Windows Phone 7 (7.10.8773 codename ‘Tango’) has an unfortunate bug in it, where merely browsing to a standard website can crash it utterly and completely, to the point that the battery needs to be removed Continue reading “How To Crash Windows Phone 7 ‘Tango’ Utterly and Completely”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 8, 2012 at 8:27am
According to iFixit, Apple has ditched the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). Apple will be pulling all their products from the leading green consumer electronics standard, which was designed to help mitigate the negative Continue reading “Apple Drops EPEAT Green Standard”. …more
By rlemar •
Jul. 7, 2012 at 6:48pm
In what has to be salt in the wound for Oracle, Google has demanded $4 Million USD to cover costs associated with the legal battle over the Android mobile operating system. A brief filed in Continue reading “Google Demands $4 Million From Oracle Because Of Android Trial”. …more
By rlemar •
Jul. 7, 2012 at 4:27pm
According to the FBI, on Monday July 9th over 300,000 computers will no longer be able to access the internet due to a malware infection known as “DNS Changer Trojan”. The internet outage for these Continue reading “FBI Says Over 300,000 Computers May Be Unable To Access The Internet”. …more
By rlemar •
Jul. 7, 2012 at 4:26pm
Microsoft has officially confirmed that it will allow the $39.99 Windows 8 Pro upgrade offer to work from users running the Release Preview version, as previously explained in a Computerworld FAQ. So, does this mean Continue reading “Microsoft Allows $39.99 Windows 8 Pro Upgrade From Release Preview”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 7, 2012 at 6:43am
Google Now is a useful, if somewhat potentially intrusive service that allows mobiles running Android to give localized information to the user such as weather reports, traffic reports, when the next train will arrive etc. Continue reading “Google Now Service Hacked to Work On Earlier Android Version”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 7, 2012 at 6:10am
Two undisclosed sources with inside knowledge of Apple’s iPad plans have revealed that the company intends to release a smaller iPad by year-end. The current iPad has a 9.7 inch high resolution Retina display, while Continue reading “Smaller iPad To Give Competitors a Headache”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 7, 2012 at 2:22am
Mitchell Baker of the Mozilla foundation has blogged that development of Firefox’s sidekick, the Thunderbird email client is to stop. He cited that this is because Thunderbird is pretty much what users want and just Continue reading “Mozilla Thunderbird To Thunder No More”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 6, 2012 at 6:13pm
FixYa, the leading product Q&A destination on the web, has released the first report that compares consumer issues on the most popular smartphones. The smartphones compared are the Samsung Galaxy SIII, Apple iPhone 4S, Samsung Continue reading “Galaxy SIII vs iPhone 4S: User Problems Compared In FixYa Report”. …more
By rlemar •
Jul. 6, 2012 at 3:55pm
It’s something almost everyone has seen either between friends and family, coworkers, on internet forums and even commercials. The iconic battle between Mac & PC has been going on for as long as most of Continue reading “Mac vs PC Gap Reaches Narrowest Margin Since 1996”. …more
By rlemar •
Jul. 6, 2012 at 2:49pm
Battlefield 3 is to get a new “Matches” feature to advance the standard for online gameplay, as the official Battlefield 3 blog explains, “We’re taking the next step in advancing online competitive play in the Continue reading “‘Matches’ Feature on the Way for Battlefield 3”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 5:49pm
Infinity Ward, developers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, have confirmed that the popular ‘Terminal’ map will be made available for MW3 completely free. This makes a nice change from the paid DLC one Continue reading “Free Modern Warfare 3 ‘Terminal’ Map Available This Month”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 5:36pm
Point of View have announced the immediate availability of their POV/TGT GeForce GTX 680 “BEAST/Backplate”, featuring a significantly enhanced version of POV/TGT’s award winning proprietary high-performance/wide-bandwidth hardware design running at a base clock of 1162MHz Continue reading “PoV Announces the POV/TGT GeForce GTX 680 ‘BEAST/Backplate’”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 5:08pm
Pictures have turned up of Colorful’s latest graphics card cooler, the Shark Bionic, which is due to be fitted to their upcoming GeForce GTX 670 iGame Ares X graphics card – and eye-catching it is Continue reading “Eye-catching Shark Bionic Cooler Pictured”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 4:07pm
GIGABYTE today announced the latest Gigabyte 7 series motherboards, the Z77X-UP5 TH and the Z77X-UP4 TH, which are the very first to offer fully certified dual onboard Thunderbolt ports. Capable of connecting up to 12 Continue reading “GIGABYTE Launches Worlds First Fully Certified Dual Port Thunderbolt Motherboards”. …more
By michaels •
Jul. 5, 2012 at 3:35pm