Lufthansa announced yesterday that they will be installing equipment for mobile broadband in 50 of their long-distance airplanes. Passengers will be able to logon and connect to the Internet throughout the entire cabin, just like you would with any other wireless hot-spot. There’s also access for devices supporting GRPS, which is a rather old and … Read more →
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 didn’t exactly win any prizes when it was released last week, but it does have some visual changes and new features you can enjoy, while you wait for Windows Mobile 7 to be released sometime next – here’s a list: Features MSN Widget (real-time weather, sports, etc.) Facebook Mobile MySpace Mobile … Read more →
Windows Mobile 6.5 barely hit the streets before new rumors are saying that Windows Mobile 7, which is said to be a whole new user experience, is going to be RTM (Release To Manufacturing) during Spring 2010. The picture (to the right) shows a slide from a presentation of Microsoft Office 2010 and at the … Read more →
This post is a sponsored post, paid for by ReviewMe. All the views expressed in this post are mine and are not affected by the fact that I have been paid to do this review. Pickaweb was formed in 2000 and is considered to be one of the pioneers of UK web hosting, concentrating on … Read more →
Microsoft Research just showed a prototype of how our office walls might look like in the future, based on their Microsoft Surface thoughts – having surfaces around us become part of our lives. The system is based on cameras, microphones and touchscreens and works a lot like the systems you would have seen in movies … Read more →
Yaro Starak, my favorite Internet Guru and the guy behind membership sites such as Become A Blogger, Blog Mastermind and Membership Site Mastermind, is soon re-opening the doors for the last time in 2009 to his Membership Site Mastermind program. The last time Membership Site Mastermind took in new students was in May 2009, so … Read more →
I’ve received quite a few questions already from my great techpatio.com readers, asking me how I get that message to appear at the bottom of my posts that (per default) says: “If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!”. I changed mine a bit, so that it … Read more →
I ran a bit behind with my Friday Flick Find for this week and so it’s actually published on a Sunday (well, Saturday, if you’re behind the CET timezone). I didn’t watch this myself until I heard about it today, so I just had to go search for it on YouTube. I’m pretty sure this … Read more →
A total of 472 Star Wars fans have joined to create a remake of the first Star Wars movie, Episode IV – A New Hope. The movie has been divided into 472 scenes of 15 seconds each. At this time, however, it seems that all 472 scenes have been taken – even more than once … Read more →
According to a new study from market research firm NPD, 12% of all U.S. households own a Mac. A big increase for Apple, moving up from 9% just a year ago. Out of those 12%, almost 85% also own a Windows-based PC. Actually, 66% of Apple households own three or more computers while only 29% … Read more →
I have an online bank account with NetEller that I use for online stuff, much like PayPal etc., except that NetEller also offers you a prepaid MasterCard to use all over the world and in shops. Which is great! But today I found out they had disabled my account (again!) to “protect my personal information”. … Read more →
This has got to be the worst customer support experience I’ve ever had – ever! Pull up a chair and pop some corn, it’s story time. Basically the story goes like this. A co-worker calls me up saying his Internet doesn’t work. Well, I’m the CTO so I offer to go and help him after … Read more →
Softpedia reports FBI announced that 33 bad guys were arrested in the connection with an international phishing gang that operated out of U.S. (California, Nevada and North Carolina) and Egypt. So far 53 individuals have been charged but the number is expected to rise to 100 in the coming days, as Egypt authorities have identified … Read more →
If you can count to 10, you can crack most passwords. That seems to be the case by looking at most of the thousands of leaked Windows Live ID passwords last week – they very often are just simple number combinations such as “123456”, birth dates or names. Passwords that can easily be found out … Read more →
The Pirate Bay has been looking to set sail and find a new country to dock at, ever since the Swedish court ruled that their provider, Black Internet, should disconnect The Pirate Bay servers from the Internet. According to TorrentFreak, The Pirate Bay at first tried to settle down in Ukraine but ended up with … Read more →
Japanese PC maker, Kohjinsha (I wonder what that means?) is currently showing off their new dual screen netbook at the CEATEK conference in Japan. The new thing about this netbook is its dual screen layout. The netbook comes with two 10.1″ monitors, where one of them slides behind the other, when it’s not in use. … Read more →