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Opera in the App Store

By Brian Middleton posted on April 16th, 2010

Opera Software made quite a big deal about submitting their mobile browser, Opera Mini, for approval in the Apple App Store. This wouldn’t be the first alternate browser to show up on the App Store, but it would be the first one not based on the webkit rendering engine that Mobile Safari uses. The question is, how does it stack up against Apple’s own Mobile Safari? More »

Posted in Apps, Mobile, Product Reviews, iPhone

Low-Cost RAID Solutions

By Paul Buerk posted on March 18th, 2010

Low-Cost, Reliable, and Abundant Storage Spaces

I’m always running into situations- seriously, like weekly, where clients need to find some place to put their files. And it’s not just video people that have this issue, although it’s easy to see why they need more room to put their stuff, it’s businesses of all kinds, storing all kinds of different types of data. Anyone storing any data always has one major concern: they don’t want to lose any of it.

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Posted in Backups, Drobo, Mobile, Product Reviews

Blue Microphones “Yeti” USB Mic – Practical & Good

By Paul Buerk posted on February 22nd, 2010

There are times when you need a decent microphone, whether it’s for Podcasting, conference calls, recording demos or presentations, capturing riffs, recording band practice, etc.

The built-in microphones on computers are great, mainly because they’re built in and you don’t have to do anything to connect them up, but the sound quality is never all that good. Typical Condenser and Dynamic microphones used for pro audio applications sound great, but they require some kind of connection and/or preamp device to connect to your computer. More »

Posted in Audio, Hardware, Product Reviews