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Written by Darrell Etherington. Lately I’ve been on a bit of a streamlining kick. That is, I’ve been trying to find simple, elegant solutions to multiple problems in one convenient package. Easier said than done, unfortunately. The problem is getting everything you need in one place, in ...

“British regional newspaper group Johnston Press axed its final 2008 dividend on Wednesday after saying its advertising revenues in 2009 to date were down 36 per cent,” Reuters reports. “The group, which has been especially hard hit by its high exposure to local classified advertis...

Flicking over my most frequented pages recently, I came across Jason Dike's column at Selectism. Jason was on the Brandish team when I first started out over a year ago but sadly he left last September, leaving us all awfully down-in-the-dumps....

Have any shoes that smell not so fresh?  Drop this deodorizing basketball in your shoe to reduce odor and moisture!  Comes in a set of two and you can choose from golf, soccer, and baseball styles in an ocean breeze scent, or the basketball in pine scent. $8 at FredFlare...

How can you improve the readability of any Web page for free?  Could a RAM upgrade be in order? Will Karma and a bad economy conspire to make Linux more popular? Are you a TiVo fanatic? How can you easily edit PDFs for free? If you’re looking for the best way to maintain your home or office n...

You could just predict the backlash on this one: David Carr’s latest piece in the NYTimes outlining a dream editorial meeting: “No more free content. The web has become the primary delivery mechanism for quality newsrooms across the country, and consumers will have to participate in fina...

“We’re seeing the newspaper business collapse in slow motion, but what will replace it? That’s the question behind a wave of start-ups trying to find a new model for local journalism,” says an article on AdAge.com. It takes a look at the new NYTimes’ ‘The Local...

It’s the first Saturday of March, which means one thing: grab your iPhone, prime your mind, and focus your eyeballs because I’ve got another selection of fresh App Store picks for you. Before we get to this week’s apps, there’s a stack of Apple happenings to run through. In A...

"Mary Alvarez is an Animal Health Program Assistant with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Office in Brownsville, TX. She assists the APHIS "tick riders" who work the U.S. side of the Texas-Mexico border, as they attempt to control the fever tick populati...