A Pre-Release Review of IliumSoft eWallet 7.0
December 2, 2009 – 7:07 pm | Comments

Ilium Software, maker of software for both Windows and the PPC has crafted a new version of their popular program eWallet.  Being a user of eWallet 6.x for a good six months I was …

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A Pre-Release Review of IliumSoft eWallet 7.0
December 2, 2009 – 7:07 pm | Comments
A Pre-Release Review of IliumSoft eWallet 7.0

Ilium Software, maker of software for both Windows and the PPC has crafted a new version of their popular program eWallet.  Being a user of eWallet 6.x for a good six months I was …

Ready to upgrade your Moto-Q? Get an Ozone!
November 9, 2009 – 5:27 pm | Comments
Ready to upgrade your Moto-Q? Get an Ozone!

For the last year or so I have had a Motorola Moto-Q 9c Smartphone (Verizon).  For a Windows Mobile Standard device, a darn good phone.  It did take me 3 of them at the beginning …

The death of XP has been GREATLY exaggerated!
June 21, 2009 – 7:44 pm | Comments
The death of XP has been GREATLY exaggerated!

  Looks like Microsoft has caved a bit and extended the life of XP one more time.  According to this article in Computerworld, Microsoft has extended distribution of the aging O/S well into 2011 – …

Palm Pre fans line up to buy the new smartphone
June 7, 2009 – 2:52 pm | Comments
Palm Pre fans line up to buy the new smartphone

Saturday was the day for fans of the Palm Pre – Palm’s hot up-and-coming SmartPhone.  One of the guys I work with has been really anticipating getting his – his computer has has screen-saver pictures …

Why Text Messages are limited to 160 Characters
May 5, 2009 – 7:58 pm | Comments
Why Text Messages are limited to 160 Characters

I always wondered this myself.  I had certain ideas like maybe 160 out of 255 characters in an Ethernet Packet or some other method of squeezing the data in.  Turns out that my thoughts …

Illinois programmer sues Google over “Android”
May 4, 2009 – 5:58 pm | Comments
Illinois programmer sues Google over “Android”

 
The owner of an obscure Illinois software development company is suing Google and everyone else in the Open Handset Alliance over their use of the word “Android.”
The suit has made public the fact that Google’s …

Looking for a job? Work on Windows EIGHT!
April 29, 2009 – 8:51 pm | Comments
Looking for a job? Work on Windows EIGHT!

Good grief man … I just [finally] upgraded my system to Vista, am thinking about going to Windows 7 when they release it and now you’re talking about Windows 8? So it would seem, according …

Senators introduce bill to limit Mobile SPAM
April 4, 2009 – 7:45 am | Comments
Senators introduce bill to limit Mobile SPAM

I guess I never thought about this.  Apparently there are companies now sending out SPAM through the text-messaging systems of Mobile Phones.  Obviously SPAM is a big problem with e-mail (I get lots of that …

Mobile tech 2010: Five trends that will change our lives
February 5, 2009 – 7:39 pm | Comments
Mobile tech 2010: Five trends that will change our lives

The next two years will bring a slew of advances for mobile workers. Here are five that will make life on the road more productive.
Here’s the list
1) High-Class Netbooks.
2) Solid State Storage
3) Better Batteries
4) Online …

Review: Pocket Express
January 30, 2009 – 10:35 pm | Comments
Review: Pocket Express

Last week I was asked to take a look at a new application for Smartphone’s called ‘Pocket Express’.  Briefly – the application is a free on-demand newsfeed.  Over the years (and when I say years …

Developing to Smart Phones
January 21, 2009 – 9:32 pm | Comments
Developing to Smart Phones

If you’re a budding developer you might consider SmartPhone development.  According to this article there’s an awful lot going on in that workspace.  Being a Windows developer myself I’m biased toward Windows Mobile but if …

Microsoft’s Mobile "Mess"
January 9, 2009 – 6:05 pm | Comments
Microsoft’s Mobile "Mess"

Looks like the economy might not be the only thing slowing down these days.  Supposedly, Microsoft has gotten busy with other things because from what this article says about Steve Ballmer’s keynote there  ain’t all …

CES: Motorola to make phones from recycled bottles!
January 6, 2009 – 9:05 pm | Comments
CES: Motorola to make phones from recycled bottles!

Not to be outdone in the “green” movement Motorola is fixin’ to release a new series of “Moto” devices recycled from plastic bottles!

The new “Moto W233″
I wouldn’t classify these things as particularly cool or “sexy” …

Not-so-fresh Meat
January 5, 2009 – 9:28 am | Comments

Just letting everybody know that the “Bubba” is now going to give this a shot. I’ve been developing software for 30+ years and using PPC’s for almost 10, so hopefully I can contribute to …