Free HD For The Super Bowl
By Eddy Wedlund on Feb 6, 2010 at 4:20 PM
Tomorrow is the Super Bowl, one of the most watched television events every year (almost 100 million people tuned in last year). So you've been tasked with hosting this years Super Bowl party and you have HD right? Wait... you don't? Well not all hope is lost!
First things first, you need a TV that can handle HD content and has a ATSC tuner (most new TVs do), you can look at a Plasma or LCD and pick one of these up at your local big box or electronics store today if you don't have on yet.
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Apple Officially Releases The iPad
By Eddy Wedlund on Jan 27, 2010 at 1:50 PM
That's right. iPad.
Apple has finally made it official in an unveiling today of the much rumored tablet. Below are some of the highlights we got from today’s presentation.
Leaked Apple Tablet News On CNBC
By Eddy Wedlund on Jan 26, 2010 at 5:44 PM
It has been speculated for a while that tomorrow’s big announcement from Apple is going to be the tablet, and it looks like it's all but confirmed by Apple now.
On CNBC today, McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw, confirmed that the Apple tablet is a for sure, and will be launching tomorrow.
He went in to all sorts of detail about tablet including that it would surprisingly be running the iPhone OS rather than the full OS X operating system that would come on your laptop or desktop.
I can't help but think that Apple won't be happy about this little TV interview Mr.McGraw did, as they like to do product releases as a big event, which are sort of an Apple trademark.
Monitor Your Computer With EVEREST
By Eddy Wedlund on Jan 24, 2010 at 10:02 AM
The other day I was building a new Windows 7 computer for a friend and when I was done installing the operating system I wanted to check out how the system was running.
In previous versions of Windows I would have relied on MBM5 or PC Probe (motherboard monitoring software), but I thought that I might as well look to see what was out there for Windows 7 to keep track of how the hardware was running while in the operating system.
Free WiFi at American McDonald's Restaurants
By Eddy Wedlund on Jan 21, 2010 at 4:45 PM
McDonald's in the United States is now offering free WiFi in over 11,000 of its restaurants.
Previously, the fast good giant had been charging $2.95 for two hours of Internet access. This is great news for people who travel to the States a lot because it seems like no matter where you go, you can find a McD's.
Apple Tablet Coming Jan 27th?
By Eddy Wedlund on Jan 19, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Apple sent out their notifications that January 27th is their next big announcement event. Most rumours suggest that Apple will announce their new "Apple Tablet".
Red Scarlet News From CES
By Eddy Wedlund on Jan 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM
We were unfortunately not in the lucky few that got to get hands on with the prototype of the new Red Scarlet digital stills and video camera.
Lucky for you though, the crew over at Engadget did, and they documented the whole thing! Take a look at the Red Scarlet and find out more info on the ETA and estimated pricing at the link below.
This camera could very well change how small films are shot, and allow film enthusiasts with more realistic budgets to get in to the film industry - maybe even someone you know. So take note of this camera!
Engadgets blog on the Red Scarlet digital stills and video camera.
Connect A Full Sized Keyboard To Your iPhone
By Eddy Wedlund on Dec 27, 2009 at 4:02 PM
As far as touchscreen smartphones go, the iPhone's QWERTY keyboard is probably one of the best. However, if you have used / are using an iPhone, you'd know that it's not perfect.
Well, Tech Blog Engadget has posted an article with a video showing how you can connect an iPhone to an Apple keyboard via Bluetooth and a Jailbroken iPhone with the BTstack Keyboard app so that you can type on your iPhone quickly and accurately with a full-sized keyboard.
Now if only Apple would just release this feature themselves!
Last Minute Gift Ideas
By Eddy Wedlund on Dec 24, 2009 at 4:27 AM
Its Christmas Eve and you might still have a couple people left to buy for. Well here is a list of some possible last minute ideas for the techie in your family!
Most of these gifts should be available at any big box store.
PS3 - The Playstation 3 doubles as both a video game system and a Blu-Ray player, so you can get that special someone two gifts in one, and if you've never seen Blu-Ray on an HD TV, you will need to check it out, it is incredible!
Bing Cars Spotted in Vancouver
By Eddy Wedlund on Nov 30, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Over the last couple of weeks, an SUV covered in Bing graphics has been spotted in Vancouver with a large camera rig on the top. It appears that Bing is trying to keep up with Google in their point-of-view street mapping.
