dcharti

I'm a design student in Denver, CO and a professional blogger for Weblogs, Inc. I primarily blog for TUAW.com and DownloadSquad.com, and I'm working on launching a graphic, image, web and motion portfolio at my personal freelancing site, dcharti.com, soon. I'm interested in human beings and being human, and when not doing any of the stuff I mentioned in the first paragraph, you can find me making music (guitar, bass, vocal), snowboarding, on a mountain bike, or spending quality time with the loveliest woman in the world: my wife.

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Download Squad Interview: Free Software Foundation's Peter Brown

Gadgets & Tech – Download Squad interviewed Peter Brown, Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation, at their Defective by Design protest against the BBC's use of Microsoft DRM in their new iPlayer. We've made the interview available either as a text transcript after the break, or via the Download Squad podcast.

Submitted and Voted for on August 15, 2007 02:36pm

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Mahalo introduces Follow: Continuous search

Gadgets & Tech – Download Squad reviews the new Mahalo Follow continuous search feature. Offering live search comparisons side-by-side with other engines, Mahalo Follow also brings an interesting feature to the table: continuous search that follows your browsing, constantly evolving the results it presents based on the sites you visit.

Submitted and Voted for on August 10, 2007 08:01pm

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Evidence found that the iPhone will get games

Gadgets & Tech – Download Squad digs into iTunes software code and discovers evidence that games are coming for the iPhone!

Submitted and Voted for on August 09, 2007 11:58am Commented on 1 time: 1

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Google disables an official Google blog after deciding it was spam

Gadgets & Tech – Google's been stepping up their efforts to identify and disable spam blogs. But either the company is being a bit too aggressive, or the folks working on this particular blog need to pay better attention to their inbox.

Submitted and Voted for on August 08, 2007 07:08pm

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AT&T Wireless drops iPhone from main page

Gadgets & Tech – Rumors that Apple is wearing the pants a little too often in their iPhone relationship with AT&T have received a boost, now that the wireless carrier seems to have stopped promoting the pricey phone on their main page barely a month after its June 29th launch.

Submitted and Voted for on July 31, 2007 04:03pm

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New blog DIY Life gives away $4000 in tools at launch

Do-It-Yourself – DIY Life just launched and to celebrate is giving away tools (Dremmel, Makita, among others) and do-it-yourself supplies for the next 30 days. Each day has a different prize and the site already has a ton of good projects to check out too. Site covers tech, home improvement, hobbies, crafts and other topics.

Voted for on July 18, 2007 12:36am

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iPhone Tip: A better iPhone period trick

Gadgets & Tech – The period may be on a different keyboard layout than the standard alphabet, but that doesn't mean it has to be hard to type a period and keep on truckin'. Check out this tip to type better on your iPhone.

Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2007 11:20am

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Pownce: Up close and personal

Gadgets & Tech – We've mentioned Pownce previously on DownloadSquad, but instead of just a little preview, here's an in-depth look at the Kevin Rose start-up that is the object of desire right now for invite-junkies everywhere.

Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2007 01:26pm

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Staying ahead of the email crush: Mission Impossible?

Gadgets & Tech – It's possible to slog through a few dozen old emails, and even dealing with a few hundred is theoretically manageable, but what happens when your burgeoning inbox reaches epic proportions?

Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2007 01:21pm

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Anything iPhone can do, you can do better

Gadgets & Tech – Today we'll take a look at some of the features that make the iPhone special -- and show you how your 2 year old Windows Mobile phone or PDA can accomplish most of the same tasks.

Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2007 01:17pm

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Two possible fixes for iPhone activation problems

Gadgets & Tech – For those still stuck in iPhone activation limbo, we have a couple of tips and tricks might help you to get on your way. While these might not be sure-fire solutions for everyone, they sound general enough and have worked for at least two individuals, so they just might work for you as well.

Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2007 09:29pm

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Activation Video reveals some interesting details and... an 80GB iPhone?

Gadgets & Tech – Oh Apple, you're so sly with the way you slip in the useful (and sometimes bizarre) details with your iPhone demo videos.

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2007 10:13am

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AT&T and Apple announce service plans, iTunes activation for iPhone

Gadgets & Tech – Here we go again folks: this time it's a double-dose of PR announcements from Apple and AT&T that finally answer some of our biggest questions about service plans and activation for the iPhone.

Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2007 08:57am

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Firefox's Repeats Microsoft's Mistakes All Over Again

Gadgets & Tech – "In 2007, Firefox certainly hasn't destroyed IE's market share, but it sure has made a dent. While that's a positive thing in the name of choice and the triumph of good software, Firefox has quite possibly made a negative impact on the development of web sites and software when viewed in the context of accessibility."

Voted for on June 13, 2007 11:56am

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There Is No Privacy Issue With iTunes Store DRM-free Files

Gadgets & Tech – "In all likelihood, if you aren't sharing your personally identifiable files over P2P networks, you don't have anything to worry about, and an email address is the last thing you have to fret over if someone steals your iPod. The thief is after your DMP because they want your gadget, not because they want to email you a great offer on viagra.&

Voted for on June 04, 2007 01:02pm