http://andrewmachado.com/blog Technology, The Internet and Video Games Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:16:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well you are probably not alone. ATT has officially announced that they have begn reducing coverage for Edge/2G customers and increasing the reach of 3G. ATT's reasoning is obvious they want people to upgrade to a newer phone so they can also pay the extra $10 a month ... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2009/01/03/having-trouble-getting-reception-with-your-old-iphone-on-the-edge-network/ Intel yesterday announced a new cheaper quad core processor for laptops. This chip along with a more expensive version round out a their quad core offerings for notebooks. Oddly the rumor mill is starting to hint that the MacBook Pro is going to adopt a quad core processor. ... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/12/30/a-quad-core-macbook-pro/ There has been lot of dicussion today about the possibility of Apple building its own media server software and hardware. I think people need to slow down a little bit with thoughts that this is close to launching. First off at this point Apple has the software pieces ... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/12/29/apple-building-a-media-server/ Joel Comm maker of the iPhone App iFart has been blogging about the progress of his application hitting #1 on iTunes. Detailed below are the sales figures he's seeing and the position on the store's best selling apps section. There really is some money to be made on ... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/12/23/iphone-app-ifart-sales-datahits-1/ I recently discovered the site Life Line Screenings.  For as little as $139 you can get yourself checked for the following: Stroke / Carotid artery Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Peripheral Arterial Disease Osteoporosis Complete Lipid Panel blood test* Glucose blood test* The best part about this service is you do not need insurance!  I think a lot of ... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/12/22/life-line-screening/ Facebook Connect has really started to take off. You can see it integrated on TechCrunch, City Search and Yelp. My question is does offering something like Open ID or Facebook Connect up use of your site enough that it offsets potentially not getting that user to create a ... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/12/18/facebook-connectshould-every-site-integrate-with-it/ The latest rumor on the internet is Little Big Planet is getting 4 downloadable costumes themed around Street Fighter I,II, III and IV. The Downloadable Costumes will be Chung-Li, Guile, Zangief and RYU. I don't know about you but I can't wait to pay $1.99 to have a ... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/12/01/little-big-planet-getting-street-fighter-downloadable-costumes/ As I mentioned previously The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is now shipping to retailers just in time for Black Friday. Go down to your local store and pick up this 22 megapixel monster that takes 1080p video. Just warn your wife that she is going to show up in HD.... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/11/25/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-is-now-shipping-1080p-video-in-a-digital-slr-camera/ Sony launches their new holiday campaign this weekend.  Here is an early sneak peak at the commercial. Is it just me or does this commercial look like it was expensive to make? http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/11/20/the-new-playstation-3-ad-campaign-for-xmas/ The PlayStation 3 is an amazing piece of machinery. From the Blu-ray to the built in hard drive it is built for the future, however I found myself always having to charge the controllers due to low batteries. Well I've got a tip out there for people who ... http://andrewmachado.com/blog/2008/11/02/quick-tip-on-keeping-your-playstation-3-controllers-always-fully-charged/