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Z2K9: 30GB Zunes Everywhere Locking Up for the New Year
It seems that Microsoft’s “iPod Killer” 30GB Zune players are all failing in unison as the New Year approaches across the globe for some reason. On startup, as the device boots, it seems to hang at the last bit of the boot process — the worst part is that the devices all seem to have [...]
Continue reading...Technology Reviews
Friday, November 16, 2007
Welcome to the Technology Reviews section. Below you will find reviews for computer software, hardware, online services and anything else related to technology. Hardware BlackBerry Storm Review Dell 3008 WFP 30″ LCD Review NetFlix Roku Streaming Movie Device Review OLPC (On Laptop Per Child) Laptop Review Olympus 1030SW Waterproof Camera Review Onkyo DS-A2 iPod Dock Review Sony DR-BT21G/B & Sony TMR-BT8IP Bluetooth Review T-Mobile [...]
Continue reading...Apple Stops Linux iPod Use
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Nice. Apple has decided to start writing out “some kind of hash” to iPods beginning with the new iPods that doesn’t allow the device to report the correct contents and/or transfer files. So far what this means is that iPods will no longer support 3rd party developers meaning all the “iPod” support on Linux for [...]
Continue reading...Don’t Buy an iPod Right Now
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Looks like Apple is slowing down iPod shipments to retailers, suggesting that they are trying to sell out the current stock before a new product rolls out.
Continue reading...Apple Gets the Anti-Monopoly Microsoft Treatment
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Looks like Apple is getting the Microsoft-treatment from Germany, France and likely more. I’m actually happy to see this for two reasons: It is incredibly frustrating that using an iPod requires iTunes. On Linux? Tough luck. I think it’s fair that a company that completely dominates a market needs to play by some different rules than if it’s [...]
Continue reading...Note to Apple: Product QA is a good thing
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Some history on me: I was a devout Microsoft/Windows guy from Windows 3.1 days until Windows 98/2k. The incescent crashing and blue screens got old quickly so I started to dabble in Linux. I’ve been back and forth between the two since then appreciated strengthes and weaknesses in both. I got an iPod Nano as a [...]
Continue reading...Get iPod Podcast Synchronization Working on Ubuntu 6.06
Monday, July 24, 2006
Well after my long-winded first week with Ubuntu outlined here I got a ton of excellent feedback from folks on how to make my life easier. This post covers one of the tips which was how to get my iPod working with linux using Amarok 1.4.1. It turns out that using Amarok 1.4.1 is going [...]
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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