Archive for December, 2009

Newsroom Network Formally Spun-Off, Temporarily Blogging Here

Hi everyone, another week long blogging break with-a-purpose. I’m happy to announce that as of midnight, Newsroom Network is formally spun-off from MechaWorks. Now, there’s still a lot of work to do, from removing MechaWorks logos and names, to setting up Newsroom Network’s new homepage. Because of the looming CES and related events, much of [...]

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Facebook Privacy Backlash – Companies Lock Down Their Walls

I’ve seen at least a dozen companies within the past month lock down their Facebook walls. As if Facebook didn’t need any more issues, after their latest privacy meltdown… here comes something else. In case you were living under a rock, Facebook decided to capitalize on everyone’s profile on search engines. They did so by [...]

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Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2 is Much Better, Ready for Prime Time

While I suggested mainstream techies avoid Flash 10.1 Beta 1, the new beta is much better. 1080p YouTube now works flawlessly in Windows and Mac OS X. It’s actually quite impressive, especially considering Apple won’t let folks author QuickTime X plug-ins. I do have to take this moment to warn Apple that 2014 could very [...]

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Sprint Dev Conference 4G Modems Finally Work

As I noted previously, Sprint 4G modems issued at Sprint’s Open Developers Conference did not work with Windows 7 or Vista SP2. Fast forward to last week. SmartView 2.28 was released, and I fired it up in hopes that the demo units finally worked. The result? They do. Download it and finally enjoy your 4G [...]

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Snow Leopard + FAT32 Format + Windows Mobile = Problem

I’ve run into a bug, and am having a bit of trouble pinpointing who’s side it’s on. Here’s the long and the short of it. Take an SD card, format it on your (Snow Leopard) Mac for MS-DOS (FAT32). Now, insert it into a Windows Mobile device. As I’ve found, Windows Mobile won’t read the [...]

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Bento Users: Issues Upgrading to Bento 3? Try Firefox.

Tonight I attempted to purchase the upgrade from Bento 2 to Bento 3. It didn’t go perfectly. FileMaker is offering Bento 1 and Bento 2 users a discounted upgrade to Bento 3 for $29. I personally think Bento 2 users should have gotten more of a discount, considering the lightweight transitions. But, this is FileMaker, [...]

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