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Nintendo 3DS users get free WiFi in selected UK airports

If you own a 3DS and you happen to be travelling to or from the UK this year, you’ll be glad to know that you won’t have to pay through the nose for WiFi access on your portable gaming console. Boingo Wireless and Nintendo have teamed up to provide free WiFi access to Nintendo 3DS [...]

[ More ] January 24th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Motorola Droid Bionic update tested

Motorola has started to test their Droid Bionic update on Verizon Wireless, with the mobile carrier sending one out at the beginning of December last year in the form of system software 5.5.893. Apart from that, the past one month plus has seen the arrival of an update to hit 5.9.901, where it will hold [...]

[ More ] January 18th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Sprint remains tepid on Windows Phone at CES, confirms no new WiMAX phones are planned

This may have been a fairly big CES for Windows Phone, but it looks like Microsoft still has a fair bit of convincing to do in order to bring all the carriers fully on board. That includes Sprint, which does currently have a Windows Phone in its lineup (and is apparently considering more in the [...]

[ More ] January 16th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

Is it just us, or the DROID line-up is starting to lose its appeal?

We know that everything that has a beginning, has an end, but don’t you feel that the Motorola DROID series (we mean the DROID DROID, not the RAZR, PRO, XYBOARD, BIONIC or any other of the DROID models) is starting to lose its appeal, and it looks like no one is doing anything to change [...]

[ More ] January 12th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

How would you change the HTC Titan?

We fell in love with the 4.7-inch HTC Titan’s brilliant build quality, battery life and camera — less so for the bad pixel density, Mango’s flakiness and only having 12GB free memory once the OS had made its land grab. But if you found yourself back in 2010 when HTC was hashing out the schematics [...]

[ More ] January 9th, 2012 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

Skype turns into Santa, gives you free airport WiFi during the holidays

They don’t call this the “giving time of the year” for nothing. A couple of years back we saw Google hook up the traveling masses with gratis WiFi, and today Skype is matching the big G’s kindness by giving you a holiday gift of its own. Starting on December 21st thru the 27th, you’ll be [...]

[ More ] December 20th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

Direct X Error Handling good practice

I am working on a Direct3D game (Myst-like) using DirectX9. I have already created a demo and tried it on some computers (one XP, one Vista, 2x Windows 7 and some others) and it worked fine. I tried to install it on a IBM… I am working on a Direct3D game (Myst-like) using DirectX9. I [...]

[ More ] December 14th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Software |

HTC Rhyme Unveiled In India

HTC Corporation unveiled the HTC Rhyme in India, a phone whose design incorporates a unibody design, is available in three colours, and features a ‘refreshed’ HTC Sense. According to the HTC Rhyme Review the device comes with a 3.7-inch WVGA, super LCD display, a 5-megapixel camera that includes auto focus, power LED flash and instant [...]

[ More ] December 12th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |

Understanding the Google Toolbar

The Google toolbar popup blocker is a major tool in preventing pop up advertising on your desktop. most computer owners and users want and use a pop up blocker to destroy pop ups and keep them in check. The Google toolbar popup blocker…   The Google toolbar popup blocker is a major tool in preventing [...]

[ More ] December 8th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Industry |

Porn Giant Vivid to Take Legal Action Over HTC Vivid Name

Trademark… *sigh*. Such a decent idea twisted horribly, horribly wrong at times. I’ll try to keep this one simple for fear of flying off into some kind of puntastic boondoggle. Reader sinsi sent in the Tom’s Guide story about Vivid, best known for pumping out pornography, sending a cease and desist notice to HTC, best [...]

[ More ] December 8th, 2011 | No Comments | Posted in Cellphones |