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Has Apple become evil? No, but they are getting stupid.

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Has Apple become evil? The move of Apple to use software update to break hacked and unlocked phones is somewhat ironic, given the attitude of Jobs toward DRM , and the open source basis for OS X.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them.

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My iPhone 3G

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My iPhone 3G August 12, 2008 I once joined the “iPhone non-buyers&# group on Facebook. Syncing is way slower than on a regular iPod, and backups can take 1/2 hour, which is absurd.

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Happy Birthday, Gutsy Gibbon!

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Happy Birthday, Gutsy Gibbon! Wi-Fi, printing, my digital camera and even my iPod all worked immediately after installation — no drivers or other software required. Be Helpful.

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Why I won’t be buying Leopard

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I won’t be buying Leopard November 1, 2007 As many of you know, Apple’s newest version of the Mac OS, 10.5 , shipped just a few days ago. Be Helpful.

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11NTC Science Fair Preview: Giveaways and Even More Giveaways!

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The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off tomorrow and one of the key elements to Community Day is the Science Fair. This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out nearly 100 exhibirors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector.

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