Posted on June 9, 2008 by techfromthekid
It’s official we just switched hosts and our new name is Techiejunk.com! Please update your bookmarks. A little dude called Peter came along and wants to help out writing and bought us a nice domain!
So please visit us from there now on, and it’ll take a little while while we get all the content moved [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2008 by techfromthekid
Despite the fact that most of you prefer XP to Vista and would rather Microsoft extended XP’s shelf-life, several new and improved features available in Vista would be great to have in XP. This new functionality may not be enough to get you to switch to Vista, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of luck. [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by techfromthekid
Apple refreshed there iMac upgrade today with nothing new on the outside–just a specs upgrade. Now for the base price of $1,199 you can get a 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo Penyrn processer, 1GB of RAM (Same as the old $1,499 model but now for $1,199) . Apple rarely lowers the price on there products [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by techfromthekid
YouTube has just announced the newest addition to its video service. It’s called YouTube Insights and it allows content publishers, partners, and advertisers to see detailed statistical data for their videos. Metrics that the service provides include geographic viewing and relative popularity.
YouTube claims that this new service will allow you to determine trends in how long [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by techfromthekid
You know that real easy editing tool from Apple called iMovie where you can put a movie together in minuets. Well when they released iLife ‘08–the software suite with iPhoto, iWeb, iDVD, etc they redesigned iMovie with a new interface that is supposed to make creating movies easier. Unfortunately it’s horrible. Here sis David Pouge’s report from the NY [...]
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Posted on March 9, 2008 by techfromthekid
If you have an iPhone, I just wanted to let you know that Apple has made available an unlimited plan just for you. The plan is $119.99/month. It comes with unlimited voice calling, unlimited email and web surfing, Voicemail, 200 SMS Text Messages, and free Rollover Minutes and Unlimited Mobile to Mobile. Looks like Apple [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2008 by techfromthekid
So we talk to Apple, and of course my on going saga with my whole second replacement iMac randomly restarting–now it doens’t turn on. So yesterday we talk to Ashley and she tells us that she will fill out some paper work and give us a call tomorrow at 6PM.
Well we wait, until 07:17P and [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2008 by techfromthekid
Overview
Some years ago, there were a great many computer users who paid the Macintosh scant attention, if they were even aware of its existence at all. Living by the passion of a rabidly devout but small (in comparison to the entire market anyway) base of customers, Apple stayed in business by refusing to concede quality [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2007 by techfromthekid
So today I decided to go to best buy because my iPod didn’t work. I had the service plan and stuff on it. So I go there and apparently I have to go get a “Geek Squad” member to verify that my little thingy is broken.
So this guy comes out and since I know all [...]
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Posted on October 13, 2007 by techfromthekid
We approach all Apple-related rumors with skepticism, but sometimes we get a certain feeling about them, and today’s from Mac OS Rumors gives us that tingle of plausibility. Word from one of that site’s “oldest and most reliable sources in Cupertino” is that the Mac Mini is going to be replaced before the end of [...]
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