Another quick one for the folks with Samsung Galaxy S handsets. A few days ago I wrote about how you could do a registry hack to update the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy S to a Canadian version that specifically fixes the missing download and recovery modes on affected devices. Over on XDA Developers, some …
September 2010 archive
Sep 19 2010
Would You Pay to Unlock the Full Potential of your CPU?
In an article published on Neowin, it appears that Intel is looking at shipping some processors with some capabilities initially locked that can be unlocked later on for a nominal fee. It does look like this is being aimed at the low to mid-range market where a performance boost might be more readily noticed than …
Sep 18 2010
NZ: Double the Fibre to the Home – Wise or Wasteful?
Across the ditch in New Zealand, the Kiwis are planning their own fibre network but in an interesting twist, homes will have not one but two fibres entering the premises. The idea behind this approach is to have retailers battle it out in the home but not for the home. Now, I’m not privy to …
Sep 17 2010
Samsung Galaxy S – Reclaim the Missing Three Button Modes
No doubt if you have been following this blog you would have been aware of my problems with the missing recovery and download modes (AKA three button modes or three button combinations). Thankfully, Samsung Canada released a solution today which users of the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S (model number GT-I9000) can utilise. …
Sep 16 2010
Internet Explorer 9 – Beta Released Today
Another short one for this evening. It’s been plastered on all the major news websites so you would have to have been blind to have missed it. The beta release of Internet Explorer 9 has been released today with much fanfare from Microsoft. I have to say that its performance so far has been fairly …
Sep 14 2010
Samsung Galaxy S – Get $50 Cash Back
Just a quick one tonight. As consumers, we always love rebates, bonuses and other free stuff thrown in to sweeten a deal. Sony has been known to throw in free PlayStation 3 consoles with it’s Bravia televisions every now and then and other manufacturers have had their own deals. Anyway, if you have purchased a …
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