Bejeweled used to be my favorite game in the world. It was the first game I ever bought on a Palm Pilot, and was the first purchase I made from iTunes when I bought my first iPhone. Then it morphed into Bejeweled Blitz, which hooked into Facebook. A bad sign right there. But they made it work for quite some time. They added new features, exploding gems, free spins for points...all very exciting. I played on. And then an update came that took a huge step backwards. First was the volume. Really annoying. I would open Bejeweled Blitz and the music would start playing. This, despite having all volume...


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Personally, I own both: an iPad mini LTE and the Kindle Paperwhite, and they both have changed everything. The iPad mini has brought many iPad-only apps to portable iPad that fits in jacket pocket and the Kindle Paperwhite is finally the first Kindle that can be read in darkness, e.g. in bed at night. However, the question that many people ask themselves is: should I buy the Kindle Paperwhite or a small tablet like the iPad mini? First let me dismiss the question of Windows 8 tablets: there are 2 variants (RT with ARM processor that can't run old Windows programs, and those with x86 processor...


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You may have noticed how quiet it's been for the last few months. Or maybe you didn't. Either way, I feel you're owed some small explanation as to why it's been quiet here at JustAnotherGeekSite, and why the Convertcast when kaput. I'll try and keep a long story short. Back in June I was diagnosed with advanced stage 3 breast cancer. The 7 cm tumor simply appeared one morning as though it had been inserted overnight while I slept. So I started a course of heavy chemotherapy that left me drained, weak, and not much use to anyone. By the 4th treatment I had to stop working, and the 6th and final...


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Way back in episode 33, I talked about Microsoft Tag on the Convertcast in 2010. A lot has changed since then, and barcode scanning has become ubiquitous in both e-commerce and brick and mortar stores. What we have not seen more of, however, is Microsoft Tag. Microsoft is now making an attempt to bring it back by using it as the method of entry in a contest hosted by Newegg. I dutifully downloaded Tag to my iPhone, an app I hadn't got much use from, and didn't even have installed anymore. Is it worth installing just to enter a contest? Sure - why not?! Play the Golden Egg Games Using Mobile Barcodes...


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Not long ago, I read a forum post asking if you would buy your pet an iPad. I think the answer is an unqualified NO for most of us. But people do allow small children and pets to use their tech. I believe both small children and pets have the same capacity to damage your devices, so caution must be used with both. The youtube video showing an elephant using a Galaxy Note was (in my mind, at least), bizarre. I would never ever offer my iPad to an elephant. Even a baby elephant. Then I started really thinking about pets and the iPad. My cats walk across the keyboard of my computers as though they...


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A recent study by Elcomsoft questioned whether sixteen popular password keepers live up to their claimed levels of protection.  The article uses many terms familiar to security experts but not to everyday users. At Ascendo, we received many emails from concerned customers. This article attempts to demystify some of the concepts discussed in the study to help non-security experts make informed decisions about password managers. A basic feature of most password managers is data encryption using ciphers such as AES and Blowfish. A cipher is simply a mathematical formula which uses a string of characters...


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No - this is not a joke. However, it is awfully darn funny. ------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL NOTICE If you purchased a Palm Treo 700p, 700w, 700wx or 755p smartphone, your rights may be affected by a class action settlement. A settlement of a class action lawsuit may affect you if you purchased, in the United States, a new Treo 700p, 700w, 700wx or 755p smartphone (collectively, "Treo Phone"). If you qualify, you may send in a claim form to ask for a redemption code (voucher) for use on the HP online store. The Superior Court of California,...


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Every year at CTIA, I wander the exhibit hall looking for the blingiest cases out there. And every year brings more. Most of these cases are not particularly functional, and totally over the top. But they're here, and well represented. Here is a small sample for your viewing pleasure.  


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I have not purchased a new iPad (3rd generation) yet (I will do it later this year). But I was playing with many iPad 3 units in 2 Apple stores in Paris (one inside of the biggest museum in the world, the Louvre, as seen on photo above, and one near the French ministry of Music (sic!)), After looking at them, they were on my mind, so here are my impressions and thoughts! First off: it's great device apart from 2 tiny things: reports of overheating, and the fact that LTE (the true 4G) is working only in USA and Canada, not in any other country. This thing has a display of incredible resolution...


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Back in the good ole days when I was a happy Palm os user, I had an account on Handango. I bought hundreds of quality apps from them. From Agendus to Pocket Tunes to Documents to Go - I plunked down my cash to support my growing habit. When it was evident that Palm was going the way of the dinosaur, I switched to Windows Mobile. And I gave Handango even more of my money. All the while, happy Blackberry users were doing likewise, and buying apps left and right, increasing the purchased apps database on Handango. Handango loved its customers, and loved the developers as well. How many of you remember...


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