Tag: Tech
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Bell is now crippling GPS on BlackBerry
This is a story that is making it way around the tech crowd a lot this but has not gotten a lot and lot of media attention elsewhere yet. The Boy Genius Report Blog reports that: Over the next few weeks, Bell may be increasing the GPS lock time (2-10 minutes) and resolution (1-2.5KM) of…
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ChannelFlip’s Wil Harris Probes Leo Laporte
The Aristocrats! This by far the funniest Leo Laporte video I have ever seen. Thanks to Wil Harris video. Make sure you sign up their Net/Podcasts on iTunes as well!
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Ringtones: You know the ones that sound like a phone!
As usual XKCD web comics ring true. This one a little close to the heart as well, although I have been caught a few times with a rather offending ring tone. That’s what happens when you’re BlackBerry plays MP3’s.
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Google Maps Mobile NOW with Street View for the BlackBerry
So I’ve been playing with the new Google Maps Mobile v 2.3.1 for the BlackBerry for a few hours now and although I dreading to see how much data I have consumed, I am very very impressed with the new added feature. The above video explains it very very well, but should you have YouTube…
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Google Launches Chrome Browser
Google has just launched their Chrome browser into BETA. I’ve downloaded it and will be throwing some of my own site against it as well as some of my favourite bookmarks. More to come on this… So I have been using Chrome for about an hour now, as expected all of the Google apps run…
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MS Office 2007 Discounted 91% for Students
I remember driving through the English countryside with my wife’s grandfather Fred as we passed a great big horse cart filled with horse manure and next to it there wasa shovel and a stack of potato sacks. A sign next to it read: 1 bag = £1. That’s all. I commented on how cheap that…
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How do I get my Hotmail access on my BlackBerry?
I get asked this question all the time from freinds and colleagues who have paid for the Windows Live Messenger service on their Blackberry and then are surprised they can’t get their Hotmail without opening the WAP browser. Apart from the fact that Hotmail and MSN Messenger are two separate services that are linked together…
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Handsfree while at the wheel… literally
Hands Free Safe Drivers – Watch more free videos Quebec and Nova Scotia have been doing for for a few months now. I have no idea how the hell those crazy drivers in Cali are going to take to this law. But I don’t think it makes too much off a difference on L.A. freeways,…
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MS Office 2008 for Mac: Makes You Wanna PUKE!
I’m very slowly getting used to MS Office 2008 for the Mac and to tell you the truth it’s not all that bad. It’s definitely better than Office 2007 for Windows. I noticed something funny this morning when I saw that the Office Apps spell out PEWX (pukes). This is pretty much what I think…