‘Featured Stories’ Archives
Google Chrome for Mac and Linux Out of Beta
That's right, folks. Google just announced that Chrome for Mac and Linux is out of beta. They feel they've squashed enough bugs to get it up to snuff with the Windows version and have released it as of today. Google is also touting its speed increases with the latest version for all three platforms. Since the first beta, they've increased [...]
New Ubuntu LTS Coming Soon
That's right, folks. My favorite Linux distribution ever is nearing the release of its next LTS (Long Term Service) release by the name of Lucid Lynx (10.04). The most notable changes in this release are: Removal of HAL from the boot process. This makes booting much, much faster, even on semi-old hardware. I'm running the RC on a P4 3 GHz [...]
No More Updates for First-Gen iPhone
According to recent reports, Apple will no longer be providing updates to the first-gen iPhone. It wasn't mentioned at all in the iPhone OS 4 preview, so many had been speculating as to the future of the original iPhone.
iPhone OS 4 Features
iPhone OS 4 was previewed today. It is available to iPhone developers today - to the rest of us sometime this summer. Here's a breakdown of the 7 'Tentpole' features that Apple considered the most important. Multitasking: While in an app, double-click the home button and it brings up a 'dock' of your currently running apps while pushing up [...]
Never Pay More Than $10 For an HDMI Cable
I ran across an interesting post today on LifeHacker that referenced a blog post on mint.com. It talked about why you should never spend more than $10 for an HDMI cable for your TV. Why? The real reason is that the signal being carried is a digital one. 1's and 0's. It is not an analog signal that can be improved by adding shielding to the [...]
Apple Allows VOIP On 3G
That's right. Apple has lifted the restrictions for developers so that they can write VOIP apps that work over AT&T's 3G network. Back in October, AT&T lifted the restriction on their network and informed Apple and the FCC about it. Yesterday, Apple released a new SDK for the iPhone and the new iPad. In this SDK, the restriction has [...]
