Mind Over Matt'er - Blog Entries: TechLore

What Ever Happened to the Basic Audio Tower?

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on August 10, 2009 3:20 PM

Since the day my child was born, I knew I'd inevitably have to take measures to protect my home theater gear once she was mobile enough to press buttons and turn knobs. My taste in...

Categories: Home Theater Accessories | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 235 thousand | 6 Comments

Last Post: August 11, 2009 9:59 AM by Matt Whitlock

Google Voice Rejection Ignites FCC Probe Into AT&T/Apple iPhone Exclusivity Agreement

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on July 31, 2009 11:17 PM

Earlier this evening, word spread that the Federal Communications Commission is investigating Apple and AT&T regarding the recent rejection of Google's Voice application for the iPhone. At the heart of this investigation is the very...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Phones, Smartphones, and PDAs | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 104 thousand | 1 Comment

Last Post: August 1, 2009 12:56 PM by Peter Redmer

Xbox LIVE Should Never Be "Down" for Maintenance

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on June 18, 2009 12:29 PM

A few days ago, Microsoft took the entire Xbox LIVE Service down for around 24 hours to complete scheduled maintenance and perform upgrades. Sounds innocent enough, but for a paid service like LIVE, I'm finding...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Home Console Gaming | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 137 thousand | 2 Comments

Last Post: June 18, 2009 5:45 PM by Matt Whitlock

Matt's Tech Law #5 - Filter Your Own Spam Without Punishing Others

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on June 8, 2009 3:10 PM

Spam. It's the e-mail you don't want, but is sent to you anyway. In fact, Spam has been around since before the Internet and e-mail became mainstream. They even celebrated the 30th birthday of the...

Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 101 thousand | 1 Comment

Last Post: June 9, 2009 12:14 PM by Peter Redmer

See Ya Firefox, I'm Switching Back to Internet Explorer

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on May 1, 2009 5:50 PM

Yep. You read that right. I know, everywhere else you're reading that Firefox is soooo much better, and that people are switching to it in droves. For me that was three years ago, but now...

Categories: Computers, Laptops, and Media Servers | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 139 thousand | 5 Comments

Last Post: July 15, 2009 6:40 PM by ozzybex

Apple: 'A PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what you want.' Huh?

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on April 20, 2009 3:56 PM

Apple finally responded to Microsoft's latest ad campaign for Windows, which shows various fake shoppers walk through the computer buying process, and finally settling on Windows PCs made by HP. I don't want to get...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Computers, Laptops, and Media Servers | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 168 thousand | 6 Comments

Last Post: April 21, 2009 1:35 PM by Peter Redmer

Build a 'Watch Anywhere' Baby Monitor Using Slingbox or Skype

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on February 26, 2009 4:20 PM

Those who know me or follow my blog here at TechLore.com will attest, I have a fair amount of older gadgets and gizmos I've collected over the years. Some sit on shelves behind a glass...

Categories: Audio / Video Streaming Camcorders | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 182 thousand | 1 Comment

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FCC Goes Soft on DTV Transition, Won't Accomplish Anything

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on February 5, 2009 12:24 PM

Since digital TV broadcasting began back in the late 1990s, the path to analog's inevitable extinction has been a long and rocky one. Did I say inevitable? Perhaps the word "impossible" may be more accurate....

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Televisions and Projectors | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 123 thousand | 1 Comment

Last Post: February 5, 2009 8:37 PM by Brandon C.

Microsoft Confirms Six Different Windows 7 Editions... But Only Two Really Matter

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on February 3, 2009 1:46 PM

Since Microsoft introduced four different SKUs of Windows Vista into the marketplace, would be Windows buyers have been... confused. Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate offered different features at each level, taking away some...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Computers, Laptops, and Media Servers | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 101 thousand | 5 Comments

Last Post: September 27, 2009 5:44 PM by Wah-hoo Robotics

Sorry Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Blockbuster, and iTunes... We're Out of Internet

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on December 19, 2008 10:53 AM

In just the past few months: Netflix has struck more deals with more and more CE partners, now offering on-demand movie streaming capabilities through both the XBOX 360 and TiVo set-top DVRs. Blockbuster has teamed...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Audio / Video Streaming Computers, Laptops, and Media Servers Phones, Smartphones, and PDAs Home Console Gaming | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 345 thousand | 4 Comments

Last Post: February 28, 2009 9:53 PM by Scott McGrath

Black Friday is Almost Here - Are You Ready?

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on November 25, 2008 5:16 PM

We're but mere days away from our turkey feasts, and that can only mean one thing - Black Friday, the kickoff of the holiday buying season and craziest retail shopping day of the year, is...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends | Blog Entry's Raw Score: 56,101 | 1 Comment

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Matt's Tech Law #4 - Cure Yourself of iSyndrome Before It's Too Late

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on November 17, 2008 6:56 PM

Over the last year, I've watched several friends develop severe cases of what I'm calling 'iSyndrome.' Not sure what that is? It's a disease... a terrible, awful illness with the horrible side-effect of making everyone...

Categories: Phones, Smartphones, and PDAs | Blog Entry's Raw Score: 98,944 | 1 Comment

Last Post: November 18, 2008 12:48 PM by Peter Redmer

Letter to Apple: Way to Stick It to iPhone Developers

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on November 6, 2008 6:00 PM

Apple's business model is built on strict control of their products, both hardware and software based. It's the reason why the iPod is so tightly integrated to iTunes, and why you can't install their OS...

Categories: Phones, Smartphones, and PDAs | Blog Entry's Raw Score: 48,581 | 2 Comments

Last Post: September 28, 2009 9:57 AM by Matt Whitlock

Convoluted Family Tree of Telecommunication Companies

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on October 28, 2008 9:46 AM

I understand the reasoning behind the Feds decision to breakup the AT&T monopoly, and on January 1st of 1984, AT&T's local operations split into seven independent Regional Bell Operating Companies (you've heard the term 'baby...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Phones, Smartphones, and PDAs | Blog Entry's Raw Score: 55,410 | 1 Comment

Last Post: October 12, 2009 1:13 AM by Vicente

Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' Ads Fuel the PC vs. Mac Debate

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on September 19, 2008 11:26 AM

In the blogosphere, on YouTube, and anywhere else PC and Mac users share the same space you'll see and endless barrage of "mine is better than yours" posts from those who claim to be Mac...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 197 thousand | 4 Comments

Last Post: September 21, 2008 2:25 PM by Paris is for hotties

Apple Shows Off New iPods, iTunes 8 - Underwhelms?

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on September 9, 2008 3:58 PM

Today at Apple's "Rock Live" Event in San Fransico, Jobs and Co. took the opportunity to debut the iPod lineup for the holiday selling season, as well as highlight some additional updates and goodies for...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Portable AV Phones, Smartphones, and PDAs | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 148 thousand | 1 Comment

Last Post: September 9, 2008 5:20 PM by Peter Redmer

Comcast Offers Free Wii to New Triple Play Subscribers - Fine Print Costs You $400

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on July 28, 2008 2:49 PM

In a press release today, Comcast announced they have partnered with Nintendo to offer a free Nintendo Wii to new Comcast Triple Play subscribers who sign up for service between today and August 17th. However,...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Home Console Gaming | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 548 thousand | 6 Comments

Last Post: November 8, 2008 1:03 PM by Jodi rn

Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta Released - Hold Out for Beta 2

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on July 17, 2008 2:23 PM

There's been a lot of activity in the mobile web browser game since Apple's iPhone completely redefined the web experience on a handheld. For the Windows Mobile user (like me), there isn't much out there...

Categories: Phones, Smartphones, and PDAs Accessories and Software | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 181 thousand | 1 Comment

Last Post: July 17, 2008 2:48 PM by Peter Redmer

XBOX 360 Dashboard Redesign - Before and After

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on July 15, 2008 10:06 AM

Microsoft will be significantly changing the way the XBOX 360 looks. No, not the outer physical form factor. We're talking about the dashboard here, the software you interact with when you power on the console....

Categories: Home Console Gaming | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 205 thousand | 6 Comments

Last Post: August 23, 2009 3:41 AM by Xbox 360

Apple Unleashes iPhone 3G on America - 2 Minute Overview and Review Roundup

Posted to blog Mind Over Matt'er on July 11, 2008 5:16 PM

With the enormous amount of media coverage regarding Jobs' latest wonder toy, you probably already know the newest version of Apple's iPhone hit stores today. If you're not the type to read the 15,000 different...

Categories: News, Rumors, and Trends Phones, Smartphones, and PDAs | Blog Entry's Raw Score: over 209 thousand | 4 Comments

Last Post: July 14, 2008 11:46 PM by Peter Redmer

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