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Chris Hunkele - who has written 22 posts on The “Break it Down” Blog.
How to Install iPhone 3.0 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone
NOTE: This is an update to our Firmware 2.2.1 Guide, which was an update to our Firmware 2.1 Guide, which was an update to our Firmware 2.0 Guide. Update #1: For 3G iPhone users, you have to turn off 3G before enabling WiFi right before unlocking in last section. Instructions updated. Update #2: For quick reference, T-Mobile [...]
Continue reading...T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 Review
Monday, July 6, 2009
Summary [8.0 out of 10] The T-Mobile Sidekick LX is well-built piece of hardware combined with a customized Windows Mobile interface that some may love (teenagers?) but we don’t see it replacing any mobile warrior’s BlackBerries, iPhones or G1’s anytime soon. Review T-Mobile has released it’s latest iteration of the sidekick, the revamped 2007 version, the “Sidekick LX [...]
Continue reading...Call of Duty 5: World at War (Xbox 360 and PS3) Review
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Call of Duty 5: World at War is a must-have COD title for fans of the series and a title dripping with enough polish, charm and replayability that gamers previously not enamored with the COD series might want to rent it and give it a try. Introduction Call of Duty: World at War [...]
Continue reading...Gmail – Right Side Chat & Labels
Friday, September 19, 2008
Google Labs added a couple of new features to Gmail that will be very handy for widescreen owners: Right side chat Right side labels Click on the little green icon at the top to see a list of available labs you can enable. .
Continue reading...Olympus 1030SW Waterproof Camera Review
Friday, September 19, 2008
Introduction Over the past few years I have burned through a couple of digital cameras, demolishing them to a pile of plastic and circuitry because of my active and outdoor lifestyle. I was ecstatic when I came across this camera, and picked it up on Amazon for a trip to Hawaii. This is a compact frame [...]
Continue reading...Windows 7 Coming Sooner Than We Thought?
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
InternetNews is reporting that next version of Windows (codenamed Vienna) might be coming as early as June of 2009. This had been in the pipeline before XP was released, but what comes as a surprise is this would be almost a year sooner, cutting into the anticipated life cycle of Vista. The information comes from [...]
Continue reading...iPhone Sync Issues
Monday, September 15, 2008
Our friend Grant has been complaining for a couple of weeks on how long it takes to sync his iPhone, and the newly released update 2.1 offers no help. It seems as though many people are having the same problem. But this takes the cake….. for Brandon Lusk it takes 8 hours! Seriously Apple? And Apple, [...]
Continue reading...Alone in the Dark Review
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Summary: [6 out of 10] Alone in the Dark is a collection of excellent ideas, none of them quite polished to completion and all put together in a relatively ho-hum story resulting in a rough-edged title that can sometimes be a lot of fun to play and sometimes drive you mad. Overview This is a action survival game [...]
Continue reading...Introduction to drop.io
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Drop.io (Drop-E-Oh), is a web based file sharing service. One of the greatest features is the fact that you don’t need to register to use the sites 100mb service. Some other highlights: Option for password protecting it You can choose the drop name You can add to the drop via email, text, mms, fax or voice mail via [...]
Continue reading...Still Alive!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
If your as big of a fan of Portal as we are, you all know what the “Still alive” song is. This week it was announced that the song will be available for Rock Bank. Well at the Game Developers Conference on Friday, Jonathan Coulton performed a live demo.
Continue reading...Review: SpinRite 6.0
Sunday, February 24, 2008
A friend this week had her laptop give her the dreaded blue screen every time she booted. After a trip to the Theif Geek Squad who told her if would be $1500+ to recover the data from the drive, I gave SpinRite a try first. I booted to the disk and ran a [...]
Continue reading...Olympic Blogging… Or Not
Sunday, February 24, 2008
With the August Olympics being held in Bejing this year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has given the go ahead for the first time ever for the athletes the blog about their experiences. Sounds great right? Well a long as you follow some rules: No photos No audio No video Entries are clearly posted as personal or journal-style Thank for [...]
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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