Software
Photogene Bug Fixed

The update for Photogene is now available. This fixes the bug which required the location on before selecting a photo. Download it now.

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Posted on 28th August 2010No Comments
Bugs in Photogene and Newsrack Updates

I couldn’t open any files or photos after today’s Photogene update so wait for the next update. Plus Newsrack’s latest update does not fix the bug that won’t allow universal image download. Now I have to download per category which is a real drag. The fix: I deleted Newsrack on the iPhone and synced it [...]

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Posted on 21st August 2010No Comments
Newsrack 2.5 Update Problems

Do not download the latest Newsrack update that was released today! I have trouble syncing and image download, although claimed otherwise does not appear to be automatic anymore. I had to go to each folder to download the images manually. And worst of all, it takes ages to view each post! Wait till they fix [...]

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Posted on 30th July 2010No Comments
iPhone iOS4 Multitasking Hangs Apps

Just when I was wowed by multitasking – my Mom called while I was syncing NewsRack – I found a dire problem with multitasking: it crashes apps and it hangs apps. The worst thing that happened was when I tried taking a photo and it didn’t work! Only when I closed all the apps that [...]

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Posted on 22nd July 2010No Comments
5 Things I Love About the iPhone OS 4

1. Improved Camera The shutter speed seems turbo charged and there is zoom! Well we can delete all those .99 cent camera apps we purchased now. 2. Video focus You can now press to focus for videos now. No more blurry videos. 3. iBooks (or rather its potential) The iBook store sucks. There are only [...]

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Posted on 4th July 2010No Comments
Blur Photos after Installing iPhone OS 4

The odd blurring of my optimized photos after first installing the iPhone OS 4 (the sync hung and I had to shut down the computer). This problem is fixed when you sync your photos again.

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Posted on 3rd July 2010No Comments
iPhone OS 4 Backup Taking Forever

Device: iPhone 3GS with 32GB. 29GB of data. Plan: Install OS 4. Attempt 1: 1.5 hours to backup till halfway. Aborted due to exhaustion. It was 4am last night. Attempt 2: Today at 5pm. At 645pm when we left for dinner, it was halfway. When we returned at 9pm (4 hours from start), it had [...]

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Posted on 24th June 20101 Comment
Frustrations with Vista

Any day now, any day now I am going to replace this old Lenovo with something, anything running on Windows 7. Well, anything that is running on anything but Vista. I think the last straw was the printer not working. Granted, I lost the installation CD because some benign night elf living in my study [...]

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Encrypt Your USB Drive

I lost my 8GB SD card recently. Hunted for it in my laptop, in the camera, in my secret compartment in my backpack, but alas, it was gone. There was only one place it could be now, and that was in my mother’s laptop, which I had used to copy some photos over for her. [...]

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Posted on 26th April 2010No Comments
Best Educational App for Toddlers

Hands down, it is the excellent Dem Bones. It is cute, teaches anatomy in a fun and positive way, and it is beauty in its simplicity. Jack loves it and loves showing it to everyone. He started playing it when he was 3 and even now at almost 4 he still plays it. Here are [...]

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Posted on 22nd April 2010No Comments