First off, if you purchase from Verizon Wireless and decide that the Tab is not for you, you will be hit with a $70 restocking fee. If that’s not bad enough, if you return it after three days of having purchased it, you will not be credited back your $35 activation fee either. Oh, did […]
Myth: I have found that most, and possibly all*, Insteon “Bricks” are fused internally. The Truth: This is not true. In fact, most INSTEON products are not internally fused. The ApplianceLinc, PowerLinc Modems, and PowerLinc Controllers contain no fuses. There are also no designed-in fusible links within the components or circuit board(s). Â (Fusible links, means […]
A lawsuit from 2007, has finally proven that Dell made efforts to conceal known issues in it’s desktop machines… For example, the Times says that Dell conducted a study in 2004 and concluded that a minimum of 12 percent of its SX270 Optiplex machines would have problems over three years (the same study also included […]
David Pogue, review’s Google TV for the New York Times…. This much is clear: Google TV may be interesting to technophiles, but it’s not for average people. On the great timeline of television history, Google TV takes an enormous step in the wrong direction: toward complexity. Read the rest here, at NYTimes.com.
Check it out, what happens when your an Windows user, and dislike Apple. Â Sometimes you are forced to re-evaluate your opinions. Â Here’s the story, of a “geekmom” who hated Apple, and yet due to job responsibilites was forced to use an iPhone 4. Â (Cue dramatic music) See how she was forced to re-evaluate her opinion. […]
Do you dislike your Venstar Insteon adapter being visible? Â Do you dislike the “always on” LED indicator? Not afraid to void your Venstar warranty? Â Then take a look here, and see how one Cocoontech user rewired his Venstar / Insteon adapter to move it internal to the Thermostat… See the how to here -Â Install Your […]
Google pulled an app from the Android marketplace that was created to illustrate a flaw in the mobile framework that allowed apps to be installed without a user’s knowledge. It then issued a fix for bug. Jon Oberheide, chief technology officer of Scio Security, created a proof-of-concept app disguised as an expansion for the popular […]
On balance, however, I still prefer the iPad. For one thing, I like getting twice the screen size for a little more money up front—as little as $29 for the no-contract model with cellular capability. For another, the iPad has vastly more apps specifically designed for a tablet versus a smartphone—about 40,000 according to Apple, […]