Archive for: May 2007

30 May 2007

Disconnecting From The Twitter Hive

Filed under: blogging - 30 May 2007

I know many of us are overly concerned with Twitter and it’s lack of reliability. Some, such as Ken Camp, have expressed concerns about that and are thinking of leaving. His latest post, dives into all of the

29 May 2007

Darla Mack Giving Away a Nokia N76!

Filed under: gadgets, nokia - 29 May 2007

Well, okay, the Nokia N76 is coming from Cellular Blowout, who is sponsoring Darla Mack’s feed contest. The basic idea is: subscribe to her RSS feed and watch for the question and provide an answer as directed. Pretty …

Legal Dogs Called Off of Ring Nokia

Filed under: nokia - 29 May 2007

It’s nice to hear my employer did the right thing and called off the lawyers from Stefan over at Ring Nokia. It was, as I suspected, a huge misunderstanding. Both the law firm in question and Nokia called Stefan …

Is Linux Right For You?

Filed under: linux - 29 May 2007

This ZDNet Blogs article discusses some of the reasons why Linux hasn’t garnered a larger market share on the desktop, which of course Paul Thurrott, one of the most well-known Windows fanboys, had to chime in on. When …

Where Skype Beats Gizmo

Filed under: voip - 29 May 2007

Don’t get me wrong, I like Gizmo Project. I use it frequently. In fact, I love that, as Darla Mack says, Gizmo has become the new Skype for S60 Devices. Where you can’t get a real mobile …

28 May 2007

How Far Has Microsoft Really Come?

Filed under: windows - 28 May 2007

This evening, I decided to swap out the old Toshiba Tecra 8000 that I was letting my daughter beat on and traded it for an IBM T20. Rather than go through all the hassle of reinstalling Windows 98SE and all …

26 May 2007

The Sound Of A Draining Battery?

Filed under: phoneboy - 26 May 2007

I noticed something on my Nokia N95 the other day. When the phone was in idle mode (i.e. not playing music, making calls, etc) that the earpiece was emitting a high-pitched hum. I can make this happen by opening the …

25 May 2007

Light Blogging Ahead

Filed under: phoneboy - 25 May 2007

Between the three-day weekend due to the Monday Memorial Day holiday in the US and the fact my wife’s birthday is Friday, I will be a bit further from my computer than usual for the next few days. Expect lighter …

S60 Trojan Horse On The Loose

Filed under: nokia - 25 May 2007

Thru Engadget Mobile, I found out that there is a trojan horse program out there that sends messages to a premium SMS number in the background, thus costing you a ton of money. According to the Unwired View …

24 May 2007

Skype Out Quality Has Improved

Filed under: voip - 24 May 2007

Since January or so, I have been using Skype to attend the various teleconferences I need to call into. It used to be a lot more of a crapshoot, but now things have very much improved. The latest Mac version …

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