Tech Media Conquered by iPhone
June 30, 2007
PC World - That thunderous buzzing sound you heard wasn't the wingbeats of a million angry bees–it was the tech media going wild for the latest Apple product launch.
Users Report Faster EDGE Speeds Ahead of iPhone Launch
June 30, 2007
PC World - Throughput improvements to 200 kilobits per second (up from between 70 kbps and 135 kbps) noted by multiple users.
How the iPhone Service Plan Measures Up
June 30, 2007
PC World - A simplified rate structure encourages consumer confidence, and overall pricing is comparable to competing voice-and-data packages.
iPhone Experiences and Reviews
June 30, 2007
One day after the iPhone release, and the reviews and impressions are rolling in. Reader reviews are being posted to this thread with other areas for iPhone Accessory and iPhone Application discussion. We’ve also had regional discussion about buyin…
100x Faster Hard Drive In Lab
June 30, 2007
Gary lets us know about research out of the Netherlands that has succeeded in reading and writing a hard disk using polarized laser light. The researchers claim this offers a 100-times speedup over reading/writing using magnets. People have been trying for years to write data using polarized light; the secret of the current work’s success lies in its disk’s materials — gadolinium, iron, and cobalt. Working prototype drives should be available within a decade.
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AdSense designed for invalid clicks?
June 30, 2007
Philipp made an interesting observation this morning about the difference between Google AdWords and AdSense units — the clickable zones on them are noticeably different enough to raise some concern. It appears AdSense units are designed for accidental clicks — or at least not designed for no accidental clicks.
A long time ago, Google made […]
Q&A: Storm brewing over Starbucks disc surprises Moore
June 30, 2007
Reuters - In an interview published recently
in Pitchfork, Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore mentioned
that the band needed to record a new song for a Starbucks
compilation. Within minutes of his remarks hitting the
Internet, chat rooms and the band's fan sites were awash in
cries of "foul" and "sellouts."
iPhone Diary Day 1: 5-stars
June 30, 2007
I’m currently stuck in phone number porting purgatory until tonight, it takes up to 24 hours to port a phone number from another carrier - not 6 hours like they promise. In the mean time I’ve been “setting up” my wife’s iPhone and she’ll get it back some time tonight.
The photo viewing app is enough […]
A Look into iPhone's Future
June 30, 2007
NewsFactor - The iPhone has launched and Western Civilization is, more or less, still standing. As the dust settles and the frenzy quells, some are looking past the first-generation product to see what adjustments Apple will make for the iPhone's next of kin.
Recovering a Lost or Stolen Gadget
June 30, 2007
gurps_npc writes “The explosion of portable electronic devices, can really weigh you down. Carrying a pager, phone, iPod, camera, and game is quite a lot. Worse, it gives you many more such things to misplace or get stolen. This CNN story discusses some of the retrieval services that help you keep what belongs to you. I particularly like the first one, about a new Singapore-based software that when you download it to your phone, messages everyone in your phone’s database whenever a new chip with a new phone number is installed in the phone. This makes it very hard for someone to steal your phone as all your friends get their new phone number.”
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