Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 10, 2009, 1:46 pm
The Google Mobile App for iPhone has been updated with several enhancements. The app actually showed up on Wednesday night in the App Store, but as with most app approvals, Google didn't find out...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 10, 2009, 2:09 am
Some ISPs are trying tiered broadband pricing, but AT&T is looking into tiered wireless pricing. While not being up front about issues caused by the data-hogging app phone, AT&T seems to be realizing...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 9, 2009, 2:02 am
Google's On Tuesday, the same day that one highly Google Chrome request was satisfied (meaning a Mac OS X version, though in beta), Google opened it's Chrome Extensions Gallery. This means th...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 8, 2009, 11:56 am
Seagate, late to the game because they were studying the segment, has announced its first Enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs). It's not too late for it to enter the market, but other companies d...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 7, 2009, 5:19 pm
Earlier, in September, Google launched what it called "Place Pages for Google Maps." It replaced the expanded info bubbles that used to be part of Google Maps, and verged on Yelp territory. As a way...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 7, 2009, 12:49 pm
AT&T has released a free application which makes it seem the wireless carrier is really trying to improve its coverage issues. It's called "Mark the Spot," and it's used to report issues with...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 7, 2009, 2:07 am
Tiger Woods is an example to the youth in this country. He probably didn't intend to be an example of the type he is, however. He is an example of how girlfriends, boyfriends, and other domestic...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 7, 2009, 2:02 am
When Microsoft earlier confirmed the Windows 7 Family Pack pricing, it made the comment that the Family Pack would be available "while supplies last." In the U.S, at least, those supplies are running...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 6, 2009, 2:29 am
The Domain Name System, or DNS, is the address book of the Internet. Type in a site name such as www.amazon.com, and DNS servers "resolves" that name into an IP address, which is a set of numbers tha...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 5, 2009, 2:01 am
As the iPhone's exclusive Chinese carrier China Unicom is finding out, it's not so easy to sell a product, even the iPhone, if prices aren't right, people have other alternatives to the pr...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 4, 2009, 2:01 am
It's nearly been a year since Comcast said they would offer a bandwidth meter. The meter is necessary because Comcast has a cap on usage. It's a relatively high one at 250 GB, but as no one ...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Dec 3, 2009, 11:37 am
Intel has re-released TRIM enabling firmware for its Intel X25-M and X18-M SSDs. TRIM is available in Windows 7, and its function is to prevent the performance degradation that SSDs see over time. Th...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 30, 2009, 2:03 am
Market research firm Experian Hitwise has announced the big online winners for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, and the world's biggest retailer won the day on Thranksgiving, but on Black Friday...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 30, 2009, 2:01 am
It's a grey area, but something that small shops and providers of free wi-fi might want to begin thinking about. What happens if someone comes into your business, and uses your free wi-fi to down...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 29, 2009, 2:01 am
This news shouldn't surprise anyone, certainly not in terms of location. Apple has begun field-testing the 4th generation iPhone in the San Francisco Bay Area. Developers of the iPhone app iBART...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 28, 2009, 2:02 am
You probably have done this yourself: used your vacuum cleaner and gotten something wrapped around a rotating brush, perhaps a string. In this case a Roomba, that autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner, d...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 27, 2009, 2:33 pm
You'll recall that Microsoft had first decided to sponsor a "Family Guy" episode earlier in the year, but then decided to pull its sponsorship. The reason for backing out of the deal was that Mic...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 27, 2009, 2:01 am
All it takes is a little loss in the legal arena, and boom! Mininova, the world's largest BitTorrent site, has removed all torrents except those that were uploaded through its Content Distributio...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 26, 2009, 3:09 pm
The App Store approval, or sometimes, rejection process has been a contentious subject of late. Sometimes Apple rejects an application for what seems to be draconian, or even nonsensical reasons. So...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 26, 2009, 2:43 am
4iThumbs has released a tactile keyboard overlay that fits on top of your iPhone screen. It provides tactile feedback to those of us who, despite our best efforts, just can't get typing on a touc...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 25, 2009, 2:01 am
There will be arguments about this for a long time, as it's unclear how experienced the iPhone typist in this demo video is. Based purely on the video, it would appear that Swype, the new text in...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 24, 2009, 1:04 pm
Newsweek has posted an article titled "Dial A for Accessory," which lists a set of must-have accessories for iPhone users. Number eight out of eight on the list: another cell phone. This all centers...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 24, 2009, 2:04 am
Apple has decided it's time to defend its BFF, AT&T, which has been under assault by Verizon over its 3G network. A pair of new Apple ads pick at the parts of Verizon's network that are vulne...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 24, 2009, 2:01 am
Rupert Murdoch has made no secret of his plans to monetize his News Corp. web sites by making them "pay-only," and he's also made no secret of his boast to block Google from spidering his websites...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 23, 2009, 10:46 am
A number of iPhone worms have been released recently, all targeted at jailbroken iPhones. On Saturday, Sophos reported on a new worm that is a lot more malicious than these earlier attempts. Of the ...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 22, 2009, 2:01 am
Smoking can be hazardous to your health, but it can also be hazardous to your Mac, apparently, to the point that it will void your warranty. That information comes from two readers of The Consumerist...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 20, 2009, 7:54 pm
Barnes & Noble's nook e-book reader is already sold out for this holiday season, according to a report on the company's website. Apparently, buyers weren't too concerned about Spring Desi...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 20, 2009, 10:10 am
We've discussed how using Facebook and other social networking sites can get you fired, or even keep you from getting a job. In this case, a Canadian woman lost her disability insurance payment b...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 20, 2009, 2:01 am
It seems like a very slight change, two characters less, but the meaning is definitely different. Today Twitter changed its familiar question which you would answer in a Tweet from "What are you doin...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 19, 2009, 1:56 pm
Google held an event on Thursday to unveil details about is Chrome OS, which was first announced in July. Prior to Thursday, only miniscule details about the OS were known, including it running on ne...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 19, 2009, 2:05 am
AT&T has lost round one in its fight against Verizon's anti-ATT-network ads. The company has sued Verizon, saying the maps and statements made in the latest Verizon ads confuse consumers. At iss...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 19, 2009, 2:03 am
Irony of ironies. Microsoft has been banned from selling Windows in China, the ultimate land of piracy. One would think it might be the other way around (if it were possible, that is). The ban aros...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 19, 2009, 2:01 am
Hopefully you didn't pay $100 for the Palm Pixi when it launched a few days ago. If you did, you probably feel seriously ticked off, as you can now get the Palm Pixi at Amazon.com for a mere $25,...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 18, 2009, 1:05 pm
When Google first started working on the Android platform, it was believed to be a smartphone, nicknamed the Google Phone or gPhone. Since then, Android the platform has emerged, and thoughts of a Go...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 18, 2009, 10:13 am
You can bet that on Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving, there will be plenty of people buying Apple products, including iPhones. They might even be using this new app to help them. It...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 18, 2009, 2:08 am
Addressing AT&T's recent complaints and lawsuits over its latest series of ads picking at AT&T's network coverage, Verizon has only three words for AT&T: "The Truth Hurts." As you may recall,...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 12, 2009, 11:53 am
Motherboard maker Gigabyte has released a BIOS update that fixes the iPhone + Windows 7 64-bit + Intel P55 chipset issue users are seeing. The update is labeled beta, which means it hasn't been f...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 12, 2009, 2:01 am
As many as 600,000 Xbox 360 gamers have been disconnected from Microsoft's Xbox Live service, as a result of modding (or hacking) their game consoles to play pirated games. Microsoft confirmed th...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 11, 2009, 6:10 pm
Honesty is the best policy, but one has to wonder if Steve Ballmer is pulling what's left of his hair out over this comment by Microsoft's Partner Group Manager, Simon Aldous. In an interview...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 11, 2009, 3:46 pm
Bing, the decision engine, and Wolfram|Alpha, the computational knowledge engine, have become BFFs. Yes, it all adds up. On Wednesday, Bing and Wolfram|Alpha announced that Bing has become one of t...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 11, 2009, 10:39 am
It's been a nasty week for jailbroken iPhones. First there was a blackmail hack, of sorts. Then there was a hack whick "rickrolled" devices, but was otherwise harmless (well, except for turning ...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 11, 2009, 2:03 am
Panda's new cloud-based antivirus software, Panda Cloud Antivirus, has reached version 1.0 and has exited beta, the company announced on Tuesday. That said, there are already new bugs filed again...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 11, 2009, 2:01 am
Following up on an announcement by Microsoft on Monday, in which the company noted it's teamed with JiWire to give free wi-fi minutes to those who perform a Bing search at certain "premium" hotspo...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 10, 2009, 9:45 am
Intel on Tuesday introduced a new e-book reader, one designed for the visually impaired, which can read digital files of books aloud, as well as capture images from printed material via a 5-megapixel ...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 10, 2009, 2:07 am
Microsoft has resorted to Bing bribery before, but now it's using free wi-fi minutes instead of cashback on shopping. The program, which actually began in September, relies on users liking Bing a...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 10, 2009, 2:04 am
The fab open-source alternative browser, Firefox, turned five years old on Monday. On November 9th, 2004, Firefox launched to a world in which Internet Explorer owned 99 percent of the market. My, h...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 10, 2009, 2:02 am
On Monday, Nokia said it would recall and replace 14 million chargers made by China's BYD Co Ltd. While many say Chinese products are cheaply made, in this case they would be correct, as Nokia ad...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 9, 2009, 12:06 pm
Intel, which only last month released updated firmware to optimize the performance of its second-generation 34nm X-25M solid-state drives (SSDs), acknowledged on Friday an issue with the firmware, and...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 9, 2009, 2:03 am
Verizon isn't scared of AT&T and its lawsuit, apparently. AT&T has sued over Verizon's ads showing comparative maps of Verizon vs. AT&T 3G coverage, stating the maps were confusing, but that ...
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Michael S. posted an article on Tech-Ex - Nov 9, 2009, 2:01 am
Jailbroken iPhone owners, you've already been warned this week with a different hack. This one uses the same "vulnerability" to "rickroll" the homescreen of jailbroken iPhones. To "rickroll" som...
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