http://www.tip-o-tex.com Development Blog - Do Not Take Anything On This Site Seriously Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/facebooks-doppelganger-week-narcissism-exposed http://www.tip-o-tex.com/facebooks-doppelganger-week-narcissism-exposed#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:04:32 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/facebooks-doppelganger-week-narcissism-exposed
It’s Doppelganger Week on Facebook, which means if anyone’s ever said you sort of, kind of look like a famous actor, musician or athlete, now’s the chance to pretend you’re just as beautiful. All you have to do is change your Facebook profile picture to any celebrity that shares a resemblance. Expect a lot of Tom [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/facebooks-doppelganger-week-narcissism-exposed/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/sony-to-debut-ps3-reality-show-the-tester-in-february http://www.tip-o-tex.com/sony-to-debut-ps3-reality-show-the-tester-in-february#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:16:39 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/sony-to-debut-ps3-reality-show-the-tester-in-february
Video game platforms are supposed to be visionary, but sometimes they’re just silly. Case in point, it looks like Sony’s hopping on the ‘reality’ series bandwagon with a competition show called The Tester for their PlayStation Network, this one involving 11 gamers battling indulgently for a spot on Sony’s game design staff. According to the press [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/sony-to-debut-ps3-reality-show-the-tester-in-february/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/sleuthing-for-an-ipad-camera http://www.tip-o-tex.com/sleuthing-for-an-ipad-camera#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:46:45 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/sleuthing-for-an-ipad-camera
Photo: Melissa J. Perenson, PCWorld After Steve Jobs’ unveiling of the iPad last week, the chatter about the product didn’t go away. Instead, it just shifted: instead of questions of “what’s it going to be?” blogs and media outlets all over started asking, “what’s it missing?” One of the things the iPad was notably missing (other than [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/sleuthing-for-an-ipad-camera/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/nexus-one-gets-multitouch-other-improvements http://www.tip-o-tex.com/nexus-one-gets-multitouch-other-improvements#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:33:56 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/nexus-one-gets-multitouch-other-improvements
Multitouch support is officially on the way to Google’s Nexus One Android phone. Google announced an over-the-air update Tuesday afternoon that’ll deliver native multitouch functionality along with a handful of other software improvements and fixes. Nexus One Gains Multitouch The Nexus One update, set to start hitting devices as soon as today, will bring multitouch-driven [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/nexus-one-gets-multitouch-other-improvements/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/apple-iphone-ipod-touch-security-patch-whats-fixed http://www.tip-o-tex.com/apple-iphone-ipod-touch-security-patch-whats-fixed#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:41:45 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/apple-iphone-ipod-touch-security-patch-whats-fixed
Apple on Tuesday released an updated version of its iPhone OS software for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new version 3.1.3 patches several security holes, provides a few bug fixes and minor enhancements, and is available via iTunes download. The five security fixes are related to CoreAudio, ImageIO, Recovery Mode, and WebKit. The CoreAudio patch prevents [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/apple-iphone-ipod-touch-security-patch-whats-fixed/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/twitter-resets-user-passwords-in-wake-of-phishing-attack http://www.tip-o-tex.com/twitter-resets-user-passwords-in-wake-of-phishing-attack#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:18:20 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/twitter-resets-user-passwords-in-wake-of-phishing-attack
Early Tuesday, Twitter says it had to reset the passwords of a small number of accounts compromised in an external phishing attack. “As part of Twitter’s ongoing security efforts, we reset passwords for a small number of accounts that we believe may have been compromised offsite,” Twitter wrote in a prepared statement. Twitter said it took the [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/twitter-resets-user-passwords-in-wake-of-phishing-attack/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/apples-iphone-takes-a-hit http://www.tip-o-tex.com/apples-iphone-takes-a-hit#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:29:10 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/apples-iphone-takes-a-hit
Apple may be touting the release of its iPhone OS 3.1.3 update this week, but new research shows the iPhone is actually starting to slip when it comes to smartphone market share. The shift is no big surprise — analysts have been expecting the iPhone to begin losing its stronghold to Android for some time now [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/apples-iphone-takes-a-hit/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/iphone-os-3-1-3-update-brings-jailbreak-woes http://www.tip-o-tex.com/iphone-os-3-1-3-update-brings-jailbreak-woes#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:24:26 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/iphone-os-3-1-3-update-brings-jailbreak-woes
Apple released version 3.1.3 of the iPhone operating system (OS) on Tuesday, much to jailbreakers dismay. The update, which is available now via iTunes, fixes a number of known bugs, patches known security issues, and improves various iPhone features. However, despite the good news for the majority of regular iPhone owners, the upgrade has posed [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/iphone-os-3-1-3-update-brings-jailbreak-woes/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/seven-nikon-coolpix-cameras-prepare-for-launch http://www.tip-o-tex.com/seven-nikon-coolpix-cameras-prepare-for-launch#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:35:21 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/seven-nikon-coolpix-cameras-prepare-for-launch
Nikon took the wraps off its 2010 Coolpix point-and-shoot camera line today, announcing seven new cameras. The new Coolpix cams range from a 26x optical zoom model to a fast-starting pocket megazoom to a $130 AA-battery-powered camera. All of the new Coolpix models are slated for availability in February and March. Nikon Coolpix P100: 26x Megazoom, Optimized [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/seven-nikon-coolpix-cameras-prepare-for-launch/feed 0 http://www.tip-o-tex.com/olympus-pen-e-pl1-hands-on-micro-four-thirds-for-the-whole-family http://www.tip-o-tex.com/olympus-pen-e-pl1-hands-on-micro-four-thirds-for-the-whole-family#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:36:18 +0000 J.T. Kirk http://www.tip-o-tex.com/olympus-pen-e-pl1-hands-on-micro-four-thirds-for-the-whole-family
It’s nearly impossible to recommend a single camera for all types of user–people who would be best served by a simple, slim point-and-shoot aren’t the same as those who need the top-notch photo quality, granular controls, and lens-swapping versatility of a DSLR. But now, there’s the Olympus Pen E-PL1. This well-priced ($600 as a kit!) model, [...]]]> http://www.tip-o-tex.com/olympus-pen-e-pl1-hands-on-micro-four-thirds-for-the-whole-family/feed 0