Archive for July, 2010 - Page 26

You’ve heard of ARM processors. They’re the tiny RISC processors that power your mobile phone, your tablet, and usually about 10 things inside your computer, save for the big applications processor. The business behind ARM is kinda strange – the [...]

Some of us around here at the TFTS offices are big Android fans. But – would we want to run Android as our desktop operating system? Probably not. Some guys at the xda-developer forums have managed an easy way to [...]

More and more folks these days are looking to replace their desktop computers with portable laptop models. If you want to do that but still enjoy 1080p video, gaming and heavy video editing, then might I suggest the new MSI [...]

Sometimes, it’s not easy teaching elderly people how to use their first cell phone. For those who are faced with this task, we salute you. Verizon is now offering a phone for the elderly lot, the Samsung Haven. While they [...]

For failing to make an impact, the Dish Network has pulled the plug and stopped selling their DTVPal DVRs. Poor advertising and marketing were cited as the main reasons for the axing despite high hopes that the new service would [...]

Okoro may have the solution for people who want to capture HD content with their updated ultraslim SX100 HTPC. The new update to their Okoro OMS-SX100 HTPC includes a quad HD tuner and room for up to 219 hours of [...]

Clickgamer certainly made my weekend, or at least 15 minutes of it. The company is responsible for one of the most popular iPhone and iPod touch games available in the App Store right now. I am talking about Angry Birds. [...]

Rogers, Canada’s second biggest cable internet provider is revising their internet plans. New Rogers home customers will see lower monthly caps, but will experience slightly better speeds at most pricing tiers. These only apply to new customers, much to the [...]

Windows Phone 7 is a big change in Microsoft’s mobile operating systems – and they’re imposing more control over the device, like special hardware requirements. Taiwan smartphone maker HTC was a longtime Windows Mobile device manufacturer and they used their [...]

This iPhone 4 story is really turning into beating a dead horse – but here’s some solid proof that the antenna design stinks. German firm Stiftung Warentest, a consumer advocate-type firm “described as the German Consumer Reports” gave the iPhone [...]