Archive for June, 2010
Google Chrome Now With Flash
No the headline is not a comment on how cool the browser from search giant Google is. Google Chrome now has the ability to play Flash content built in. The latest build of Chrome (5.0.375.86) has, ”The integrated flash player … enabled by default…”. I’m not a fan of flash even though it is almost a necessary evil on [...]
Virgin Mobile MiFi Coming July 28th
Virgin Mobile continues to offer the best deal on pre-paid mobile broadband service and with the release of a pre-paid MiFi device on Virgin Mobile the deal is about to get better. The Virgin Mobile MiFi unit is a 3G Novatel MiFi unit that will be available on July 28th for $150 online, at Best [...]
Intel Readies Android for Atom Powered Netbooks and Slates
If Intel has its way you’ll soon see Android running on Intel Atom powered netbooks and slates. APCMag reports that Intel has set developers to task “Atomising” Android over the next two months, with the expectation of providing a release to developers yet this summer. The Intel developers are working on converting Android 2.2, “FroYo” [...]
Skype Offers Month of Free Calls to Qualifying Countries
In celebration of the World Cup, Skype announced yesterday that it would offer free calls to the USA, Mexico, and many other qualifying countries for an entire month. Skype has offered affordable international calling rates for some time now, on a monthly or Pay As You Go basis. Now, the company is offering a free [...]
iPhone 4 Camera Issues
Users are having more issues with the iPhone 4 than just yellow discoloration and signal instability. Now added to the list is a problem with the iPhone 4′s rear-facing camera. Apple introduced the iPhone 4 at WWDC, with one of the highlighted features being the improved 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with HD 720P video capture. Reports [...]
Dell Mobile Workstations Lead Industry, Here’s Why
Dell Mobile Workstations, notebooks designed to meet the demanding needs of engineers, software developers and digital content creation professionals, were the most popular notebooks in this segment in the first quarter of 2010 according to a new report from the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Workstation Tracker. These high end machines are used for everything from designing the products most of us [...]
iPhone 4 Reception Issue Has Simple Fix, “Don’t Hold it That Way”
We brought you the iPhone 4 reception issue earlier. It seems that if you hold your iPhone 4 so that your hand is touching the band on the lower left corner of the phone, it will degrade signal strength to the point of even dropping the call and making it impossible to get a signal [...]
iPhone 4 Line at Apple Store
I didn’t get an iPhone 4 preordered with Apple. The reservation I made at the Best Buy in my area fell through since they claim they only got 2 of the 32GB iPhone 4 models. So I gave up all hope of getting an iPhone 4 on launch day. Today I was driving to Greensboro [...]
Windows 7 sells 7 Copies Every 7 Seconds, 150 Million Sold to Date
Microsoft announced this week that Windows 7 sells 7 new licenses every 7 seconds and has sold a total of 150 million licenses of Windows 7 to date. Microsoft has called Windows 7 the fastest selling operating in history. The announcement doesn’t differentiate between retail and business licenses, but it is still an impressive number [...]
How to Get Rid of Yellow Spots on the iPhone 4 Screen
If you were one of the unfortunate iPhone 4 owners who found some yellow spots on the lower portion of your iPhone 4 screen, fear not a fix appears to have been found. According to reports on AppleInsider, all you need to do to get rid of the yellow spots on the iPhone 4 is to use it. That’s right, it [...]
