Image via CrunchBase We’ve been watching the popular iPhone 4′s technical problems over the past few weeks with its antenna design. The iPhone 4′s DeathGrip is so common that anyone who owns and uses an iPhone on the road has experienced its propensity to dropping calls. As a radio technician (Advanced-Class HAM license), I have [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Apple, long known for having a near perfect security record gets nailed by its partner’s AT&T security problems. Turns out that if you own an iPad with AT&T service (which has only been on sale for about a month) your email address and AT&T cellular data has been stolen — at least [...]
Tags: AT&T·Apple·Consultants·E-mail address·General and Freelance·IPad·Security·Worst Security Breach
Like most people I cruise the ‘net looking for cool, new products. I found two that looked interesting over at HyperShop.com — an external battery that greatly extends the battery life of Mac Laptops, iPods and iPhones and an incredibly efficient and safe car/boat/airline/solar panel adapter. I sent them a note to see if they’d [...]
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The bad guys are using an exploit against one of the backbone Internet protocols to trick your computer to take you to their site instead of where you think you’re really going. Nasty stuff. Currently more than 52% of Internet users are exposed to this problem due to ISPs who haven’t properly updated their DNS [...]
Tags: DNS·DNS Providers·Dan Kaminsky·Domain Name System·Internet service provider·Protocols·Web Tools·World Wide Web
Finally — a summer camp for our budding film-makers. The Austin Film Festival summer camp started 15 years ago and has drawn thousands of participants who write and review screenplays and direct, produce and star in their films. Each camp provides a summer fantasy for around 200 children who get to perfect their various film-making [...]
Tags: Arts·Arts and Entertainment·Film·Filmmaking·Movies·Short subject·United Kingdom·animation·audio production·austin film festival·digital film editing and making·film making·kids camp·summer camp·technlogy and film making
Image via Wikipedia In the last few years, Apple has seen a huge increase in the business presence of the Mac, outside of the traditional “Oh, our designers use Macs.” How well does Apple and the Mac really play in business, and at what level, (SOHO/SMB/Big Enterprise) How well do Macs work as file servers, [...]
Tags: Apple·John Welch·Macintosh·Macs·Macworld Conference & Expo·Macworld Expo·News and Media·Vista·Web 2.0·Windows XP·mac for business
Image via Wikipedia Macs are becoming increasingly popular with businesses because they give users extra control. Additionally, Macs have a different configuration than PCs. Windows servers are Mac compatible, which makes Macs more attractive to businesses. Mac users find that they offer a more consistent feel than PCs. Macs are also gaining market share in [...]
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Image via Wikipedia [Listen here to get the inside information from the people who make parallels about how it will help your Mac run Windows while it's still running the famous Mac Operating System!] Parallels, an award-winning virtual machine packages, enables Mac users to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and their critical [...]
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