Geekly Update - 14 Feb 2011
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Beware of penny auctions that offer iPads for $50 as you could spend hundreds offering that penny for each bid and end up with nothing.
Although many elders of the church say it is not really sanctioned, the iPhone app "Confession: A Roman Catholic App" has been approved by US Catholic Church. For $1.99, you can list your sins, select from 7 acts of contrition and even tell it your previous dates of confession. Let's hope your misdeeds don't end up on Twitter.
Upgrade and e-cycle at Target to rid yourself of old electronics through their new buyback program. Turn in used iPhones, iPods, cell phones and video games, and get credit on another Target purchase.
A study from the WiFi Alliance finds that 32% of US surfers have "borrowed" a connection from someone near their home or work. Is it legal? See this article for more info.
Nokia has released its E7 Smartphone with a 4" ClearBlack display, plenty of apps and a full QWERTY keyboard. More plusses include built-in Adobe Reader and VPN, 16 gigabytes flash memory, HDMI connectivity and an 8 mp camera with dual LED flash.
Amazon has decided to add some new elements to its latest Kindle update including numbered pages, book notes availability to the "greater Kindle community," personal ratings on the last book you read and an improved layout for newspapers and magazines. (I still want that musty book smell.)
Gogo Inflight service claims that Facebook is the number one site visited by those who use their service and is offering free access for the month of February. The deal is in cooperation with Ford as the company plans to interject commercials for their new SUV.
According to the Wall St. Journal, there is a new iPad in the works. The next generation will be thinner, lighter, will have a built-in camera for video-conferencing, and a faster processor.
Activision has announced the demise of the Guitar Hero line. The company claims that there is a decline in the popularity of music genre games, perhaps in part due to flocks of angry birds and plant chasing zombies.
AOL has bought the Huffington Post for a whopping $315 million. Let's hope this acquisition goes just as well as AOL's pickup of Bebo. What, you've never heard of Bebo?
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Joey
15 Feb 2011
Hi Bob,
Historically, beginning with "Tourbus" in 1997, I became about 127% smarter after only two doses (and better looking, too). When you introduced "Ask Bob Rankin" I thought my smartness peaked beyond its plausible limitations. Then you introduced "Geekly Update" and even I was quickly humbled by my own gushing smartery and have been growing smarter at something like the rate of Moore's Law ever since.
Also, I am now too good looking to go outside. People cover their eyes as I pass by. I'm sure it is from the flaring brightness absorbed from religiously reading the combo of Tourbus/Ask Bob/Geekly Update for all these years.
Thank you, Bob, for all the cyberific smarticles you have so willingly shared since the nineties! Joey (Loyal since 1997)
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Mary
16 Feb 2011
"Thank you, Bob, for all the cyberific smarticles you have so willingly shared since the nineties! Joey (Loyal since 1997)"
Not quite as long a reader, but everything else? What he said!
Posted by:
Jim Komasinski
16 Feb 2011
Dear Bob,
Here is something you might be interested in concerning your 'Ask Bob" web page.
I just tried (multiple times) the link "Save as Favorites". It did not work.
After clicking the hyperlink, at the bottom of the IE8 window (I have all updates to XP SP3 and IE applied) it has the error messgage "Done, but with errors on the page".
Some background that might be related to this problem. On this particular system my favorites folder has been moved to a none standard location - namely "C:\+Servers\Favorites". I have run with it this way for years. I use the "+Servers" folder is a LAN-Oriented, SHARED area. This difference might have something to do with the hyperlink failure.
Just thought you would find this of interest.
Jim Komasinski
Indianapolis, IN
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