Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:31AM - By Mike Payne
After much anticipation, Google’s Android mobile operating system finally has its face– the T-Mobile G1. Coming October 13th, T-Mobile will be selling the self-branded HTC Dream loaded with the Android OS. The G1 is a flip-style touch-screen phone with a full QWERTY keypad, with plenty of functionality that is going to give the iPhone a run for its money. First, the G1 includes a 3MP camera, a slight upgrade over the sensor in the iPhone. Like the iPhone App Store, there will be an Android Market for applications both direct and third party. Instead of iTunes, Android will interface with Amazon’s MP3 store (which always seems to have a leg up on iTunes for DRM-free tunes). The best part? T-Mobile will be pricing the G1 at $179, with data plans starting at $25 per month… [t-mobile]
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:53PM - By Mike Payne
Have you ever Googled yourself? No no, we mean the search engine– have you ever typed your own name into Google to see the results? Chances are you certainly have, just as most web savvy people have at some point in the recent past. What many readers may not know is that there are ways of manipulating what you see in search results for names, phrases and other words. In the web marketing world, this is referred to as “Search Engine Optimization”, although many “SEO’s” may frown on that word “manipulation”. While this process can be used for good, it can also be used for a lot of fun at the expense of your friends and enemies alike. Keep reading, GearCravers, to learn about the Art of Googlebombing, and how manipulate google to give your enemies some rather ugly search results…
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Sunday, November 4, 2007 12:00PM - By Mike Payne
The biggest news in Open Source this holiday season isn’t about some new release of Ubuntu with a silly alliterative name… Surprisingly, Walmart steals the spotlight with its $200 Everex TC2502 Green PC. The energy efficient TC2502′s hardware package includes a 1.5gHz processer, DVD-ROM/CD-R drive, 512MB memory, 10/100 Mbps ethernet, and an 80Gb hard drive. From there, the Everex Green PC saves by avoiding the Windows Tax– this machine comes standard with gOS– Google’s operating system and application bundle. This Everex also includes OpenOffice 2.2, effectively giving this machine all the productivity apps one could desire. Is this Crave-worthy? Surprisingly, yes. We’d like to get our hands on the TC2502 just to get the feel of gOS, and to own a little piece of history- the first stone in many that brought down the Windows empire…
Buy for $199.
