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Modern Day Uses of Floppy Disks, How to Set Up Your iPad 3G

by Thomas Houston on April 30, 2010 at 06:40 PM


There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • The BBC asked readers how 3.5-inch floppy disks are still in use today, drawing responses of beer mats, ATM machine programming, musical equipment, sewing machines and Peruvian tax submissions. [From: BBC]
  • Though today's release of the iPad 3G was a bit subdued compared to last month's frenzy, TUAW's got you covered with a guide to setting up your 3G, and making sure you can get your 'magical' experience from somewhere other than your couch. [From: TUAW]
  • 'Empire Strikes Back' still holds up as the best of the 'Star Wars' franchise, but the original trailer is narrated by Harrison Ford in a painfully silly classic Hollywood style. 'Jedi,' for that matter, isn't much better. [From: Slashfilm, via: Robin Sloan on Twitter]
  • Humor has eluded Microsoft for decades now, so it's not a complete surprise to see that a 'humor competencies' page exists on the Redmond-based company's website. [From: Microsoft, via: Geekosystem]
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Tags: bbc, bestoftherest, empire strikes back, EmpireStrikesBack, floppy disks, FloppyDisks, HarrisonFord, humor, ipad 3g, Ipad3g, microsoft, star wars, StarWars

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