The Roundup: Week of October 16th, 2009

16 10 2009

Welcome back everyone, to another edition of “The Roundup”! And Happy 3rd Birthday to The iLife!

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This week I’m talking about Sidekick users having no data, Finland requiring internet, and Amazon giving you your products even faster.

This week I have three stories for you. Let’s get started.

1: From : Technologizer
Microsoft to Sidekick Users: We Seem to Have Lost Your Data
Sunday, October 11, 2009

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If your one of the few people who still uses a Sidekick then, as you probably know, you’re having some issues. See, the Sidekick doesn’t actually save its data to the phone, it is stored in volatile (meaning if you turn the power off, it’s gone) flash memory and it’s synced it to a Danger (the company the makes the sidekick, now owned by Microsoft) server. This may sound cool, since theoretically if you ever lose your phone, you still have your data and you can access it via the internet. But that means you’re dependent on some server, somewhere. And this week, that server failed. Danger/Microsoft managed to lose all of their customers’ data. To make matters worse, there only advice was to “not turn your sidekick off” and that your data was almost certainly lost. Luckily, they were lying and managed to recover most of it. However, do you really trust them to keep your data safe? Plus, it’s time to move on from the side kick, I mean wouldn’t you want to switch to the much more open and interesting T-Mobile G1 or MyTouch?

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The Roundup: Week of July 10th, 2009

10 07 2009

Welcome back everyone, to another edition of “The Roundup”!

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This week I’m talking about Google’s take on Operating Systems, and then they decide to finally do something with Google Apps, and Amazon made the Kindle a bit more affordable. Take a look, after the jump.

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The Roundup: Week of May 8th, 2009

8 05 2009

Welcome back everyone, to another edition of “The Roundup”!

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This week I’m talking about Google and Apple’s FTC inquiry, Amazon’s new Kindle, AT&T’s first iPhone app, and some quick notes on Windows 7 RC, and Mac OS X 10.5.7. Take a look, after the jump.

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The Roundup: Week of May 1st, 2009

1 05 2009

Happy May Day everyone, and welcome to another edition of “The Roundup”!

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This week I’m talking about ABC and Hulu, Apple’s Store employees, Windows 7’s Release Candidate date, and Stanza. Take a look, after the jump.

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The Roundup: Week of April 17th, 2009

17 04 2009

Welcome back everyone, to another edition of “The Roundup”!

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This week I’m talking about a new worm on Twitter, The U.S.’s biggest talk show host is about to join Twitter (and possibly take it fully mainstream), Amazon’s search delisting “glitch”, and the Palm Pre might be here soon than you think. Take a look, after the jump.

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The Roundup: Week of April 10th, 2009

10 04 2009

Welcome back everyone, to another edition of “The Roundup”!

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This week I’m talking about if Google and Twitter are getting together, Twitter’s graphic issues, the new FriendFeed beta, and changes in price at all the major music download stores. Take a look, after the jump.

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The Roundup: Week of March 20th, 2009

20 03 2009

Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Roundup”! Brought to you by Dan Spiers.

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Keith had to take off this week, so I’m filling in for him.
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The Roundup: Week of March 6th, 2009

6 03 2009

It’s time for this weeks Roundup!

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The Roundup: Week of February 13th, 2009

13 02 2009

Hey everybody, its the end of the week again, so let’s round up the biggest tech news stories.

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