Archive for the 'technology' Category

iPhone 2.2.1 Update Available Now, Fixes Bugs

I am going to download it right now.
The iPhone 2.2.1 update just hit, and it promises to fix various Safari, Mail and Camera bugs.
It applies to iPhone and iPhone 3G (no iPod Touch yet
iPod Touch’s update seems like it’s here too), and doesn’t seem like it
introduces new features. We’re installing and looking into it for [...]

AT&T offers details on its first 3G femtocell

I look forward to hearing more info about this, especially since my cell phone does not get reception in my office.
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We heard a lot about femtocells last year. A femtocell is a device that allows your cellular phone to connect to the Internet for calls to provide better coverage indoors. So far there have been [...]

HP Giveaway at Techie Diva

Make sure and go over to Techie Dive and enter to win the HP drawing.  Click her to enter.
For information about the giveaway go to the HP Magic Giveaway page.
If I were to win, I plan to give one of the laptops to my church. They could really use a [...]

Notebooks.com’s Magic Giveaway with HP and Microsoft

If you haven’t already make sure and go to Notebooks.com and enter the HP giveaway.  Go here to enter.For more details see the HP website at http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/blogger-magic/.

HP Magic Giveaway

Make sure and enter the HP Magic Giveaway at Jake Ludington’s HP Magic Giveaway.

The Top 10 Searches for 2008

According to Yahoo, the top 10 Searches for 2008 are

Britney Spears
WWE
Barack Obama
Miley Cyrus
RuneScape
Jessica Alba
Naruto
Lindsay Lohan
Angelina Jolie
American Idol

BMW First to Use Microsoft Surface in Car

See here and video below:

BMW has hosted a video on how they are implementing Microsoft Surface for product configuration. BMW is the first car manufacturer worldwide to use this product commercially. By interacting with this multi-touch surface that runs on special hardware and software provided by Microsoft, customers can configure their BMW and instantly see [...]

Apple Faces Patent Lawsuit Over the Browser in the iPhone

According to Techcrunch:

A month after being granted U.S. patent No. 7,441,196,
a company in Los Angeles called EMG Technology is suing Apple for “the
way the iPhone navigates the Internet,” according to a press release.
The suit did not specify the damages EMG is seeking, but the company
has hired a serious gun: Stanley Gibson, one of the lead [...]

2nd Gen Ipod Touch Gets a Boost

According to Macrumors:
In part, the differences stem from the fact that the 2nd Generation
iPod Touch had its processor quietly boosted to 532MHz. Meanwhile, the
iPhone 3G, Original iPhone and 1st Generation iPod Touch run at 412MHz.
However, the differences must extend beyond this simple change, as
there seem to be substantial performance differences between the
similarly-clocked models as well. [...]

Hypocritical Apple

One of Apples recent PC ads (see at bottom of post) made fun of the amount of money that Microsoft spends on Vista advertising.  But think about it, how often do you see a Vista commercial vs. a Apple commercial.  I think the answer is pretty obvious.
But according to Netcrunch, here are the real numbers.
It [...]