Owners of the HTC EVO 4G were greeted with new of an OTA update available for their phones today. The update was “released” on 9/22 (why does it take so long to get updates to the phones?) and is intended to fix Calender event issues and multiple Gmail account sync. Updating your EVO 4G To [...]
Archive | September, 2010
Computers & Internet: Twitter onmouseover flaw wreaking havoc
Computer Internet news is buzzing with news of how the Twitter onmouseover exploit has take the microblogging Web site by storm as users try out the exploit for themselves. With the potential to unleash an avalanche of thousands of Tweets from your user account or to redirect you to malicious or offensive Web sites from [...]
Computers & Internet: Keep your religion out of spam (please)
As a Christian, I happen to value my religion. I’m not going to go around telling you that your religion (or lack there of) isn’t any good (after all, that wouldn’t be nice), but still, I value it. Maybe it’s because I take my faith seriously that I get so steamed when people try to [...]
Computers & Internet: PayPal and Big Brother sittin’ in a tree…
Well, isn’t this good news from PayPal and our Big Brother government found in the current ream of policy updates: Taxes. The following acknowledgement [sic] has been added to Section 4.7 (Taxes): You acknowledge that in starting in 2011, PayPal will report to the Internal Revenue Service the total amount of the payments you receive [...]
Computers & Internet: iPhone iOS 4.1, Captcha hell
BIG FREAKING HAIRY WHOOPIE DOODLE! iOS 4.1 is here! Apple spoke out about its new iOS 4.1, an operating system for iPhone and iPod Touch that is supposed to… well, does it really do anything? Sure, you can now get $.99 TV shows from iTunes, play games with strangers, and upload high definittion videos to [...]
Wi-Fi hotspots and Apple iPhones
If you’re like me, you don’t like Apple. Why? IMHO, Apple products have been overpriced and under-featured from the beginning. I remember in college, the only computers they sold at the bookstore were Apples, and they were so expensive when compared to PCs. My fellow students with the misfortune of having an Apple were always [...]