by Mike, posted on July 28, 2010
As if Apple didn't already have enough problems pertaining to its new iPad, now it's being sued by three users who claim that the wildly popular unit overheats if left in the sun. The users have actually filed a class-action lawsuit, and the claim is that the unit fails to meet basic expectations because it allegedly shuts down if left in direct sunlight for long enough time, and it can't be us...
Read More...by Mike, posted on July 26, 2010
Competition in the smartphone market is fierce, and two of the biggest players are the iPhone and the Android. Man cannot live by phone alone, and on the first day he has the phone, he usually says, "let there be apps!" So who has the better apps? The answer to the question of who has the best apps probably is up to each individual user, but it usually all comes down to numbers. The iPhone h...
Read More...by Mike, posted on July 23, 2010
It's hard to believe, but the Internet as we know it is almost full. Under the current IP allocation system, 4 billion addresses are available, and given all the servers, PDA's, and other devices out there, those addresses are almost completely allocated. So that means it's the end of the Internet, right? Wrong. Things are going to change a little, that's all. Coming net is IPv6, which will...
Read More...by Mike, posted on July 21, 2010
Facebook is celebrating a major milestone: it now boasts more than 500 million users. Yes, 500 million. If it were a country, it would be one of the largest in the world. The social networking site has certainly made news in recent weeks: it may potentially earn over a billion dollars in revenue this year, founder Mark Zuckerberg supposedly signed a contract giving an ownership stake to a m...
Read More...by Mike, posted on July 19, 2010
Folks who wanted to update their Twitter profiles, change their avatar, or their background were met with anything but results today. For most of the day, they got the fail whale. After that, they were informed that "something is technically wrong," raising the ire of users, evident by searching that phrase on Twitter. Twitter remained silent on the matter for much of the morning, finally pos...
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Twitter users no doubt found this week to be extremely frustrating, as they repeatedly encountered the so-called "fail whale." For its part, Twitter blamed networking equipment in...
The New York Times reports that Microsoft has proposed to offer its European users the ability to turn off Internet Explorer during the installation of their soon-to-be-released Wi...
Research In Motion, the creators of the popular Blackberry device, released the official web page for the new Blackberry Curve 8520 today. The smartphone is the first "Mac-ready" ...
I have always been a fan of Canon's PowerShot brand, but Panasonic has no doubt become a player in the consumer cameras market. Today, Panasonic announces three new cameras in the...
