Archive for September, 2007

OnTech, the folks that brought self-heating coffee to the United States, have done it once again. They have added chicken soup and tomato soup to their self-heating lineup.
I’ve plugged OnTech in the past on the PhoneNews.com Blog, their self-heating coffees have pulled me through many sleepless nights (but more importantly, the days after the all-nighters). [...]

Apple today rolled out updated versions of the games available for iPod. Specifically, these updated versions work with the new iPod nano and classic.
Problem is, if you own a 5G iPod, and already bought the game, Apple says you have to re-buy the game.
The wireless providers however, begs to differ on this trend. On Sprint, [...]

As I noted on the PhoneNews.com Blog… one of our workhorse PCs failed. It was determined at first (on my end) to be a PSU failure. I’ve opined to friends and family the virtues of ordering a PC versus building your own. Now, granted, I can take PCs apart and put them back together all [...]

I am on vacation until the end of the month, but this post was done… and I’ll still be churning out reviews for phones over on PhoneNews.com…
For those of you who have been looking for a way to get your big files fast (and no, not in the Sprint failed-ad-campaign sense), here’s an option for [...]

I’m going to give Dell one warning. Give folks their 64-bit media for Vista, when they request it. Dell claims that OEM copies of Vista cannot be switched between 32-bit and 64-bit installs. This is flat out wrong, a photocopied misconception, and a rather shameful response by the world’s largest PC maker.
For example, you can [...]

If you’re a college student, Microsoft has a deal for you. They’re offering Office 2007 Ultimate edition for only $60. All you need is a college email address, and you’ll be sent a product key and download link. And yes, it’s legit. And, they expect to sell quite a few copies, the offer is set [...]

Many, including myself, have noticed that Apple’s iTunes 7.4.1 is causing problems with the iTunes Store. Specifically, people can purchase content, but when attempting to download, are told that “the iTunes Store is temporarily unavailable”. This has been happening for over 24 hours, and is reproduced by running the Check for Purchases… option from the [...]

Boy did I step in it. But, this time, hopefully in a productive way. A lot of questions about advertising have been raised, and with them… a few common misconceptions.
I’m going to tackle one of them: The security and privacy concerns of viewing ads online. Ever since people learned that a cookie didn’t always mean [...]

In case you missed the TV ads, Walgreens is offering today only a free ink cartridge refill in their stores. You just need to go to Walgreens.com and print a coupon (yeah, not helpful if you’re out of ink), and then click their store locator (which will help you find the nearest store with a [...]

Just a new idea I’m trying out. Once a week, I’ll take a comment I make from elsewhere on the web, and turn it into a blog entry. Nothing will change (not even to refine it)… except I will go out of the way to linkify it completely. The idea here is that it will [...]