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I have been the owner of the Blackberry Storm for a week now. My impressions? I love it. I must admit though that for all my love of gadgetry, this is my first “smart” phone, so much of my adoration might be due to that. Regardless, here are some thoughts. Having instant access to email [...]
Apple released iTunes 8 to the public on Tuesday. As a major iTunes user, I was more curious about this than the new iPods, the details of which we have known for a while. While iTunes 8 is certainly not a major update, there are some interesting new features. First of all, the much-touted Genius [...]
I have used Xnews as my newsgroup client of choice for many years. It has not been the most current or feature-packed newsgroup application for quite some time. So, why haven’t I switched to something else? First of all, I am a creature of habit. Secondly, I got to where I can work so quickly [...]
I love Christmas. It is by far my favorite time of the year. I have strict self-imposed rules though: No Christmas music before Thanksgiving No Christmas movies before Thanksgiving No decorating before Thanksgiving I made an exception this Saturday. A friend of mine obtained free passes to an advanced screening of the new holiday movie [...]
On Tuesday, Apple released a new version (7.0) of their iTunes music software. Here are my first, shotgun impressions of it after a couple days of use. Installation was painless, with no reboot required. I launched iTunes (with its new, blue icon) and was immediately greeted by a prompt informing me that iTunes was not [...]
“I love the Power Glove…it’s so bad” Last night, I had the pleasure of reacquainting myself with a cinematic masterpiece from my youth – The Wizard. In 1989, The Wizard took the nation by storm with its harrowing tale of three kids determined to make it to “Video Armageddon,” a national Nintendo competition at Universal [...]
I had intended to do a much more through review than this. Unfortunately, I have just not had the free time to devote to it. So, I have written up some initial thoughts. Time permitting; I will post a revised version in the future. I will also be adding screenshots tonight. I forgot to upload [...]
Google has decided to expand its horizons yet again by reaching into the spreadsheet arena. Google Spreadsheets went into limited testing. I signed up for and received an invitation. I’ve spent a little time playing with it, and so far, I am very impressed. Admittedly, I am not the most advanced Excel user. I just [...]
Just wanted to throw out a recommendation for one of my favorite sites on the web: SecurityFocus.com. If you have any desire to keep up with the world of security, you need to bookmark this site. From their excellent columnists, to their security mailing lists and the famous Bugtraq, SecurityFocus offers excellent resources for the [...]
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years, you have probably at least heard of, if not used, an iPod at one time or another. However, if you have been enjoying the soothing shade of the underside of a rock, an iPod is Apple’s incredibly popular portable music player. In [...]