Author Archive: Efren Toscano

if you were using MSN Calender and I dont know anyone who was you should take note there  moving the service over to live calender and you will have to do some work for the migration.. Q: What is happening?A: MSN Calendar will be retired soon, as it is being replaced by Windows Live Calendar.…continue reading.

Yesterday’s Gmail and Google Apps outage, which lasted approximately 2 1/2 hours shows just what risky about putting everything in the cloud. For companies, it reduces the infrastructure they need to maintain internally, but if something like this happens — admittedly, rarely, at least for Google — it can really hurt. While those who access…continue reading.

Whrrl has hints of Brightkyte, Twitter, and many other microblogging or location based social networks.  The key as Jeff Holden (CEO of Pelago the Makers of Whrrl) explains, “is the organization of the content.”  Whrrl V2.0 (Which has yet to be released to the public) threads everything and turns it into a story rather than…continue reading.

Last year, I got an EeePC 8G as a bargain from a Hollywood producer who had expected “more of a Mac experience”. Undaunted by the machine running something other than Windows, I jumped at the chance to get this tiny wonder, considered the first true mainstream “netbook“. Since then, I have tried 2 other operating systems…continue reading.

The Iris Browser is a new, Webkit-based web browser for Windows Mobile devices running versions 5 or 6(+). The company recently released an updated version (Iris Browser 1.1.0) which is a very different piece of software than the one that was being used by beta testers. In the latest update, the company says they’ve merged…continue reading.

Sonim claims that the XP1 is one of the toughest phones out there.  With tons of videos out showing the XP1 being run over with a tracker, water being spilt on it, and dropped from top of some staircases, Gadget Review decides to take it a bit further.  When the Gadget Review folk came to…continue reading.

Apple unveiled Safari 4 beta today, calling it the world’s fastest and most innovative browser. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3 according to Apple. New features that are supposed to make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable include Top Sites, for a visual preview of frequently visited pages;…continue reading.

Wunder Radio, an already popular mobile application, became available to users of Windows Mobile phones just last week. The service provides access to nearly 36,000 radio stations delivered by Radio Time. With this app, you can access over 400 different genres including music, talk, sports, entertainment, and more. In addition to providing streaming radio services,…continue reading.

Microsoft Corp. today announced a new initiative, Elevate America, which will provide up to 2 million people over the next three years with the technology training needed to succeed in the 21st-century economy. Microsoft has worked for years with other businesses and community-based partners to broaden access to job opportunities through information technology education and…continue reading.

If you’ve been on Twitter for a while, you’ve probably seen someone with an elaborate background that’s designed to work around the text elements of the Twitter layout. Maybe it’s got a photo and some contact information on the side, or maybe it just frames the main text field in some creative way. When you…continue reading.