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On New Hosting… Oh, and Bungie…

Like PhoneNews.com, my blog has also made the jump to RapidVPS hosting. Took a bit longer to get things back up-and-running because PhoneNews.com took priority. On a completely unrelated note, Bungie has confirmed they’re going independent. A lot of people have said that this means Apple & Bungie working together are a no-go… but this […]

OnTech Adds Soup to Self-Heating Lineup

OnTech, the folks that brought self-heating coffee to the United States, have done it once again. They have added chicken soup and tomato soup to their self-heating lineup. I’ve plugged OnTech in the past on the PhoneNews.com Blog, their self-heating coffees have pulled me through many sleepless nights (but more importantly, the days after the […]

Upgrade Your iPod? Re-buy Your Games…

Apple today rolled out updated versions of the games available for iPod. Specifically, these updated versions work with the new iPod nano and classic. Problem is, if you own a 5G iPod, and already bought the game, Apple says you have to re-buy the game. The wireless providers however, begs to differ on this trend. […]

Make BitTorrent Lemons into Lemonade

I am on vacation until the end of the month, but this post was done… and I’ll still be churning out reviews for phones over on PhoneNews.com… For those of you who have been looking for a way to get your big files fast (and no, not in the Sprint failed-ad-campaign sense), here’s an option […]

Dell, Give Folks Their 64-bit Media

I’m going to give Dell one warning. Give folks their 64-bit media for Vista, when they request it. Dell claims that OEM copies of Vista cannot be switched between 32-bit and 64-bit installs. This is flat out wrong, a photocopied misconception, and a rather shameful response by the world’s largest PC maker. For example, you […]

iTunes 7.4.1 Causing Store Woes? (Updated)

Many, including myself, have noticed that Apple’s iTunes 7.4.1 is causing problems with the iTunes Store. Specifically, people can purchase content, but when attempting to download, are told that “the iTunes Store is temporarily unavailable”. This has been happening for over 24 hours, and is reproduced by running the Check for Purchases… option from the […]

On Ads & Security & Privacy

Boy did I step in it. But, this time, hopefully in a productive way. A lot of questions about advertising have been raised, and with them… a few common misconceptions. I’m going to tackle one of them: The security and privacy concerns of viewing ads online. Ever since people learned that a cookie didn’t always […]