Category: Computers
Apple TV Fails To Innovate On Its “Hobby”
There’s a new box for your HDTV that sells for well under $100, streams premium content over the Internet from Netflix, Amazon, and Major League Baseball, and even supports “apps” like Pandora. Think it’s from Apple? Think again.
Two years ago upstart Roku started selling a set top box that did nothing but stream Netflix to televisions. Early this year the company rolled out an update that added significantly more new content to the device, with 50 app-like “channels” already out and many more on the way. Roku is just one of many startups selling devices that bring Internet content to televisions.
Computers: Which Are Most Reliable? Asus. Least? Dell.
What is reliability? When it comes to manufacturing a reliable computer, it means more than just putting together something that works. It’s about putting together a computer that holds up and functions well over the long haul. It’s about providing computer service when that computer doesn’t hold up, and about ensuring that a customer gets [...]
Use Free Programs To Speed Up PC, Mac and Browsers
. While computers do need to be “cleaned” (e.g. have caches and temporary files cleared), this is fortunately no longer as onerous a task as it once was. Windows users can get a free utility called CCleaner which will take care of this as needed (the URL is http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner ). Mac users can get an equally free utility called Maintenance (the URL is http://www.titanium.free.fr/ ).
Make Your Computer Run Faster
In the last couple of weeks I have had enough requests for help from consumers to realize that many don’t know that both their computers and their browsers need to be cleaned on a regular basis. Debbie from Farmington, Ct called me today to get some help on adding a comment on CtWatchdog. In our [...]
Silicon Valley Knows When Blumenthal Plays Politics
The high tech media in Californian, unlike most of the media in Connecticut, understands that when our attorney general begins or begs to head an investigation into a big-name Silicon Valley company, it has more to do with his run for the U.S. Senate than serving state consumers. Companies like Amazon, Google and Apple are [...]
Android Sales Gain Market Shares, Good For You And Google
Android has grown significantly in the period from February to May 2010, while all other major operating systems experienced a drop in their market share, Mashable reported today. “In this period, RIM was still the leading mobile smartphone platform, dropping from 42.1% to 41.7% market share. It was followed by Apple which somewhat surprisingly dropped [...]
iTunes Accounts Hacked, Check Your Account For Unauthorized Purchases
The Next Apple (TNA) reports that hackers have gotten into consumers’ iTunes accounts and are stealing their money. On Sunday TNA reported details of “how one specific app developer had managed to hack iTunes users accounts and use them to purchase his own apps – making it to the top of the iTunes charts.” “As [...]
iPhone 4 Review: The Best iPhone 4 Review I Have Read
Thanks to my friend and fellow journalist Lon Seidman for turning me on to an incredibly professional technology review site: AnAndTech. It has the most thorough and apparently accurate review of the iPhone 4 available anywhere. It has the basic information for people like you and me who might be considering purchasing one and it [...]
Dell Computer Company Hid Massive Problems From Customers
Ever wonder why Dell – which once had a reputation for great computers and wonderful service – lost its reputation? The New York Times this week provides one answer in its in-depth report on how Dell knowingly shipping millions of faulty computer from 2003 to 2005. An article Monday by reporter Ashlee Vance, details how [...]
iPhone: First Impression From The Experts
Are you one of those who is sitting on the fence on whether to shell out $200 for the iPhone 4 and make a (ouch) two-year commitment to AT&T?
Well I am an Apple lover, have Apple stock and also how shares of Cirrus Logic, which makes some of the Apple parts.
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