Unlocking the iPhone has always been a tedious task compared to other phones. While you can easily obtain BlackBerry unlock codes for less than a dollar to enter into your phone for carrier-free calling in a matter of minutes, the iPhone requires a considerably more in-depth procedure to accomplish the same thing. It starts with…
Read MoreAll of the notebook computers at Future Shop (except Apple and Dell computers) have been shipping with French Canadian keyboards for about 2(+?) years now. They are annoying. They are restrictive. They cause typos ALL the time. Yet, nearly all of the big name manufacturers are still shipping them. Why are they doing this to…
Read MoreFrom the first time I saw the Marvel app for iPad reviewed, I knew that reading comic books had never looked better or more intuitive on an electronic device. Reading on the iPhone screen is similar, but certainly too small. Reading on my laptop seemed to work well, but it was definitely uncomfortable trying to…
Read MoreI sat down on this nice and quiet Saturday, with the sun streaming through the trees (and my window), to take a read through my long list of unread articles in NetNewsWire. It was then I realized that I hadn’t had a chance, or thought, to read through my selected news feeds in many weeks!…
Read MoreLong ago, when VMWare Fusion was first announced, Parallels Desktop was the only way of running Windows on a Mac (I think this was even before Boot Camp came along). VMWare was the sort-of goliath virtualization company, having long since been making Windows and Linux based virtualization solutions. I remember downloading the trial of Parallels…
Read MoreIt turns out there’s an issue getting many Microsoft Bluetooth mice working with Ubuntu 9.04. In my brief research on the topic, I have learned that in an attempt to make Bluetooth configuration easier for 9.xx, the Bluetooth stack used by default was changed, and sadly does not update through the normal system updates. After…
Read MoreNetbooks are an interesting phenomenon. Every day I see people purchasing them for both notebook replacements and the novelty factor, not to mention those simply upgrading from their 10 year old desktop just looking for the cheapest portable available! Although many are able to succeed at replacing their notebooks with a netbook, many are not…
Read MoreFor those with an HP Mini 1035nr, you have a Broadcom chip, and because Moblin was started by Intel staff, it appears support for that chip is non-existent. But! Never fear! Apparently the Dell Mini 9 also uses this chipset, and luckily this kind person (who apparently also has a Mac) has placed instructions for…
Read MoreFacebook: $1 Million A Month in Power Costs: “Facebook is reportedly spending more than $1 million a month on power for its data centers as it deals with an enormous volume of user-generated content. Looks like Zuckerberg needs to take a hint from Google and start submerging their datacentres. That particular article mentions that the…
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