It’s common sense when buying things like cars that more expensive = better. But most people tend to overlook this when buying smaller items, such as watches or sunglasses. Especially sunglasses. A common argument for people in favor of buying a cheap $20 pair of sunglasses is “oh they’re just sunglasses.”. People will say that… [Read more…]
March 26, 2011
A dangerous drug-resistant bacteria has been spreading throughout US hospitals over the past month, say officials. This bacteria — called carbapenem-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae — or “CRKP”, is immune to common antibiotics and is spreading fast across the nation. The infectious bacteria is spread by a simple touch, and works fast. Over 350 cases have been reported… [Read more…]
March 20, 2011
We are living in a special age. An era where more and more people are embracing open source software over commercial closed source software. Only a few years ago, open source was used by few, only the extreme geeks who had the desire to develop, collaborate, and tweak their own software. But now, in this new… [Read more…]
July 27, 2010
It’s not like I haven’t been hearing the rumors that have been steadily building up this week, I just haven’t cared. But this morning Apple announced three things that, surprisingly, I did care about. Now, to Apple fans every announcement might be a huge deal. But to me — a Windows user — these little… [Read more…]
July 24, 2010
Let me explain the backstory here. Back in January I published an article on what I thought would be released at Apple’s January event. One of the things that I (accurately) predicted was the iPhone 4, which was released a few months later. The article was pretty quiet (only generating a couple views per day)… [Read more…]
July 22, 2010
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past two years, you probably have a faint idea of what Windows 7 is. If you’re part of the 70% demographic that uses Windows XP, then you’ve probably held back from Vista with good reason, and probably don’t know why you’d even want to switch… [Read more…]
July 21, 2010
It’s come a long way, hasn’t it? Well, in some respects, no. In fact, Windows phone 7 only started development 2 years ago, not so long of a development for an entire OS, even more so if you consider that Windows phone 7 is a complete departure from *shudder* Windows Mobile 6.5, a platform long… [Read more…]
July 17, 2010
Do you have an old iMac G3 or a more recent G4 Mac? Do you actually still use it? Well if you do, you should take some steps to make them a little faster. The process isn’t too painful, depending on what you want to do. First off, if you’re using it as… [Read more…]
July 17, 2010
At yesterday’s ‘antennagate’ press conference in Cupertino, Apple made some things very clear to reporters. Here’s a brief summary of what Apple told people yesterday morning: Phones aren’t perfect Yes, the iPhone 4 does experience signal loss when held the wrong way Other phones do this too We will issue free cases of your choice… [Read more…]
July 17, 2010
“We prioritize performance over physical design if they are ever in conflict” says Nokia after Apple’s iPhone press conference yesterday morning. Looks like Nokia is ready to swoop in on any negative feelings Apple might have generated yesterday, after all, Nokia is one of Apple’s biggest competitors, and could profit from the sour taste iPhone… [Read more…]
March 27, 2011
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