The music industry is always changing, from the original LP records first introduced in 1926 (that were as big as 16 inches in diameter) to now being able to download the world of music straight to your phone. Since people discovered downloading music through the internet the music industry has changed dramatically. It’s now at … Read more →
American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) reports that consumer satisfaction for computers, appliances and pricey electronics such as TV’s are near an all-time high. And for the 7th year in a row, Apple is taking the #1 spot of the computer makers. Dell, Acer and HP are on a shared 2nd place with 77 points (an … Read more →
Yesterday I was working myself to come up with reasons I do not need Nikons new 55-300mm VR lens. Today I got myself a much bigger task at hand because Nikon has introduced their new D7000 camera which has everything I miss about my current D5000. I can’t really cover everything about this camera in … Read more →
Sony is busy at the moment, yesterday introducing a new speaker dock for iPhone/iPod, the RDP-X50iP, and today they’re giving us a brand new Walkman music player, the S750. This colourful video MP3 player lets you enjoy your music, videos and podcasts in unmistakeable style. Key features of the WALKMAN S750 are: Superb Walkman sound … Read more →
Sony just announced a new speaker dock for the iPhone/iPod with even more focus on sound. Adding to the growing range of speaker docks for Apple iPod and iPhone, Sony have added the RDP-X50iP. With a compact minimalist design, this latest model has been designed to deliver the best possible audio quality at an affordable … Read more →
No, you still cannot use Flash on any of the iOS devices like you can on your desktop computer, but, Apple has changed their developer guidelines to allow Flash-based applications, meaning that Adobe’s tool to (more or less) convert Flash applications into App Store-apps, might become useful again. Steve Jobs did say on June 3rd … Read more →
Last night we had some thunderstorms over Malta with a good amount of lightning as well and I’ve always wanted to get a really great shot of a lightning strike, so I figured I might as well begin to practice and figure out how to do it. At first I stepped outside on the patio … Read more →
Apple’s operating system for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad known as iOS, is now the third-most popular platform on the Internet, Computerworld reports. The three above-mentioned devices accounts for 1.1% of all hardware on the Internet during August, more than the 0.85% by Linux and only 0.2% by Android devices. Yes I know we’re mixing … Read more →
Nikolaj Sonne, a Danish tech-journalist and host of his own television show, So Ein Ding, is disappointed with the Samsung Galaxy Tab after having tried it on IFA in Berlin a few days ago. “It’s the same as an Android-based mobile phone. They made the icons twice as big instead of adding twice as many … Read more →
Engadget had their hands on the new Samsung Galaxy tab for a preview and several specifications are now available: Android 2.2 with TouchWiz 3.0 7″ capacitive touch screen with 1024×600 resolution Weight: 380 grams 16GB or 32GB internal storage 1 GHz Cortex A8 CPU 1.3MP front-facing camera and 3MP on the back 3G data and … Read more →
Yesterday, same day as Apple announced lots of new iStuff, Sony used the IFA fair in Berlin to announce they will launch a new video- and music service in Europe. At first it will only offer movies but later expand to include music as well. The service is based on their video-service, Qriocity, which already … Read more →
Steve Jobs and Apple just wrapped up their September 1st music event in San Francisco, showing us the next two updates to iOS, new iPods, new AppleTV, new iTunes, new AirPlay (previously AirTunes) and a new social media site called Ping. Here’s a complete overview of all that has happened in the 1.5 hour long … Read more →
Press Release: ASHBURN, Va., August 30 — NEWSHOSTING.COM, the world’s leading provider of premium Usenet newsgroup service, today announced that it has upgraded retention across all of its 107,000+ newsgroups to 650 days. This upgrade comes at no added cost to Newshosting subscribers. Newsgroup retention rates indicate the length of time that a binary or … Read more →
The current world record holder, Melissa Thompson from United Kingdom, wrote the paragraph (below) in 25.94 seconds on a Samsung Galaxy S using the Swype input method: The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human. Blogger Brian Sweet … Read more →
WordPress 3.0 has been out for some time now but I don’t feel comfortable upgrading to a new major version until at least one bug fix has been issued, so when 3.0.1 came out, I was ready to upgrade. Unfortunately I was about to go on vacation so I didn’t have time – but now … Read more →
I’ve mentioned TweetAdder before, but last time I really told my story was all the way back in January 2010 on how I got 500 targeted Twitter followers in 5 days. A lot has happened since then, as I’m now up to over 16,000 Twitter followers – thanks to TweetAdder. Not too bad, ay? A … Read more →