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App Review: Pro HDR

App Review: Pro HDR

Jul 14, 2010

This last weekend, I had the pleasure of using Pro HDR from eyeApps on my new iPhone 4.  I have to admit this was my second time to have seen the application in the Apple app store.  The first time I looked it over I was put off by the low quality of the graphics and general interface design that I was afraid to buy it thinking it must have been a...

App Review: Real Solitaire HD Free

App Review: Real Solitaire HD Free

Jul 5, 2010

When I saw Real Solitaire HD Free in the Apple App Store I was excited.  I’d been looking for a while for an iPad solitaire of high quality.  I was doubly excited when it was a FREE application! Real Solitaire HD Free had graphics, sound and realism that rival even the best PC or Mac based solitaire games… at a cost of zero!  However, that free...

iPhone 4 Review

iPhone 4 Review

Jun 27, 2010

With all the hype of iPhone 4, Steve Jobs reality distortion field is in full effect.  I know there are literally thousands of reviews out there of the iPhone 4.  I almost didn’t do one.  However, I and TheGeekPub have been accused of being so pro-Apple that I felt I had to do a review of the iPhone 4 to prove that I can be critical of them.  WHAT? ...

The Ooma Telo VoIP System

The Ooma Telo VoIP System

Jun 22, 2010

Ooma launched in 2007 as VoIP service targeting non-commercial home users.  The company directly targets Vonage and Skype users, as well as traditional home phone services from the “baby Bells.” Ooma’s flagship product is the Ooma Telo.  The Telo provides the following features: VoIP Internet Phone Service Instant Second Line Up to four...

Peter Jackson Films skewing Facebook comments on District 9

Peter Jackson Films skewing Facebook comments on District 9

Dec 8, 2009

It came to my attention today that yesterday I posted on the District 9 Facebook page that my comments had been deleted.  At first I thought for sure that I must have not posted them at all, maybe a server error or something.  That was until I checked my profile history and sure enough there was a link to a now missing comment on my profile. My comment was...

Review – Linksys SR2016 10/100/1000 Switch

Review – Linksys SR2016 10/100/1000 Switch

Aug 4, 2007

The Linksys SR2016 is a 10/100/1000 Gigabit switch for SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) installations. It is unmanaged, rack mountable, and has 16 auto-sensing (speed and MDI) ports. I purchased this switch for my home as I was using an non-rack mount 8 port Gigabit D-Link switch. The D-Link switch was installed in a structured wiring panel in one of the...