Archive for July, 2008

To iPhone or not to iPhone?

Obviously, the dominant story this summer is Apple’s release of the new 3G iPhone.  While there exist plenty of reasons why this remains the must-have gadget of 2008, there are certainly no shortage of reasons to consider waiting for one more model release before making the jump. dtsv.dtse_post_1544_permalink...
July 18th, 2008 | Cell Phones, Rumors | Read More

Domain SNAFU – GoDaddy flubbed up the release of .me domains

Today was to be the big day for GoDaddy, one of the biggest domain sellers in the world. Today, they were given permission to release the .me domain (just like .com or .net). TechCrunch reports: Earlier this year GoDaddy won the rights to distribute domains under the extension .me, which belongs to...
July 17th, 2008 | The Internet | Read More

I tinted my ride to dodge da 5-0, plus it powers my AC, playa

While American Auto Manufacturers are currently blowing exhaust up our.. bums about their plans to increase standards to 35 mpg by 2020 (Wow really?!?! That’s TWELVE YEARS! Twelve years ago I would have just spent 5 minutes connecting to Prodigy online service on my Pentium 133 Mhz processor at...
July 16th, 2008 | Randomness | Read More

And The Results Are In! iPhone Battery Tests Rundown

The folks at Gizmodo have done a lovely job of rounding up all of the battery tests performed on the new iPhone 3G this week. The results are varied, namely due to the ridiculous combination of things you could be doing with it. One thing that rang true in all tests, however, is that as far as 3G...
July 15th, 2008 | Apple, Cell Phones | Read More

Weekend Recap – July 14th 2008

Quite a few stories this weekend (of course being the first weekend of the 3G iPhone). XBox360 20GB for $299? Better believe it! – Gizmodo/Kotaku Typing with one hand… wait, its typing on one hand! – Engadget Internet speeds at 640BG/sec, that’s 17 DVDs of info per second!...
July 14th, 2008 | Apple, Cell Phones, PCs, Rumors, The Internet, Weekend Recap | Read More

No iPhone news (I didn't get one) but let's talk more about the BlackBerry Thunder

No, I didn’t bow down to the Apple/AT&T gods and get a 3G iPhone. To me, it really wasn’t of a need or want. I already have a BlackBerry Pearl and its small profile and Enterprise support through my employer makes it the prime candidate for a cell phone. But will I ever get an iPhone?...
July 11th, 2008 | Apple, Cell Phones, Rumors | Read More

You've got a PC! Great… now what?

One of the biggest problems I encountered in my former life as an IT professional was computer maintenance.  Most home computer users buy a new PC and assume that as long as they don’t get any viruses, they’ve done all they need to do in order to keep it running smoothly. dtsv.dtse_post_1538_permalink...
July 10th, 2008 | PCs | Read More

SSD… Data… capacities… oh and power consumption!

So Just the other day Corey informed us that Solid State Drives were tested to consume just as much if not more power than it’s oldschool platter-based counterparts.. well now Engadget is reporting that Samsung has begun mass production of it’s 64 and 128 GB SSD Drives in both the 1.8″...
July 9th, 2008 | Apple, PCs | Read More

Vista Primed For New Adverts

Gizmodo informs us that Microsoft is prepped to launch a $300 million advertising campaign for Windows Vista. Their goal is to combat the popular Mac commercials that continuously beat the idea into our heads that Vista is one craptacular piece of software. Microsoft’s VP of Windows Consumer...
July 8th, 2008 | PCs | Read More
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