So I was given another friends' computer to fix. They were having overheating issues, which was easily deduced to a blocked fan. Nonetheless, when I turned it on I was greeted with the same issues that so many have not taken care of. It was still on XP Service Pack 1. What this meant was I was stuck doing the
I have been fighting a nasty bug for three days but had to get the show out tonight no matter what. Lots of great content and follow ups from show 500. Thanks to everyone once again for the continued words of encouragement. Also my 20% off Godaddy Hosting code is working again feel free to use the Todd20 code once
A headline from a news article on AppleInsider, FCC investigates Apple, AT&T for Google Voice app rejection, reminded me of my secret wish. I wish Apple would lose some anti-competitive lawsuits. I don't wish lawsuits on anyone, but sometimes it is the only way to shake a company loose. So here are the questions of a Mac fan boy: 1)
I have to give it to Google; they are 99% of the time ahead of the game. They are bringing to bear things that other companies have only dreamed about. And when they get push-back, they give as good as they get. Today comes news that after Apple rejected the Google Phone app, Google has retooled the app and has
I think you are going to be blown away by show 500, no tech just me. I give away some cool prizes so make sure you listen. Also you will want to be involved in our Time Capsule project get your entries in over the next couple of weeks. This show and much of the podcasting space would not be
All one of our contributing editors announced his upcoming move overseas today on the blog. I have been getting panicked email all day asking me where I am going and many are shocked.. Hey folks I am not going anywhere, just one of our editors is. So don't worry my wife and I are not leaving Hawaii! Todd Cochrane
My wife and I, contributing editor Nolan, are just 4 weeks away from moving to a developing country for at least a year of humanitarian work. So what about moving with technology? First off what is not making the move? Desktop computers and second monitors. Nope not going to make the suitcase. To much weight too much space. Television &
In what is sure to be one of the strangest and most debated Heavyweight technological showdowns of the 21st Century the FCC has called AT&T, Apple and Google to the principle's office to get the bottom of things. Since Apple introduced the App Store some people have defended them and their approach, "If we control the apps it will provide
Barnes and Noble, long in cahoots with AT&T for the paid Wi-Fi service in their brick and mortar stores, has gone free. The service is still ATT, but it is free to anyone in the store. I have always had access to their paid WiFi through my ATT account (high-end DSL users have access to all ATT WiFi hotspots), but
I never expected it to go all day.... It started off by connecting the phone to my laptop. During the sync, it asked if I wanted to update to 3.0.1. I said yes - And the fun began. The 300 Meg download was quick and it loaded into the iPhone without issue. The phone rebooted and it said "Verifying Download".
I was shocked tonight when I was looking at some of my podcast consumption data. While the below screen shot is only a small part of our podcast statistic service I am seeing some amazing trends in just how people are downloading and consuming my show. How my listeners are downloading and listening to my show is a radical change
Show 500 is upon us and we will have a lot of fun. Don't miss the show. But before I get to carried away tonight I was given a free English lesson from a loyal listener :) We had a mini emergency this weekend more on that in the show. In the next show we are going to take a