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BUCK'S BYTES: Sorkin a perfect pick for Jobs movie

Aaron Sorkin is a great choice to write a movie based on the best-selling book about Steve Jobs' life.

BUCK'S BYTES: A tough read on e-book industry

If you're like me and like to read books in an electronic format, it's a little complicated to understand why they cost what they do.

BUCK'S BYTES: At what point do we get serious on alternative energy?

America needs to think big to change the game on energy policy, and nothing should be off the table.

BUCK'S BYTES: Say hello to my little Apple TV

Lost in all the hype surrounding the third-generation iPad release is the little box that could known as Apple TV.

BUCK'S BYTES: New iPad poised to raise the bar again

"Just" a better screen. That's kind of an understatement on what will blow you away about the new iPad.

BUCK'S BYTES: The boom boom pow of rocket history

Huntsville's space center provides some great exhibits to learn about NASA's rockets and the men behind them.

BUCK'S BYTES: From orbit to exoplanets

A mere 50 years after John Glenn's orbit, we find our new frontiers light-years away.

BUCK'S BYTES: Newt's big idea has big problems

Gingrich has big ideas for a moon base, but the reality just doesn't line up with his policy goals.

BUCK'S BYTES: Fink, you've done well

To avoid the sin of burying the lead to this story, let me state the unfortunate news. UGA professor Conrad Fink, a former vice president of the Associated Press, died Saturday.

BUCK'S BYTES: Everybody loves a good countdown

I love countdowns. You love countdowns. Otherwise, every website in the western hemisphere -- probably the eastern one, too -- wouldn't be running them the entire month of December.

BUCK'S BYTES: Brighten up the holiday with LEDs

I have seen plenty of light displays this year, and I am glad to see more of you joining me in using LED Christmas lights.

BUCK'S BYTES: A match made in heaven, or at least the cloud

When it launched about a month ago, I really didn't know much more about iTunes Match other than it would allow me to access all of my home computer's songs in my iTunes library through the cloud.

BUCK'S BYTES: Some video games can wear you out

Video games aren't so lazy anymore. We have come a long way since Pong.

BUCK'S BYTES: Don't make that 'T' stand for 'tacky'

Can we all please act mature during a Munson tribute?

BUCK'S BYTES: Munson one of a kind

Thanks to Larry Munson, we always got the picture.

BUCK'S BYTES: A fix usually includes making something better

Leave it to Hollywood to invent some new way to fix something by making it worse.

BUCK'S BYTES: That was close!

An asteroid flying 202,000 miles away is a little too close for comfort.

BUCK'S BYTES: Down with the sickness

A little sickness can knock you down, but you've got to bounce back and show it who's boss.

BUCK'S BYTES: This iPad thing might be a winner

In case you don't know, I like gadgets. The first gadgets I remember really loving were a very old Atari game system and later the Nintendo Entertainment System. I can vividly remember thinking how awesome it was to get Baseball for the NES. That's the game's name: Baseball. I bought ...

BUCK'S BYTES: iOS 5: It's here and you know you'll love it

Ever since Steve Jobs unveiled iOS 5 and iCloud this summer in what turned out to be his final keynote address, I have been keenly waiting for this upgrade. On Wednesday, it arrived.

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