It’s that time of year, well, my favorite time of the year. You know, when I get to stock up on all the tech I want as I shop for holiday presents for family and friends. It often goes down a little like this: A gift for mom and one for me. A gift for […]
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Boogie Board Sync 9.7 by iMPROV Electronics
The Boogie Board is an electronic note paper. Need to leave a note or capture information on the fly? Use the stylus (read pen) and write it on the Boogie Board. You can take notes, doodle, illustrate a pointy … anything you’d ordinarily do on a piece of scratch paper or in a notebook. It’s […]
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Roku 1 & 2
I am a Roku fan! Years after purchasing my first one – I now own five –I can honestly say, this device keeps getting better. Roku allows streaming of online content to your television. This is a big deal, especially for subscribers to services like Netflix, Redbox Streaming, Amazon Streaming, Vudu and Hulu Plus, and […]
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Connect Wireless Flash Drive by SanDisk
The USB flash drive is central to computing portability. The Connect is a flash drive on steriods. It has the functionality and storage capacity of a standard USB flash drive, plus wifi hotspot capability. It allows for the transfer of files from several devices simultaneously. It also connects to the Internet on an available wireless […]
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Butt Identification? Self-valet? What will cars do next?
While there’s been no shortage of development related to automobiles, the items getting the most advertising lately are in the area of performance, alternative fuels and increasing gas mileage. But that’s not all. Auto makers are investigating ways to implement technology to transform the driving experience. From auto pilot to butt identification, the new ways […]
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All I Want for Christmas is New Tech Toys
Well, it’s that time of year again. No matter how hard I try, this is always the season where I buy something for you and something for me, something for her and something for me, something for him and something for me … I think you get the picture. So now, more than any other […]
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Peaceful Journey Heavy D
Music has the ability to move and transform a moment, a feeling, even a person. When music touches you, when the merged sounds and words reach you in that intimate way, you make a connection — with the music, with the performer, with the universe. I’m saying all this now because Rapper Heavy D, Dwight […]
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Texas Blacks Advise Looking at the Real Rick Perry
Recently joining the race for the 2012 Republican nomination for president is Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Perry, in his third and final term at the helm of the state, has rapidly moved to the front of still fluctuating field of candidates. Perry’s standard line is that he can do for the nation what he has […]
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From Memorial in D.C., Dr. King Still Presides Over Peace in America
“This started 26 years ago,” said Harry Johnson, president and CEO of the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation, with the vision of five members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. For years, he said, at each of the conventions, there would be a box, soliciting donations towards a national monument to one of the organization’s […]
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Former Md. Del. Kenny Webster, Dies at 76
When Maryland became the second state in the nation to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a holiday, former Del. Kenneth Webster was the person to thank. It was his legislation that brought the holiday here. Now, his service has ended. The two term member of the Maryland General Assembly, considered by […]
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National Bar Association’s History Provides Firm Foundation
“The National Bar Association was founded in 1925,” said J. Robert Carr, the organization’s executive director, “at a time when the dominant national bar, the American Bar Association, did not admit African Americans.” That year, on Aug. 1, in Des Moines, Iowa, 12 Black lawyers, “with a mutual interest in and dedication to justice and […]
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The Other Kind of Jury
When people hear “jury service,” they usually think of a trial jury. But there is another kind of jury, comprised of the same pool of citizens, that plays an equally important role in our justice system: the grand jury. The grand jury was established by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. Federal grand juries are […]