Today I was forward a news story from Yahoo News about the up and coming trend of leaving the cable tv world (and bill) behind and doing strictly online for content. This might not be for you but I’ve been doing this for about a year and and I’ll describe our setup for you to possibly help you in your decision.
iPhone iOS4 Signal Strength Software Update
by Savan Thongvanh July 2, 2010
Today Apple announced that they’d be releasing an update for it’s operating system iOS4. The update is said to fix an incorrect equation used for calculating and showing signal strength. The fix is to be released in “a few weeks”. The update also contains a change to make the first few bars of the signal strength indicator taller and consequently easier to see..
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Apple iPhone 3gs iOS4 upgrade experience
by Savan Thongvanh June 21, 2010
I just wanted to do a quick hit on my upgrade experience for my iPhone 3gs.
I came home for lunch today so I could do my upgrade. I hit up iTunes PRAYING that I wouldn’t get queued up for download like last time. Also in my prayers was that after going through the trouble of downloading that I wouldn’t get the dreaded “cannot contact activation server” error.
Robot Arm Controlled through Monkey Brain Interface
by Jason Patocka June 5, 2010
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh recently demonstrated a robot arm being controlled by a monkey using a neural interface. They were even kind enough to post recorded results to YouTube so we could all share in this moment of inter-species achievement.
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Android Augmented Reality Integrates GPS
by Jason Patocka May 24, 2010
Top Gear enthusiasts and Android fanboys alike will get a kick out of Wikitude’s slick new platform that integrates GPS and augmented reality. Its apps like this that drive home Android’s uncanny ability to suck on some serious Apple milkshake. One of the greatest Android criticisms was its scant supply of apps, and now by every metric I’ve seen to date, its gaining ground on the iPhone at record speed.
Safety concerns, carbon footprint, and local law enforcement withstanding – I kind of want to see a guitar hero / geocache overlay on that AR navtrack. That my friends, would take road trips to an entirely new level.
Documentary Tackles Human Gene Patenting
by Jason Patocka May 17, 2010
If you think you have legal ownership of your genes, you might want to take a moment to sit back, queue this documentary trailer, and hit play.
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Google’s Nexus One to be available in stores
by Savan Thongvanh
On May 14th Google announced that the Nexus One will soon not be available for purchase via Google.
In a post on the Google blog they basically said oops, although Android has done better than we thought, we realize now that people like to play with phones when they’re buying them.
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Microsoft Envisions Future – Kind of.
by Jason Patocka May 13, 2010
I love it when marketing departments envision the future.
It’s just a shame that they don’t show someone throwing their fancy futurepaper across the room because they suddenly discover it won’t play Flash. This also omits the holographic pop up you get when you try to transfer some files to your table interface, only to discover you’ve ran out of license agreements.
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Call Of Duty MW2 Resurgence Pack to be released to Xbox LIVE June 3rd
by Savan Thongvanh
Activision announced today that on June 3rd they’ll be releasing to Xbox LIVE a Multiplayer Map Pack they’re calling the “Call of Duty(R): Modern Warfare(R) 2 Resurgence Pack”. They’re going to need some resurgence with this map pack because the last one came out to mediocre reviews.
Nanoscale Fabrication Continues to Scale Into Realms of Awesome
by Jason Patocka May 3, 2010
IBM published impressive news of their ability to create complicated geographical replica of the Earth with features as small as 15 nanometers in last week’s issue of Advanced Materials. When you wrap your head around just how small fabrication methods are these days, its easy to see why there is much excitement in Nanotechnology. Yes, you could fit thousands of these maps on a grain of sand but these feasts of chemical engineering have potential far beyond building microchips.
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