iPad Giveaways Are (Almost) Always Scams

Apple would never use the death of Steve Jobs as a marketing gimmick. This Facebook scam is just wrong. Don’t click!

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Nothing Says I’m Sorry Like Free Apps

Research In Motion feels really bad for the BlackBerry Blackout last week. It’s sorry and it wants to make it up to you. Not with free service, but with free apps! Something tells me the response from burned customers will be far from “apology accepted”.

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To 4S Or Not To 4S

The iPhone 4S landed in Apple stores yesterday in many countries worldwide. Its arrival was marked by long lines of camped out fans waiting for hours to get their hands on the newest member of the iPhone family. For many though, the question remains—do I upgrade or not?

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More Secure = More Vulnerable?

Blackout BlackBerry week has been quite the roller coaster ride for over 70 million people worldwide. The service outage has been blamed on “infrastructure problems”. The same systems in place that make the network so secure are what caused it to collapse.

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What Did You Expect? It’s Free!

We all want the best things in life. Those are free, right? Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren’t. Many opt for the no price tag option (I don’t blame you, I would!), but when it comes to free there’s always some kind of price. Is it worth it?

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Keep Trying, Keep Waiting — Error 3200!

If you were one of the lucky ones that got a quick and easy upgrade to iOS5, congrats! I was one of the not-so-lucky ones that got the “The iPhone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (3200)” message. Six times.

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The Wednesday Waiting Game

While millions of iPhone users wait ‘patiently’ for the new iOS5 software to download (2 hours? Really?), millions of BlackBerry users sit waiting for their phones to work. It’s not the only network to report outages. Sony’s PlayStation Network is also down for many people. Someone tried to hack it. Again.

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Bring On iOS5

Okay so last week was iOS5 “Release Date” Eve – now it’s actual iOS5 Eve. Hours from now we can all install the software which will change the iPhone forever (and no, I’m not talking about Siri). Along with the shiny new OS comes iCloud. All of your media can now be accessed from wherever you are. Could it get any better?

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Security Bulletin: Microsoft Patch Tuesday October 11th, 2011

Patch Tuesday? Again already? Yup, it sure is! And no, Microsoft hasn’t decided to start using an update schedule like Adobe for Flash and Acrobat. Don’t worry, it has in fact been a month (I checked). Get patching!

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Happy Employees Are Productive Employees

Economic times are tough—again. Money’s on the minds of everyone these days. We all need it and there’s not a lot of it going around. It’s a vicious cycle.

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Still Waiting To Turn Back Time?

Facebook was to launch Timeline on October 6. I still get blank stares when I ask what people think of it. At first I thought it was because no one knew how to react. Now I get they just haven’t seen it yet. I’m the crazy one!

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Success For The 4S

Apple announced iPhone 4S pre-orders have topped the 1 million mark. For what many labelled as an underwhelming phone just days ago, that’s some pretty impressive sales.

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