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I was a bit of a hold-out on updating my Mac computers to the new OS X Lion 10.7 operating system. I heard some good things about it, and it was a snap being able to just download it from the App Store. But what I wasn’t prepared for (and should have been!) was the fact that some of my software didn’t work after I made the update. Idiot move. In hindsight, it makes sense. Apple always...
This is always a busy time of year. Sweeps periods fall during four different months of the year. While we continually run hard ALL the time at WFTV, we focus on putting together stories for sweeps that really get to the bottom of a topic – we put some extra ‘oomph’ into it. Today my photographer Dan and I were in Daytona Beach meeting a computer forensics pro – a truly...
For those of you who are loaded down with questions about what to do about getting an iPhone or changing plans if you already own one, there’s a great article on Lifehacker that can help you out. Thanks to our tech guru WFTV’s Dave Sirak for pointing the link out to me. I have an iPhone with AT&T and I loathe the signal strength and dropped calls. However, I was not aware that you...
Check this out – LA cops seized $10 million worth of fake iPhones, iPods and other Faux-Apple products. The Los Angeles Port Police seized the counterfeit goods from several downtown warehouses as part of a massive two-month long bust. What they found, according to the LA Times: Counterfeit products with an estimated street value of more than $1.4 million; stolen electronics, toys and...
I knew something was up when one of my buddies (who’s a slender 150 lbs. or so) posted on my wall that he was trying a new weight loss product. Scamware. I hate it. I can’t stand spyware, adware, scamware, malware…any ware for that matter. Crooked companies and affiliate commission-hungry cyber-geeks are getting awfully clever at pushing their products. It’s all a scam...
When I moved to Orlando and started at WFTV-TV, I noticed we cover a lot of crime stories. A lot. Our reporters are very good at tracking down details about crimes that have occurred – and they do it quickly. Frankly, they have to if they want to get a story on the air. I covered one story about a guy who claimed that Orlando Police rammed his car and he wanted to be reimbursed. With dash...
Apple is promising a big announcement on Tuesday, taking over the homepage of its website with a teaser promising that tomorrow is a day “that you’ll never forget.” A visit to the Apple website cues up this cryptic message: “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget. “Below the message are a number of clocks tuned to different time zones that all...
I had a near-disaster today. Since I live in Orlando, I don’t get all the Vikings games on TV. So I sent a Slingbox to my buddy (who lives in Minnesota) and I can watch the games on my Apple MacBook Pro with a HDMI converter that hooks into my TV. The Slingbox could be one of the coolest gadgets I’ve ever owned. With Slingbox, I can watch any games I’d normally miss (in HD as...
A new report says Apple Inc. is getting ready to manufacture a new iPhone that works on cellular networks based on CDMA technology, a move that would allow the phones to be used by more carriers, including Verizon Wireless.
I was with Sprint for about 10 years. Then AT&T. This day couldn’t come soon enough!
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Horror. I’ve had my iPhone 4 for less than a month. Now look. What an IDIOT. I was talking on the phone in the kitchen when I twitched and my beautiful, expensive brick of techno-gold slipped from my fingers. I flipped it over and saw the damage. I felt ill. Unbelievably, the phone still worked perfectly. So that was a relief. The reason why I tell this tale of woe is that I learned...
