Archive for December, 2007

From Android to iPhone, the wireless world certainly got shaken up in 2007. This year saw the first anniversary of the PhoneNews.com merger, the creation of this blog, and did I mention iPhone? Now, I’m not going to say next year will be “big”, “important”, or insert your favorite new year’s comment here… but you’re [...]

After last time on WordPress permalinks, I’ve questioned appending the .html to the end of posts. So, I did an exhaustive research of the matter. Granted, the .html is faux in nature. These aren’t static html pages, we’re just adding it to help improve search engine ranks. The appending of html does a few things: [...]

FYE retail stores are running a $40 rebate on Halo 3 right now. They appear to be mistakenly offering this rebate without the requirement that you buy an Xbox 360 (which appears to be where the rebate originated). However, the rebate makes no mention of the need to purchase an Xbox 360, and prints at [...]

Dell has updated the BIOS for three popular systems this month… The XPS 410 & Dimension 9200 have received BIOS 2.5.3 to correct the nasty Gigabit Ethernet blowout problem introduced in the last update (which was subsequently pulled). The Inspiron 530n has been updated to BIOS 1.1.0. Dell isn’t saying much about the update other [...]

So, WordPress 2.3.2 came out tonight, and the site has already been updated. But, it did remind me to write about WordPress permalink structure. WordPress has great permalink structuring, but you can make it even better. You can customize it to your needs, and what you’re site is using WordPress for. Right now, ChristopherPrice.net uses [...]

I just renewed my MacBook Pro’s policy with Safeware. I have all my big ticket tech items insured… so when they drop I can shout a loud “Yes!” instead of a horrifying, life-shortening scream. However, my relationship with Safeware has been far from perfect. I’ve had two claims in the past five or six years. [...]

Netscape, the browser I grew up with… is gone. Sad, but way past its time. I had hoped Firefox would have changed its name to Netscape (instead of, well, Firefox… the product has gone through three names anyways). AOL pretty much put the last nails in Netscape long ago, but it did show some promise [...]

One of the things that really irks me about Dell, is their laptop keyboards. They’re downright horrible in terms of noise pollution. I’m soft sound sensitive. That means if you’re chewing gum, I can hear it. Yes, it bothers me. And yes, you’re a complete moron if you chew anything with your mouth open (don’t [...]

If you’re like me, sometimes you get info that prying eyes might just want to see. Thankfully, there’s Secure Erase Trash in Leopard, which will cover the drive with zeros such that the data would be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible to recover. However, it’s simply not working in Leopard. Every time I run it [...]

Both Fox News and MSNBC will go high definition next year. For the HDTV owner, cable news has been one of the corners of the TV world that has gone into the HD universe kicking and screaming. Cable news operations, most of which have been on the decline for years (with the notable exception of [...]