HostMonk, Skype on Mobiles, ColorSplash, HomeMade Pizza

Homemade Pizza

HostMonk Compares various web hosts according to price, platform, bandwith, memory, CPU type, and management. The original article for this information came from the good people at makeuseof.com. lifehacker has an article on this ( via makeuseof.com) Read Lifehacker Article Want more on reliable, affordable web hosts? Read More Here>>

Skype Comes to iPhone, Blackberry: phonescoop and Reuters have the news on this development. The application for putting Skype on the iPhone will be available Tuesday, March 31st, 2009. The Blackberry application will make its debut in May. Free long distance phone calls anyone?

iPhone App ColorSplash: This app allows you to dress up pictures on your iPhone with vibrant colors. ColorSpash sells for $1.99 Read About ColorSplash>>

Make Home Made Tasty Pizza: I haven’t tried this recipe yet; I’m on a special diet. When the diet is over in a day or so I may just have to fire up the old oven. Make Pizza at Home>>

Who’s on Crack in Tech: 03.27.09, Browser Wars, TwitterSheep

Browser Wars

From Gadgetell: Who’s on Crack in Tech

• Best Buy = Best FAIL
• China hates Chad Vader?
• April Fools’ Worm is hungry
• Facebook just messes with us
• Surveys – Hate ‘em

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Browser War: IE8, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. Read More Here>>

TwitterSheep is a handy app that works with Twitter to form a tag cloud of subjects your Twitter followers are talking about. I just discovered that marketing is the most popular subject my followers talk about . . . even though I’m not a marketer. That’s what I get for following back all those marketing types that follow me!

T-Mobile’s New Android Phone

T-Mobile G2

T- Mobile is entering the fray this summer with the HTC Magic, which recently was approved by the FCC. Read More Here>> More articles on HTC Magic Read More Here>>

Phonescoop’s review of HTC Magic (European model – Vodaphone)

Palm Pre Battles

Palm, the maker of the soon to be released Pre, has put all its eggs in one basket. The failure of the Pre  would sound a death knell for Palm. Despite a gloomy economic forecast, the Pre is poised to turn the tide for Palm, where an outdated OS and inefficient business practices led to huge losses in revenue. There seems to be a lot of support and goodwill in both the business and developer community towards Palm; many developers are excited about creating features and applications for the Pre’s new operating system, WebOS. Read More Here>>

Low Down,Dirty Best Buy?, MixTape.me, Mac Apps Galore

Cool Music

Hey Mama by Black Eyed Peas

Oh say it ain’t so Best Buy! Tell me it’s not true you lure unsuspecting victims customers into the store with the promise of honoring price matches, only to pull the rug out from them when it’s time to pony up. More Best buy Shame>>

When I found out there was another music service on the internet, I groaned: not another one?! I was skeptical till I tried out MixTape.me I was B L O W N  A W A Y!! The  MixTape.me UI (user interface) is slick, the music is CD quality – crisp and clear. MixTape.me is a music mashup: it integrates artist bios and album art from Last.fm, song lyrics from LyricWiki and music videos from Youtube. MixTape.me is most definitely worth your time: take a few minutes to look around – don’t be shy about registering for a free account, as I did. ReadWriteWeb has an informative article on MixTape.me

Alright Mac-Heads, this one’s for you. 100 Free Mac Apps to die for Pt. 1 and here is Pt. 2

Beware The Twitter Worm! This worm is only a proof-of-concept right now, if it isn’t addressed soon, it may become reality. Read More Here >> (ReadWriteWeb)

Too Many Reviews?, Uncle Sam Wants You!, Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

Uncle Sam

Can there be too many reviews for a product or service? I don’t think so. Read More Here>>

Uncle Sam needs your help: How can we improve U.S. broadband? The FCC wild hold a meeting in April that is open to the public. You can weigh in with your ideas for improving U.S. broadband capabilities. The FCC will take the input, and along with it’s internally generated input, come up with a plan that will be submitted to congress. President Obama has already recommended setting aside a considerable amount of money to improve America’s technological infrastructure. Read More Here>>

As a Firefox fan, I’m happy to share with you these Firefox keyboard shortcuts. If you are still using Internet Explorer, I have but one question: why?

Do you prefer links to open in a new window or in the same window? I would like to know what you think. As always, you can leave a comment or email me at: asktonyc[at]aol.com

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lifehacker’s Top Posts of The Week, Twitter Personalities, Pirate Bay RSS Feed

From lifehacker: Five best Linux distributions, The five minute prison workout, Android vs iPhone 3.0, and much more!

What type of Twitter Personality do you have? The 14 Types of Twitter Personalities

Download torrents remotely with Pirate Bay’s personal RSS. Read More Here >>

IE8 – What You Should Know, Companies for Early Tech Adopters

Internet Explorer 8

The final build of Internet Explorer 8 has been released. It is a major departure from IE7, with improved security, faster rendering of web pages, and it is more standards compliant. Disclosure: I’m a fan of Mozilla Firefox; when I see someone using Internet Explorer I roll my eyes and shake my head. Read More Here

If you want to improve your bottom line by making your blog, website, or online business more profitable, you may wish to take a look at this article by the guru’s over at ReadWriteWeb.

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Palm Pre vs iPhone OS 3.0

It just got more difficult to decide which phone has more to offer: the Palm Pre or the Apple iPhone OS 3.0. The iPhone OS 3.0, scheduled to appear this summer, will address several shortcomings of its predecessor: cut and paste functionality, MMS messaging (for sending audio and images with messages), improved search using spotlight (borrowed from Apple’s desktop OS X platform), and improved synchronization – iPhone 3.0 adds CALDAV and .ics to its Exchange support to give users the choice of working with Google Calendar, Yahoo! Calendar, and to allow for sharing calendars.

The Palm Pre has a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus; the iPhone 3.0 OS has a 2.0 megapixel fixed-focus camera. Palm Pre has GPS navigation, Apple says it will open iPhone 3.0’s GPS functionality to third party developers. The Pre allows multiple applications to run at the same time – iPhone OS 3.0 does not.

My thoughts: With  OS 3.0, Apple will keep a lot of it’s previous supporters happy – many of them will stick with the iPhone. The Apple App Store is very popular and well stocked. The Palm Pre uses a new platform, webOS. As such, applications for the Pre are being made from scratch. Only time will tell if the Palm Pre can start to catch up in the applications area. I am curious about the Pre’s battery: with a large display and the ability to run multiple applications, will the Palm Pre’s battery last throughout the day? At least I can replace the Pre’s battery – I can not replace the iPhone OS 3.0 battery. The iPhone OS 3.0 is a free upgrade for those of you who already have the iPhone OS 2.0. For the iPod Touch owners in the crowd, the upgrade to OS 3.0 will cost $9.95

Read more Palm Pre vs iPhone OS 3.0

Palm Pre 4X Faster Than iPhone?, The Death of E-Mail, Nigerian Gets 19 years in Internet Scam

There are some who claim that the rumored copy and paste feature coming soon to an iPhone near you is in response to the soon to be released (allegedly) Palm Pre smartphone. The Palm Pre lets you cut and paste. A cnet UK article claims that a site, which took 30 sec. to load on the iPhone,  displayed on The Pre in 7 sec.

I still use email, but not the same way I did a few years ago. I have multiple accounts; I use Trillian to manage them. I only toggle Trillian on a few times a day, the rest of the time I am blissfully unaware of my inbox’s contents. I do the same thing with Gmail via Google Talk: on twice a day for a quick check, after that it stays off. John C. Dvorak thinks email is dead. Do you deal with your email differently these days? Is email dead?

I’ve gotten my fair share of emails from someone in Africa who promises that they have something really cool they want to share with me. If I could only find a way to send them the bulk of my life savings, they promise to give me something of far greater worth. When I read a story like this, I get a big old grin pasted on my face (for a few minutes, anyway).

Technologizer’s 5Words, Beware of Internet Thieves, Twitter Visualizations

Internet Thief

Technologizer’s latest big tech news stories. 5Words

ReadWriteWeb has an interesting article on PC security: “Is Your Pc Part of a Botnet?” The things criminals are able to do these days are quite scary. Please stay safe: Use a firewall, antivirus, antiphishing and keep your software updated regularly. Remember, the biggest threat to your online security is between the chair and the computer – you! Don’t click on links sent to you in an email from someone you don’t know.

I like playing around on Twitter. I have used Monitter before. I also tried something similar to Twittearth. I look forward to trying out the other Twitter visualization tools. 6 Unique Twitter Visualizations from Mashable

Friends With Benefits Wedding. I always enjoy a wedding. This video is hilarious! FWB Wedding (contains mature language)

Cruxlux, Apple Takes Advantage?, Revolutionary Baldness Cure

Male Pattern Baldness

Cruxlux, currently in beta, looks at the current web page you are viewing and scours the web for related material. It then summarizes the material it found and presents it to you. The nice thing about that is that you never had to leave the web page you were working on initially. More About Cruxlux

Is Apple taking advantage of the consumer? There appears to be a tiny chip on the iPhone Shuffle’s headphone control system that has been installed for the purposes of DRM (Digital Rights Management).  iPod Shuffle Uses DRM? boing boing has more on this. boing boing article

Revolutionary Baldness Cure: Male Pattern Baldness Finally Meets its Match. Silly Video

Cops Use Twitter, Do Computers Kill?, Forrest Gump in 1 Minute

I think it’s really cool that police departments across the nation are starting to see the value of twitter. Read More Here

Is your computer killing you? There are steps that can be taken to keep yourself healthy while you enjoy time on the computer. Read Stay Healthy Online

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates you never know what you’re going to get.

5 Words for You, Google Voice Replaces GrandCentral, Beta Firefox Extensions

Technologizer’s excellent read on the world of technology.

Google Voice takes the place of GrandCentral. Read More Here

Experimental Firefox Extensions

Rules? We Don’t Need No Stinking Rules!, DoINeedAnUmbrella, In-Flight Internet

Airbus 380

Read about five people who got tired of the time proven, sound advice of the “media experts”. They marched to the beat of a different drummer and won – against the odds! Read More Here

DoINeedAnUmbrella I already use, Yahoo Upcoming looks interesting. Are there any Cool Websites and Tools you like?

I have flown on average once a year for the past five years. I have never used the internet on any flight, although I would consider it on a long, boring flight. Here is an article on the state of in-flight internet

PhoneMag Week In Review, Romeo The Cat, Big Brands in Social Media

The week in review by PhoneMag

Cat twitters for Charity. Romeo The Cat is a fund raising genius. See Romeo’s Video

Big brands in social media are a plus. Read More Here

Make Your PC Smile, Twitter VS Google, Government 2.0

Free Tools Keep PC Healthy

Make Your PC Smile: Here are several free tools that will make your computing experience safer and more reliable: Make Your PC Smile

Twitter VS Google: There are things that Twitter can do that Google is not suited for. For example, Twitter can process real time events. Google can index an event, but not in real time. With Twitter, companies can interact with the consumer and monitor gripes, customer satisfaction, and any mention of their brand. This can be done by using Twitter’s search function. With Google I can monitor such things also – but the difference is I can only see what happened days, weeks, or months ago. Read More Here

Government 2.0: The Obama Administration has its work cut out for it:  a war on two fronts, an economy teetering on the brink of destruction, and a floundering health care system. If that isn’t bad enough, the various federal agencies are often using old technology that doesn’t do the job. Enter Web 2.0! With a few sweeps of his pen, President Obama will usher in a new technological age for Washington . . . or will he? ReadWriteWeb’s 2 cents

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