4G is the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards. It is the successor to the 3G standard, the speed requirements for 4G service sets the peak download speed at 1 Gbit/s for low mobility communication such as a stationary user. For the last two years two technologies had been competing to become the next standard to represent [...]
Continue Reading →At CES 2011 Microsoft announced that it will be re-writing the code for OS “Windows” to allow it to support ARM processors. What this means is that with Windows 8 Microsoft will be able to get Windows on an even greater number of devices than ever before ranging from mobile phones, tablets, hell even refrigerators. [...]
Continue Reading →iPad 2: So the iPad 2 will be released tomorrow, and while this is happening their are some rumors spreading that Apple may release an iPad 3 in September. The reasoning behind this is that the release time of March hurts Christmas sales, given that by the time the Christmas shopping season comes around the iPad is [...]
Continue Reading →In general we have to options available for obtaining internet service either from a traditional ISP (Qualitynet, KEMS, …..etc) or from a mobile operator (Zain, Wataniya, Viva) I thought it would be interesting to go through and look at the benefits of each as well as give a real world test of the services. The first thing we [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve been working on getting a TV installed in one of my bedrooms as well as adding a media center to play back the content that is on the network, And while I do have extra hardware around the house I thought I would buy the Apple TV 2 to play around with. I received the package on Thursday and pulled out my [...]
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Yesterday Apple unveiled the iPad 2, and while the refresh of the device includes the usual suspects with regard to upgraded specs i.e. its faster/thinner/lighter than the previous one. The new device adds 2 cameras a VGA front camera for video calls (FaceTime anyone?) and a rear 720p camera This time around the iPad [...]
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I’ve played around with many a PC, and this is got to be the smallest PC ever. This is a barebone system I picked up from VIA technologies it’s called the ARTiGO A1100. It has a 1.2 GHz VIA Nano CPU and an Integrated VIA Chrome9 GPU which can handle MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264, and other [...]
Continue Reading →Continuing along the same streaming and personal dropbox themes, I’ve been I’ve been using Windows Home Server 2011 RC in preparation for the final release. Windows Home Sever 2011 is a home server operating system developed by Microsoftto succeed the Windows Home Server operating system. So of the major benefits of using WHS in your home are: Centralized backup - Allows backup of [...]
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