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Gaming and Apps on the Nokia N8

November 23, 2010

I’ve been an Android user (running Cyanogenmod, a custom Android software solution) using the G1 since July 2010. The G1 is pretty old in internet-years (Fall of 2008) and seems under-powered as compared with smartphones of 2010. As I’ve grown accustomed to the idea of “Doing More” with my cellphone and as I try to [...]

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I chose the Nokia N8

November 11, 2010

So, I was in the market for a video/mp3 player and ended up with the Nokia N8 device. I bought a Zune, but for the fact that the Zune HD I got had a bad screen flicker issue, I would’ve ended my search for a multimedia device. I had the Zune HD for less than [...]

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Quick Update: Installation of BitDefender Total Security 2011

September 11, 2010

This is just a quick video I put together showing the entire installation process of BitDefender Total Security 2011 from start to finish. I’m still using BitDefender Total Security 2011 as my main internet security suite and I am still enthusiastic about the product & the security of my PC. I have to give the [...]

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Getting a Smartphone? Get a data plan too.

September 2, 2010

One of the things I was concerned about (before splurging on an Android Phone) was the fact that I didn’t have a data plan. I got my first cell phone from AT&T in 2004 and after dabbling with the awful pay-per-use data plan, I opted out of their data packages. Back then, their data plans [...]

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Overview of BitDefender Total Security 2011

August 25, 2010

After over a year and some, I am giving BitDefender another try. I’ve been an otherwise satisfied user of Norton Internet Security 2010 for over 15 months , but when I got an email from the Social Media monitoring team at BitDefender offering me the chance to give their latest 2011 security product a whirl, [...]

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Plugin Recommendations & Tweaks For Habari

August 15, 2010

If you’ve suddenly discovered the internet and decide the world needs your voice, there are several content management systems (CMS) a.k.a. blogging systems you can choose from. Some of the more visible & open source projects include WordPress, Drupal, Joomla. The ‘not so new’ contender on the scene is Habari. I’ve written and linked to [...]

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Ten Persistent Android Applications on my G1

August 8, 2010

I‘ve been using my Android phone (G1) for a little over 2 weeks. Since then, there have been several dozen apps downloaded and discarded by yours truly. In the post, I’ll do a brief rundown of several apps that have persisted throughout my numerous wipes (akin to reformatting and reinstalling in the Windows world). All [...]

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