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Owners of unlocked iPhones hosed by software update

Owners of unlocked iPhones hosed by software update | Crave : The gadget blog
Well the war has begun. People who hacked their iPhones vs Apple.

I don’t personally have an iPhone, but I think it is ridiculous for Apple to treat their customers this way. If someone wants to hack their phone for additional functionality, they should be able to.

The law allows you to unlock your phone and I think Apple and AT&T crossed the line. Also, people did not receive a discount on their phone to be a slave to a service.

I think this is setting up Apple and AT&T for a lawsuit and a lot of unnecessary bad publicity. AT&T is already struggling with bad service and the sales of the iPhone are starting to lag behind expectations.

This move could have a big effect on stock prices of both companies.

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Excel Can’t Multiply – AppScout

Excel Can’t Multiply – AppScout
Well this is a major problem for Microsoft. They released a program with a major bug that would give errors when performing simple calculations.

…for example, it divided 65,535 by 26 to get 2,520.577. Then it multiplied 26 by 2,520.577 to get… 100,000?! Over ten thousand of these simple calculations gave the wrong answer. – AppScout

For a major spreadsheet problem, this is a big problem. They need to be more aware and test this a lot better.

According to AppScout, Microsoft is aware of the problem and is working on it.

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Post by Email working in WordPress

The post by email appears to be working. It is nice to finally have this option to post by email.
I travel a lot and have a good chance to think when I am on the plane. I can develop a thought on my Blackberry and it will post when I land.

I am glad that this is finally working.

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A Year Old

Well this is the anniversary of my first post of this blog, Mile High Soapbox.
It is fun and I really enjoy doing this. It gives me a way to write about things I enjoy and sometimes vent about things that are making me mad.

As we move into the second year of this blog, I am going to be trying to focus and write more and write better.

I hope you will keep visiting and reading and let me know what you think. Your comments are always appreciated, a good dialog is always good.

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Rockies Win 9-7

The Colorado Rockies won tonight beating the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 9-7.
With the Arizona Diamondbacks and Philadelphia Phillies losing tonight, the Rockies gained ground on them.  But the San Francisco Giants’ bullpen blew it in the ninth inning and gave up a three-run home run to lose to the San Diego Padres by two.

The Rockies are now three games back of the Diamondbacks and one game back of the Padres in the Wild Card Race.  They are now tied with the Phillies.

Five games to go and they are still in this race.  Go Rockies!!!!!

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WordPress 2.3

I have upgraded to WordPress 2.3 and it was as easy as pie.
I have had no problems and it is working great. I am greatly interested in how this is going to work, especially tagging.

I tried to use some of the plugins that incorporated tagging and they never quite worked.

So far I am enjoying WordPress 2.3.