May 21st, 2008 | Posted in releases, technology
There have been several rumors floating around over the past couple of months over the next generation iPhone, and recently a lot of attention has been placed on the upcoming WWDC Keynote on June 9th.
Well, according to Gizmodo, they have a source that is “very, very close” to the iPhone launch, and they have been informed that the new iPhone 3G will indeed get introduced on June 9, and then be available worldwide immediately following the launch. I hope they are right, as I am planning on moving back to America at the start of June, it will turn out to be perfect timing as I look to buy a new cell phone once I am home.
For more information on just what you can expect from the new iPhones, be sure to check out Engadget, which ran a nice article that laid out what their sources have told them about the second-gen iPhone.
*not intended to portray the 3G phone, just an illustration
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April 10th, 2008 | Posted in blogging, search engines, technology
Yesterday I was discussing with a friend of mine how frustrating it can be to post a comment on someone’s blog only to find out that the blog is defaulting to show links as rel=”nofollow”. If you are using wordpress, then this function is automatic by default, and it really penalizes your users that post great content on your sites.
This is basically something that wordpress set up as a default in order to prevent comment spamming. The reason behind this is that the links don’t get the “link juice” from nofollow links, and the sites page ranks are not effected. Of course spammers could care less about their page ranks, but most serious webmasters do (although the benefits of page rank are highly debatable).
Anyway, my friend sent me a great link today on douglaskarr’s marketing technology blog about how you can hack your wordpress code to get rid of the rel=”nofollow” default and start to give your readers the benefit that they deserve for commenting on your site.
Read the full explanation here
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April 9th, 2008 | Posted in computers, technology
Hewlett-Packard announced the release of its smallest ever laptop computer, the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC.
This is the first time that the company has tried to make a move into the low priced market of ultra small computer laptops. If you are interested in this new ultra small laptop, you can expect to pay anywhere between $500 and $900, depending on your configuration.
The laptop has an 8.9″ screen, and weighs in at slightly higher than 2.5 pounds. According to the company website, it is geared towards the educational market. One of the biggest concerns consumers have with mini notebook computers is the keyboard size. This computer has an almost full size keyboard, at 92% the size of a typical keyboard layout.
Here are a few of the features:
- Anodized aluminum shell that is sleek, sturdy, and lightweight;
- An 8.9-inch diagonal WXGA display with a resolution of 1,280 pixels by 768 pixels
- Two battery options: Either the three-cell for lightest-weight configurations, or the choice of the six-cell for longer battery life;
- Wireless technologies. These include integrated Wi-Fi Certified WLAN and optional Bluetooth™
The computers move away from using an Intel chip, and instead have a C7-M microprocessor from Taiwan’s Via Technologies.
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