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iPhone. I’m not getting one, but it’s a step in the right direction.

I had a 5-day intensive course at Bentley this past week, so this post has been in the works since Steve Jobs’ MacWorld keynote on January 9th. On that day, Apple released the iPhone, Apple TV (formerly known as iTV), and an updated Airport Extreme Base Station.
There are three major problems with the iPhone. Most [...]


Apple’s iPhone will Change U.S. Cell Phone Market

Apple did it to MP3 players, and they are about to do it to cell phones (yes, after years of rumors the patent has finally surfaced for the iPhone). This is only my prediction, but I think it’s fare to assume that Apple is going to change the way people think about their cell phone. [...]


Linksys WRT54G Firmware v1.01.0 Does NOT Work with iBook G4

Linksys’ WRT54G line of routers are the most popular and tested routers on the market. For $50, it truly is a bargain, and I am always using one. However, today I decided to upgrade my firmware to v1.01.0 for my WRT54G v6 Router. And that’s where the problems started.
First, I could not change the wireless [...]


Apple’s iTV: Doomed to Fail

Steve Jobs announced iTV this September as a way for your living room TV to display content from your computer. Simply put, iTV is a little box that will plug into your TV and play movies and songs from a computer with iTunes.
iTV will be about $300. I like the idea, but I really do [...]


Sony Takes the Heat for Apple and Dell Battery Recalls

Things aren’t looking good for Sony these days. The largest consumer electronics vendor in the world has had heaps of problems recently ranging from the rootkit fiasco, consumer complaints against the PS3’s future pricing, Blu-ray delays and problems with initial hardware, and last week’s Dell battery recall.
Now, Apple is recalling 1.8 million batteries used in [...]


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