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Author Archives: Daniel Joel

AT&T’s iPhone Page is Gone…Mossberg Right?

Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal’s well known technology correspondent Walt Mossberg revealed a new iPhone would be revealed at WWDC when he reviewed the Palm Pre, stating…
“Whether the Pre is better than the iPhone depends on your personal preferences, though I’d note that the new iPhone to be unveiled next week will have [...]

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Palm Pre Ripped Apart - Priced Well

Only a few hours have passed since the Palm Pre was released to the world and already the guys over at Rapid Repair have managed to get their hands on one and rip it to pieces. It appears they had a heck of a time trying to rip the device open, so if you want [...]

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Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360

When releasing the “next-gen consoles” back around 2005, companies like Microsoft and Sony planned out a ten-year life span for their new systems. Lets face it, Xbox 360 is approaching its mid-life crisis. Sure its powerful, has tons of great games, and an amazing online user base, but the experience is just getting old. There [...]

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Cable Companies Trying to Destroy Sites Like Hulu

The Wall Street Journal is reporting though that the cable networks are getting furious, seeing sites like Hulu as a risk to their business. They have a plan to fix this by locking up the online television streaming industry. By making deals with networks such as NBC and Viacom, they are hoping to create an on demand styled service…

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Apple Purchases All of Samsungs Flash Till April!?

In the past Apple has struck large deals with flash memory maker Samsung but we haven’t seen one this big in a long while.  Rumor has it that Samsung, who creates 40% of the worlds flash, has had all their output until April bought out by the guys over at Infinite Loop. It is probably [...]

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Apple Executives Talk of New iPhones, iMacs, and Netbooks? Oh My!

It appears lately with Steve Jobs on medical leave, Apple Inc. is being slightly more open to the business world on their plans for the future. Some might guess this is in order to ease any worries investors may have with Jobs out of service. Tim Cook, filling in for Steve Jobs as of now, hinted recently to Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., an investment group, that Apple is working on new iPhone handsets and pricing for them. Although this could be assumed by anyone, analyst ToniSacconaghi (ranked top computer analyst by Institutional Investor magazine) met with Phil Schiller and Tim Cook earlier this week. Sacconaghi said…

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Google Latitude - True Social Networking

As we all know though, Google succeeds in pretty much all they do. So for those of you that loved those other services, finally ones coming that many people might actually use. Google announced a new application based on their Google Maps system called “Latitude.” It lets your friends and family know where your at based on the positioning of their mobile device

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DTV Transition Delay Doesn’t Pass - Feb 17th It Is

his afternoon however the bill was brought to the House, and to everyone’s surprise, unapproved. Looks like the official transition is set to continue on February 17, so get your converter boxes or switch to a television provider that assures DTV compatibility.

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Netflix Profit & User Base Growing

In the midst of many companies calling budget cuts and job layoffs (nearly 50,000 yesterday alone), one company, Netflix, a popular internet movie renting service, reported good news. Yesterday, January 26th, they announced that their profit is up 45% in quarter four of the fiscal year. This brings them to $22.7 million compared to quarter [...]

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Get Emoji Icons on Your iPhone without Jailbreaking

ome iPhone users have been complaining ever since firmware version 2.2 was released because Japan iPhone owener’s were given a set of emoji icons (emoticons) built into the iPhone software for things like texting. To others, like here in America, this feature has been locked unless your iPhone was jailbroken. Whether it be allowed now, or a mistake, an application has snuck through the App Store processing that allows you to activate these emoji icons. Here’s my demonstration video below. I’ll also type the steps out underneath.

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