Is getting a keyboard case for the iPad worth it? YES! And here are some tips to help. I’ve actually had a keyboard for my iPad for quite a while now. When I first got my ipad 1, I got a normal case for it. All good, but I did not think getting a keyboard was worth the extra money. Then a bluetooth iPad keyboard when on sale. At $30 I thought I… Read More
fixing the lockdown error when jailbreaking 5.1.1 with Absinthe 2.0.2 I finally got around to jailbreaking my iphone4 running iOS 5.1.1. I used Absinthe 2.0.2 for windows. It went well enough till it locked up on me. I ran it again and this time got this error. Could not connect to lockdown There is a similar error called lockdown error -5. Both errors are really… Read More
Cant cut and paste a formula in excel? Could be a skype bug This through me for a look. Seems that if you have a skype plugin installed, you cannot cut and paste formulas in Excel. Pretty random till you think about it. The skype plugin is pretty aggressive trying to capture what it thinks are phone numbers and its totally possible the its intercepting the paste function… Read More
Finally having a look at the game Draw Somthing. And a few tips. Well the time has come. With the thousands of new games and apps being released on a regular basis Draw Something is the newest game that has been sweeping the social media sites. As much as I tried; I could not ignore this game any longer as updates and complaints about it flooded all of… Read More
Old AT&T iphones can now request an unlock code. No jailbreak / unlocked needed anymore Read this on Engadget. Now of course there are restrictions, you have to be in good standing, had your phone for over 2 years and do not owe anything on your phone and most likely a few other details buried somewhere. I still have my 3Gs, so I’m going to give it a try and… Read More
Missed out regestering for Google IO 2012? Now what? First off, your not the only person who missed out. It sold out in 20min. 20MIN!!. Heck, rock concerts do not sell out that fast. Google I/O has officially sold out! There are no plans to release any additional tickets for Google I/O 2012. We have no plans for Last Call or other promotions at… Read More
Why you will not win the Microsoft challenge, even if you do I heard about the Microsoft challenge where you would take your cell phone and try to do something faster then someone on a Microsoft Mobile 7 phone. If you can win, you get a laptop. Given that they are doing this in the first place, I figured that this is fixed and as such I… Read More
Tip #192 By pass the splash screen in windows8 with a click One thing that bugs me about windows 8 is I have 2 screens I have to get pass to get to my desktop. First the splash screen, or whatever its called, then the login screen. Well I just found out by accident that if you click on the spacebar, that will execute the ‘slide open’… Read More
Tether your iphone to your laptop without Jailbreak.. again This has been a running battle between Apple, the phone companies and those who want to tether their phones to other devices. Well, here is latest update in the battle, and this time, its a tether that not only does not require jailbreak, but does not even require the installation of an app! THIS is… Read More
By the time you read this, iOS 5.1 will be on iTunes; too late jailbreakers If you are like me and have not bothered to update to 5.0.1 because 4.x.x is working find and you do not feel like re jailbreaking your phone and installing and setting up things, well you just missed your easy bus. I decided to do that iTunes update, *yes I know I will lose unlock,… Read More
A Fix for brightness, sleep and other keyboard controls not working in Windows 8 This is just a consumer preview, so do not expect everything to work right of the box. This morning I got an update for windows 8 and that loaded a few drivers (I expected) and suddenly my keyboard control keys started working. Also I finally got the Sleep option! Finally. So if you having any… Read More
How to create a bootable USB Drive to install Windows 8 I want to install Windows 8 on my tablet but do not want to dig around to find my DVD player, so I decided to grab an old 4gig USB key and creating a bootable install for Windows 8. There are two ways to do this. The easy way is to simply download the Windows 8… Read More
How to Dual Boot Windows 8 on your Windows 7 machine This is mostly a repost from teknobites. I took a few screenshots out, edited a few things, add a few others. The instructions for setting up dual boot for windows8 is pretty easy. If you have every setup a dual boot system before, you will see there is not much new here.. Before you start,… Read More
Google Hyper web tracking starts tomorrow, and how to stop it.. if you care to. Well stop it is not exactly the word I want, but I cannot find another one. Basically starting tomorrow Google will track everything you do across everyone Google property you are logged into and share it with anyone they want. Wow, sounds scarey right? Well, actually, they are pretty much doing that now, just not… Read More
OnLive Desktop Plus lets you have a full featured browser / desktop on your iPad OnLives desktop plus has been out a few days and I finally got to try it. If you do not already know, OnLive Desktop Plus give you Window 7 Touch Desktop on your iPad. It’s like remote desktop a.k.a. VNC except was smoother. So smooth you can watch video, flash video. Yes that’s right, you… Read More
Download, Store, view and share documents on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch I have not tried this myself, but its looks pretty good. Not only can you download and read major document types, you can transfer them from a PC or a Mac, Nice eh? At $2.99, its a pretty good deal especially if you are on the road quite a bit and need to get to… Read More
How to edit the language in your iOS app This is more of an FYI then anything I guess. I just got this in my email box from Apple, so I figured I would pass it out. Although as I type this, I’m sure everyone who is already coding got this too. 🙂 You can now edit the default language of your app’s metadata… Read More
Jailbreak and unlock for iOS 5.0.1 released Jailbreak of iOS 5.0.1 has been out for awhile and now unlock has been released. So I thought I would gather the links you need to pull this off. If you are not sure about the difference between jailbreaking and unlocking your iphone, have a look at this iphone jailbreaking FAQ. If you do not… Read More
A USB Flash drive for iPhone, iPad. Wireless. No Jailbreak needed. I’m just walking out the door but wanted to post this up really quick. Check the Vid below.. It does not connect directly but instead connects wirelessly, so its going to be a bit more then a normal Flash drive. $99, but if you need to move docs, music or vids back and forth or… Read More
The top 10 or 20 apps you need to get for your new ipad 2 End of year holidays are coming and that means one thing. Lots of new iPads. There are even some that have got them early. So now that you have a new ipad, what apps should you put on it? Well, normally I would give a top 10, however, not everyone will use the ipad the… Read More