Friday - November 21, 2008
I've been using a T-Mobile G1 for about a month now, and while it's the best phone I've ever owned (yes, I bought it), I haven't yet found myself saying "I love this phone." I like it plenty, don't get me wrong, but like any device, it's got things about it that are frustrating and other things that are pretty cool. The G1 is the first phone to use Google's Android software stack, though by no means the last or the only. Others are said to be in the works from the likes of Motorola and LG. This one is an implementation of the HTC Dream.
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Thursday - November 20, 2008
The much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm goes on sale Friday through Verizon Wireless, threatening to create some serious waves for what has been smooth sailing for the popular Apple iPhone. I've been testing an evaluation unit for the better part of a week and can say that the sleek new Storm is the most compelling rival yet.
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Wednesday - November 19, 2008
Among the titles Nintendo highlighted during E3 this year, "Animal Crossing: City Folks" stood out. Previously a bestselling franchise on the Nintendo GameCube, the updated Wii version, Nintendo said, would take advantage of the console's Internet connection and new Wii Speak microphone accessory to connect gamers with other players near and far.
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Wednesday - November 19, 2008
After Apple began selling Macintosh systems based on Intel processors, a program called "Parallels Desktop" was released that let you run Windows in a window on a Mac. It instantly became the de facto standard for breaking down walls between operating systems on the Mac OS. Parallels uses a technique called "virtualization," which creates a virtual computer running within the physical, real computer.
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Tuesday - November 18, 2008
The new voice-actived Google Mobile app for iPhone is now available. For those who missed the news stories that -- somewhat prematurely -- predicted its arrival last Friday, it basically lets you say any search term or phrase into your iPhone and get search results within seconds -- even GPS-aware localized responses.
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Thursday - November 13, 2008
Let's face it -- most of the wares in the iPhone App Store are not exactly killer. Many are useful. Many are fun. Many are worthy of taking up space on one's smartphone. But Apple itself took care of most of the truly essential applications, the ones people really buy an iPhone for -- the Safari browser, e-mail, an iPod, YouTube and Maps.
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Tuesday - November 11, 2008
Netflix has released their Silverlight plug-in for beta testing that allows its customers with Intel-based Macs to instantly view a movie from an available library of 12,000 titles. Testing on a MacBook Pro revealed that the plug-in works well, and no problems were encountered. Testing was conducted on a unibody, 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro with 4 GB RAM and Mac OS X 10.5.5 during the week of Nov. 3 through 7.
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Tuesday - November 11, 2008
Just like anyone else who saw the original "Star Wars" when it was released back in the late '70s, I've always wanted to enter the galactic fray and emerge triumphant in a lightsaber duel, to cross swords with a Dark Side opponent and hear the vwhoom-vwhoom as my saber slices through the air and sparks fly. It's a fantasy that I expected would remain unfulfilled.
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Monday - November 10, 2008
Search and databases often have troubled relationships. Web-based search utilities have become essential business tools. The database is the lifeblood of many a business' record-keeping system. Both are vital -- just don't try to put the two together or integrate spreadsheets and other documents with them. For example, searching just doesn't exist with Oracle or Microsoft Access.
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Sunday - November 9, 2008
"Guitar Hero" is one of those "Why didn't anyone think of this before?" kind of games, so it's no surprise that the series' popularity eventually led it to the Mac. Aspyr Media licensed "Guitar Hero III" and published it for Windows and Mac at the beginning of this year, and now they've followed that up with the Aerosmith edition, which is a standalone game, as opposed to being an expansion pack.
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