Posts by Matt Buchanan
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The Queen Of Google: “I Do Code All Night!”
10:19AM Matt Buchanan | This is Marissa Mayer, the queen of Google. Every Google thing that you use goes through her. And she’s a nerd. So she says, sitting on her red ball in that red dress… More »
Software
7:40AM Matt Buchanan | You’ve had it. Maybe with your mobile phone service provider. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know. More »
The iPhone-to-Android Switch: What You Need To Know
7:40AM Matt Buchanan | You’ve had it. Maybe with your mobile phone service provider. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know. More »
Software
Free Adobe Photoshop For Android
3:46AM Matt Buchanan | Photoshop! On Android! Adobe’s free Photoshop app for Android is surprisingly just as slick as the iPhone’s though it’s missing all of the special effects, focusing on basics like saturation, exposure and cropping. More »
Online
How Much Of Your Life Does Google Own? Dashboard Tells You
6:39AM Matt Buchanan | It’s an interesting question to consider, especially if you consider just how many Google services you might use: Gmail, Reader, Maps, GTalk, YouTube, Latitude, Calendar, Contacts and, oh yeah, Search. Dashboard shows you everything Google knows about you. More »
Phones
Droid Tethering On Verizon Is $US30 A Month
5:55AM Matt Buchanan | Yes, Droid can tether, but not cheaply. The official word is that Verizon’s Mobile Broadband Connect plan to tether it to a laptop will be an extra $US30 a month for 5GB of data, on top of the standard data plan. [Network World]
Computers
4:00AM Matt Buchanan | The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it’s batshit insane. More »
Dell Adamo XPS Hands-On: Insanely Thin, Plain Insane
4:00AM Matt Buchanan | The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it’s batshit insane. More »
Phones
4:01PM Matt Buchanan | The BlackBerry Bold 9700 in a word? Compact. It’s efficient, almost cramped, like a Japanese car from the 80s. More »
BlackBerry Bold 9700 Impressions: Small And Chirpy, Like A Black Hummingbird
4:01PM Matt Buchanan | The BlackBerry Bold 9700 in a word? Compact. It’s efficient, almost cramped, like a Japanese car from the 80s. More »
Peripherals
The First USB 3.0 Flash Drive Is A Wide Load
8:03AM Matt Buchanan | Super Talent’s first USB 3.0 flash drive, is huge — about the same size as Corsair’s Voyager, in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB sizes. It’ll push those gigs of Zatoichi rips at 4.8Gbps or about 10 times faster than USB 2.0. [Register]
Games
If You Buy A Used Xbox 360 That’s Been Banned, You’re Screwed
7:50AM Matt Buchanan | Major Nelson, updating us on a periodic Xbox Live purge — banhammering cheaters, pirates and other folks of ill-repute, though not 12-year-olds — reminds us of Microsoft’s official policy that if you buy a used Xbox 360 that’s been banned, you’re screwed. More »
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