Category: Software

BlackBerry Outage continues to Spread Like a Virus

BlackBerry Outage continues to Spread Like a Virus

A couple of days ago, we started seeing reports of BlackBerry service interruptions spreading across Europe and the Middle East. The issues were said to have been resolved on the first day of reports. After another 2 days of waiting, BlackBerry users are seeing those same service interruptions work their way further across the globe. [...]

October 12, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Stocks shift after iPhone 4S announcement, Microsoft and RIM comeback imminent

Stocks shift after iPhone 4S announcement, Microsoft and RIM comeback imminent

With the Apple iPhone 4S announcement yesterday, no doubt came with it a few sweaty brows on Wall Street Tuesday Oct 4th. Apple unveiled their latest greatest iPhone to date, to what seems to be a generally unimpressed public. So much so, that Apple stocks actually went down 5% yesterday right after the iPhone 4S [...]

October 5, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Microsoft battles the Apple iPhone 5 week with new updates of it`s own

Microsoft battles the Apple iPhone 5 week with new updates of it`s own

Microsoft is really turning on the news this week. Is it a ploy to try and steer attention away from what is to be one of the most anticipated tech events of the year with the release of the iPhone 5 and 4S? We’ll find out soon enough. Although I applaud Microsoft for trying to [...]

October 4, 2011 More
Windows 8 Dev Preview vs. OS X 10.6.6 – boot and resources video test

Windows 8 Dev Preview vs. OS X 10.6.6 – boot and resources video test

It’s a never ending battle among the tech community between which OS is better than the other. This battle may be the first time however, that the tech community is comparing what would normally be desktop/laptop operating systems with mobile operating systems. As Microsoft released Windows 8, touting it’s capability to run on mobile tablet [...]

September 23, 2011 | 1 Comment More
Windows 8 Developer Preview vs. Android 3.2 Honeycomb  – boot video and resources

Windows 8 Developer Preview vs. Android 3.2 Honeycomb – boot video and resources

Here we are back with another test boot video of Windows 8. In this video, you’ll see Android 3.2 Honeycomb installed on the new ASUS Transformer with Dock attached against the Windows 8 Developer Preview installed on the Dell Inspiron Mini 1012. The ASUS Transformer has 1GB RAM installed, with the 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 [...]

September 22, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Samsung Galaxy S III specs leaked online – why you should get excited

Samsung Galaxy S III specs leaked online – why you should get excited

The Samsung Galaxy S family of Android devices has easily been what has pushed Samsung to be the number 2 smartphone manufacturer in the US right behind Apple, and just ahead of HTC. With the Galaxy S II being released a couple months back in Canada, and just released this September in the U.S., is [...]

September 21, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Amazon Appstore for Android taken away outside U.S. after one day

Amazon Appstore for Android taken away outside U.S. after one day

Well, we knew it was too good to be true, after all of us Android users outside the U.S. got to finally taste of the Amazon Appstore for Android yesterday as it became available. Yes, it was announced yesterday that the Amazon App, which after installed on your mobile device links you to the Amazon [...]

September 20, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Ubuntu 11.04 vs Windows 8 Developer Preview – the war begins again

Ubuntu 11.04 vs Windows 8 Developer Preview – the war begins again

In the video below, we’ll see how Windows 8 Developer Preview does against Linux build Ubuntu 11.04 in a startup and resource comparison. Both operating systems have been installed as is, with no editing of settings except for the Wi-Fi connection network after startup. Both operating systems were installed on two identical Dell Inspiron Mini [...]

September 19, 2011 | 0 Comments More
The Android Story – History Infographic

The Android Story – History Infographic

The fine lads over at [x]cube Labs have put together a fine infographic that illustrates the timeline of the Android operating System from Google’s Android Inc. aquisition, to the latest sdk Android 3.2 release. Have a look below and see how far Android really has come in the ever changing mobile computing field of technology! [...]

September 19, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Chromebook – Updating the Operating System video

Chromebook – Updating the Operating System video

A few days ago, I did a story about how Google may need to look into a little heavier marketing plan to get the Chromebooks into peoples minds, rather than the traditional Windows laptop or netbook. There aren’t very many people that really know anything about Google’s new Operating System with respect to how many [...]

September 19, 2011 | 0 Comments More