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What the Apple Netbook Should Be

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:11:33 +0000

The has changed the way people are purchasing laptops. Smaller devices had been tried which spawned the entire UMPC market but it wasn't the perfect combination of features. A combination of lower processing power, cheap price and small size was the final solution to a formula. But the time has come to push the netbook genre to the next level and Apple could be in the position to do it. They have the added benefit of a market that is willing to pay a bit more for additional functionality and they also have the technology to bridge the gap between a mobile device and a full mobile Mac.

Watch Free TV and Movies Online

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:41:49 +0000

Your Cable TV is probably one of the most expensive portions of your monthly expenses I know that mine is. But with these tough economic times we are all tightening up the belt as they say and trying to reduce as many expenses as possible. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to watch movies online legally? I know you can find a lot of illegal places to download movies, but honestly I have never had the stomach for risking my personal pennies by using torrents to download movies. Here are some free places to watch movies online.

Unblock Websites at Work or School

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:52:33 +0000

Everyone is trying to unblock websites like Myspace.com or Facebook.com since so many jobs are blocking those sites. Unfortunately you will find that most jobs and schools will block the latest sites that prevent censorship. One website has begun to use a new method for unblocking websites by hosting a decentralized network that allows multiple people to host nodes that others can use as proxies from inside of their browsers and then get around the censorship that your school or job might be forcing on you.

Mobile Me Gets Updates For Syncing

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:23:37 +0000

The biggest failure yet for Apple has been the introduction and the subsequent horrible release of the mobile me email platform. For some reason Apple has yet to give this service the full over haul that it desperately needs. Mobile me promises so much. They offer you full push email, push calendar and online storage. This includes a full photo gallery. The problem is there are so many bugs. Sure some people have not had any issues with the software but that is a very small percentage.

Find a Person by Address or Name

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:46:07 +0000

Probably one of the most asked questions that I get is how you can find a person by name address or phone number. You see the website's advertised all over the Internet but you can still use a number of free website's to find a person online. With a little but of effort you can find out the information that you need. Now you are not always going to find a person on line. The chances of you successfully doing it are mainly based on how much they are on the grid. For example finding your young school teacher or coworker is going to be a much easier prospect then finding your 80 year old grandmother.

Make Bittorent Downloads Faster

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:09:54 +0000

Bittorent is a revolutionary program and protocol and it has really allowed people to trade files and other content like videos faster then before. The problem is the entire process can be slow. This isn't the fault Bittorent. Sometimes it is caused by your ISP filtering Bittorent protocol. Unfortunately there isn't much to do if they are making your Bittorent connection slower intentionally. But the other times it is because the amount of people sharing the file is too low. This is known as having to little seeders for a torrent. Fortunately you can find more seeders for torrents pretty easily.

Who is using your username?

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:41:27 +0000

You have been on the Internet for a while using the same username. Something unique and you spent hours thinking it up. Then you go on to a website like myspace.com or flickr and you realize that someone else is using it! Man that is so annoying. Don't you just wish there was a way for you to see if your username was being used by any one else? But how? There are hundreds of social sites out there, it would be impossible to check the usernames on all of them. Well not any more, a new web tool allows you to check the usernames of hundreds of sites.

Use Gmail on Your Desktop Gmail Gadget

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:11:39 +0000

No one can argue that Google has been putting allot behind Gmail these days. With the additions of Google Tasks and also remote calendar and contacts syncing with Apple, you can see Google is attempting to bring an entire suite of productivity apps to the consumer. One thing that I have always wanted is a way to have my entire GMail inbox on my desktop but not have to use a third party email software program like Outlook. Well now you can have GMail loaded on your desktop using a GMail Gadget for the Google Desktop Suite.

Push to Talk Blackberry Curve 8350i from Sprint

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:29:42 +0000

Our friends at Sprint are trying everything they can think of to hold on to what customers that they have. If you remember Sprint bought Nextel and the main feature that kept people coming back to Nextel were the ruggedized cell phones and the push to talk walkie talkie features that were offered on many of the phones. Now we have Sprint trying to incorporate those same features into the Blackberry Curve 8350i. But is a construction worker looking for a push to talk blackberry? Hard to say.

iPhone Nano or iPod Touch Nano

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:38:50 +0000

The prospect of Apple putting out an iPhone Nano or an iPod touch Nano is going to get all of the Geeks as well as the mainstream consumers all hot and bothered. I know it got me salivating pretty soon. Before the Nano I wasn't an apple believer. I never like the cumbersome size of the iPod and was never really turned onto the prospect of using iTunes for all of my music. Once the first pictures of the Nano were release I was amazed about how small and thin it was but with the Apple interface still able to maintain so much interface functionality. If that gives us any foresight into the way that Apple is going to produce the iPhone Nano or the iPod Nano then you can expect to see me on the waiting line.