aforementioned publishing tool will be part of iLife)
The iPad will be the true beginning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple in talks to switch to Bing?</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/21/apple-in-talks-to-switch-to-bing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/21/apple-in-talks-to-switch-to-bing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hmm.  Many rumors about this.  Any truth?  Who knows.

I decided to take another look at bing.  Searches ok.  Maps don&#8217;t scroll well with two fingers on trackpad at all.  Maps use Silverlight, vs. standards.  That sucks.

Decided to look up local pizza places.  Clicked on the map.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube HTML5 Beta</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/21/youtube-html5-beta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/21/youtube-html5-beta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geek News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safari]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[go here and sign up for YouTube HTML5 beta if you use Chrome or Safari.

No more flash on the YouTube site, just HTML 5 delivering H.264 video.
]]></description>
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		<title>White House App</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/19/white-house-app/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/19/white-house-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geek News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, even the President has an app for that:
>


  Today, we&#8217;re excited to announce the new White House App available for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.  The White House App delivers dynamic content from WhiteHouse.gov to the palm of your hand.  
  
  One feature that stands out is live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin Pollak&#8217;s Chat Show</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/07/kevin-pollacks-chat-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/07/kevin-pollacks-chat-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is great and I&#8217;m not sure why I didn&#8217;t find it earlier.

Here is his interview with Felicia Day, after some funny larry king game bits.

Watch

Website
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		<title>Exactly why Microsoft Sucks</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/06/exactly-why-microsoft-sucks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2010/01/06/exactly-why-microsoft-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geek News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CES 2010 keynote.  Streaming via MS Silverlight.  They go to demo their own upcoming product, Halo Reach and guess what?  They block it for intellectual property rights reasons.  They block their own demo!

haha.  brilliant.
]]></description>
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		<title>Embarrassment for AT&amp;T</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/28/embarrassment-for-att/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/28/embarrassment-for-att/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While at the Blazer&#8217;s game tonight I tried to check email.

5 bars.  3G.  No Data.

Nothing.

Then after 30 seconds, no bars.

Then 5 bars, then 3G.  But no data.

All the while, a Verizon &#8220;Droid Does&#8221; ad is running around the arena.

Way to go, AT&#38;T.  This isn&#8217;t even SF nor NY!
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		<title>AT&amp;T Mark the Spot app fail</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/28/att-mark-the-spot-app-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/28/att-mark-the-spot-app-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey AT&#38;T, here is a tip:

If one of your customers doesn&#8217;t have a data connection, they can&#8217;t mark the spot with your app.

Maybe you should consider saving off a record and submitting it later when the customer has a data connection again.
]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays from Geeks R Us!</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/24/happy-holidays-from-geeks-r-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/24/happy-holidays-from-geeks-r-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 has been a tenuous year for many of us.  Some have been out of work, some have been on the verge of being out of work, many are starving while others are just plain nervous.

While this sounds like a downer for a Holidays note, I urge us all to remind ourselves about what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T&#8217;s Dropped Call App</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/07/atts-dropped-call-app/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/07/atts-dropped-call-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Report dropped calls with AT&#38;T&#8217;s new iPhone application. And yes, it will let you report them later when you&#8217;re back in an area with signal.

iTunes Link
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		<title>Google DNS breaks local screen sharing</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/03/google-dns-breaks-local-screen-sharing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/12/03/google-dns-breaks-local-screen-sharing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you set your Mac up to use Google&#8217;s new DNS service with IP 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4, you might find that you can no longer connect to other Macs on your local network with screen sharing.

File sharing works, but screen sharing does not.

Switching back to OpenDNS or Comcast DNS allows screen sharing to work again.
]]></description>
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		<title>Razer website fail</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/11/29/razer-website-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/11/29/razer-website-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geek News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s with these idiotic companies whose management says &#8220;Hey, people like our mice, let&#8217;s put up a cyber monday deal.  Let&#8217;s tell everyone ahead of time.  Let&#8217;s only sell 300 items for $1.  Let&#8217;s tell them it starts at 12am EST.  Let&#8217;s run this deal on our $9/month web server.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/11/12/dear-microsoft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geeksrus.com/2009/11/12/dear-microsoft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksrus.com/?p=1582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dear Microsoft,

I owe you an apology.  For some time, decades in fact, I&#8217;ve often chided you for your products.  I&#8217;ve poked fun at the quality and often sat agape with bewilderment as to why things were seemingly so awful.

However recently things became clearer to me.  I saw a couple of your advertisements [...]]]></description>
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