iOS 5 New Tricks

I was really excited when I first read about the new features iOS 5 will bring to the iPhone and other iDevices. I had been waiting for the announcement and partly followed the live coverage of Steve Jobs keynote address. When he finished, I was looking forward to this Fall, when iOS 5 is supposed to become available to the masses, but then I started thinking...

Watch Flash Movies on your iPhone / iPad

As you well know, Steve Jobs is not a fan of Flash, and he's committed not to have Flash ever in his iDevices, but some rogue iOS developers think otherwise and decided to open the Pandora's Box of Apple! Yes, you guessed it, there are ways to watch those elusive Flash movies on your iPhone or iPad.

I will only mention two apps that allow you to work around the no-Flash policy of Apple and explore the goodies of Flash based websites, some with more

iOS 4.3 New and Improved Features

Ready for the iOS 4.3 upgrade? Connect your iDevice to the computer you synch it with iTunes and get ready for a 400+ MB download. If you haven't done so yet, you will also need to update your iTunes to its latest version, iTunes 10.2.1.1.

For those of you interested in What's New on the latest iOS iteration, here's a list

iOS 4.3 is out!

Apple has launched iOS 4.3 today to all supported iDevices. This includes the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad. From the several hours I have been using it on an iPhone 3GS I must say I am positively surprised with this upgrade that, though not offering much in terms of new features, has certainly sped up

Sync Your Office Docs with the Cloud

Google has done it again! On what some perceive as an attack on Microsoft Office productivity suite, Google has launched a plug-in for Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 which allows you to synchronize your MS Office documents with Google Docs, Google Cloud Connect! Others are saying Microsoft should actually be pleased, as Google is offering free cloud storage and synchronization for their product, which means

Windows 7 Service Pack 1

For all those with an MSDN or Technet account, the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 RTM has been posted for download on MSDN/Technet. The download of the 32/64 bit pack is a whopping 1.9 GB, so make sure your connection is working smoothly!

The different versions of Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 included are also available.

This Service Pack should be made available to the general public sometime in March.

Lenovo "Splice" Battery

Just got a Lenovo " Splice Battery, the 27++, for the Lenovo ThinkPad W510, and it's increased my laptop's autonomy to over 6 hours. If you have a netbook you will be thinking that's not much, but let me tell you that, in a machine with a Quad-Core i7 processor and a 15.6" Full HD screen, it is