Archive for April, 2010
Apple’s Steve Jobs on Adobe Flash: Flash is the number one reason Macs crash
While Apple claims its iPad has the “best web browsing experience,” the lack of Flash on the company’s mobile devices is a common complaint. Adobe’s Flash has long been a standard for presenting web video, animations and applications, which means many Web sites do not function as expected when using the mobile version of Safari, [...]
GameChanger Baseball/Softball Scoring App and Web Service
All across the United States, one of the most significant signs of Spring is the crack of a bat at the local baseball and softball fields. From the tiny teeball tots to the big league boys of summer, baseball is a passion for Americans. But, so is technology. What do you get when you put [...]
WinX DVD Ripper- free Mac version, plus Platinum version giveway
We have turned into a multimedia consuming public. We cant wait to get our hands on music, video, and books. So much so, that we tend to create our own digital versions of DVDs when its not available on YouTube, Hulu, or Netflix. We “rip” our own movie DVDs for us to consume on all [...]
AMD announces Phenom II X6
This week, AMD announced their new Phenom II X6 CPU, 890FX Chipset, and ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series video cards. What makes this next generation of processor and video cards a cut above the rest? A new 6 core CPU, a first for consumers from AMD. The new processor is a 6 core CPU that [...]
Preview for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for Mac OS X available
Christmas has come early for Mac users. Adobe wants you to see what Adobe Flash Player 10.1 looks like on your Mac. According to Mac Rumors, Adobe has released a preview release of the 10.1 Flash Player for Mac OS X that supports H.264 video hardware decoding on Mac OS X 10.6.3. Hardware video decoding allows [...]
Mac OS X v 10.7 will not have an App Store
Right now, Apple developers are testing version 10.6.4 of the Mac OS X operating system. But, there is already a lot of discussion about version 10.7, not due out until sometime next year. The biggest speculation was the idea of a Mac App store being built into the operating system, which would only allow the [...]
Facebook transcodes video for iPad
Flash is just not doing well when it comes to Apple. With no Flash support in site, there was lots of speculation on what would happen with Facebook. There are LOTs of videos on the popular social networking site, so how was anyone going to view them, especially if they wanted to use their new [...]
Today Only: 17.3” HP Notebook with Blu-Ray & HDMI for $599
Another solid notebook deal from deal-a-day site, Woot.com. Today you can pick up a refurbished HP DV7 with a 17.3†screen and a Blu-ray drive for $599 (+$5 shipping). Remember, this deal is only good until 11:59 PM central time today! That’s just how Woot rolls. Check out the important specs below: Windows 7 Home [...]
HP Buys Palm for $1.2 Billion
HP and Palm announced an agreement for the number one PC maker to buy the struggling smart phone company for $5.70 per share, making the total deal worth $1.2 Billlion, pending approval by investors and regulators. Assuming there are no hurdles from either group it will be finalized during HP’s third fiscal quarter. That pushes [...]
AT&T Fact Sheet on iPad 3G service
With iPad 3G consumers anxiously awaiting their Friday delivery, AT&T decided to put own a fact sheet about how the iPad 3G service was going to work. The PDF includes information on the monthly domestic data plan: Domestic Data Plans for iPad Recurring monthly charge with no long term contract • $14.99 per month for [...]
