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Why banks use that awful robotic looking font for routing and account #'s

Why did banks settle on that very 70s futuristic — and downright awful-looking — font as the standard typeface for the routing and account numbers on checks? Is there something inherently superior about it? If so, why isn't it found on more official documents?

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iPhone: Regular Web is Good, but Mobile Web is Better, Especially Over EDGE

Safari's "pinch" technology is pretty amazing, but is it worthwhile to view regular web pages on your iPhone when a mobile-friendly counterpart is available, one which will load in a fraction of the time? For instance, on average Yahoo.com takes 30 seconds to load on the iPhone while m.yahoo.com loads in only 4 seconds.

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Watch the iQueue LIVE on Ustream.tv!

The title says it all.

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Social Bookmarking The Way It Was Meant To Be

A new social bookmarking service Mister Wong launched in private beta that has high chances to compete with del.icio.us. It really brings bookmarking to social level.

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Affordable Web Conferencing And Online Collaboration Tools: Reviews Roundup

You don't need anymore to be an international organization to reap the benefits of quality videoconferencing or to meet your geographically distributed team to discuss and brainstorm your next term goals. All of these activities can now be easily, and more importantly, inexpensively done by most any individual around the world.

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Fine EDGE: ATT&T Upgrades Speed on Cell Data Network

Good news! on iDay, the Edge network gets an upgrade and now is actually fast. Crazy news from the Howard Forums. AT&T EDGE users are reporting big speed increases on the network, with 200kbps and more on test runs.

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Internal Apple Stevenote: iPhone, iPods with OS X, and "off the charts" Mac

Steve Jobs spoke to the entire company on the eve of the iPhone launch about the gravity of the iPhone and what it means to the company. He also alluded to some crazy things coming down the pipeline, such as new Macs that are "off the charts" and hinted at iPods with OS X.

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