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Video and Pictures from Microsoft Store Grand Opening in Scottsdale
Many thanks to Chris Hunkele for the pics and video’s from the grand opening! If you live in Phoenix or Scottsdale you like saw the news that Microsoft has opened it’s first (new) Microsoft Store in the Scottsdale Fashion Square mall and from the looks of things, it was a huge hit. With a few hundred [...]
Continue reading...Apple iPhone Texas Hold’Em
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Poker apps quickly became one of the most popular genres when Apple release the iPhone and App Store, and for good reason. Not only do millions of people around the world love to play poker, but it’s a great fit for the iPhone in general, as it lets people enjoy the game of poker no [...]
Continue reading...Mac OS X Offers 2x Battery Life than Vista or Windows 7
Monday, July 13, 2009
I’m not a fan of Macs generally speaking, but due to recent realizations that Microsoft was never going to create an operating system that didn’t share fundamental behaviors with all past and present versions of Windows — I’ve decided to jump ship and get a computer that will “just work”. Keep in mind I don’t [...]
Continue reading...Windows 7 – It Just Works… As Long as You Don’t Use It
Monday, July 13, 2009
I’ve been using Windows 7 since the RC was announced a few months ago and we’ve had quite a bit to say about it — mostly all good. Over the last month I’ve noticed a trend in my Windows 7 install (that I use as my primary desktop and work machine) that was feeling all too [...]
Continue reading...How to Install iPhone 3.0 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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...Apple Mass-Purchases Touchscreens from Wintek — For Netbooks?
Monday, March 9, 2009
While it’s surely a mockup right now, the picture above might not be so far off from a 10″ Mac Netbook from Apple rumored to be approaching Q3 of 2009. The movement in the industry that seems to have tipped Apple’s hand early (besides everyone waiting for a Netbook from Apple for about 20 years now) [...]
Continue reading...How to Install iPhone 2.2.1 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone
Friday, February 13, 2009
Update #1: There is now a guide for installing, jailbreak and unlocking the iPhone 3.0 Firmware. NOTE: This is an update to our Firmware 2.1 Guide, which was an update to our Firmware 2.0 Guide. Outline Introduction Who is this Guide For Details You Should Know Getting Started Applying the Firmware Update Unlocking the iPhone w/ the 2.2.1 Firmware Introduction This document looks long and [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Will Never Understand Usability – Vista Device Driver Security Example
Monday, November 17, 2008
We took our first look at Microsoft’s inbility to create something genuinely useful and a minature review of Vista when we evaluated Windows Vista Backup at the beginning of the year. The premise of that article being that by evaluating a single program, and all the usability/functionality flaws it had, you got an impression of [...]
Continue reading...Apple on the Offensive-Offensive with New Mac Ads
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
You could probably say the first time Apple ever released the “I’m a Mac” ads, they were on the offensive against Microsoft, beginning a war on perception of which operating system and computing platform was superior. Microsoft didn’t reply for years, but after giving Mac all the fodder they could ever want with the abortion that [...]
Continue reading...Please Fix the iPhone – Vote on iPhone Issues for Apple
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
What you see above is a screenshot of the “Please fix the iPhone” (PFTI) site. The website is very much like Dell’s Idea Storm site in that it asks for community input on what things they want from Dell, allowing others to vote up or vote down those ideas and leave comments about them. The PFTI [...]
Continue reading...Web 2.0: Content Delivery Monopolies for All! (Google, Amazon, Apple)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
It was announced yesterday that YouTube (Google) is partnering with both Amazon and Apple to begin selling video games and music respectively. The idea is that content on YouTube identified as belonging to a certain video game or song would be associated with what amounts to a “Buy it Now” button that would take you over [...]
Continue reading...How to Install iPhone 2.1 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Update #4: There is now a guide for installing, jailbreak and unlocking the iPhone 3.0 Firmware. Update #3: We have completed an updated Guide to installing the iPhone 2.2.1 Firmware on a Jailbroken/Unlocked iPhone. Update #2: This is an update to our previous article covering how to install the iPhone 2.0 Firmware on your T-Mobile-enabled iPhone. Now [...]
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
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