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September 11, 2009
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BlackBerry Articles
What Does a Blackberry Phone Do?
The BlackBerry, produced by RIM of Waterloo, Canada, is a leading smartphone choice for the business-minded individual. Like most smartphones, it combines the functionality of a cell phone and an organizer, but a BlackBerry is much more than a digital organizer. A BlackBerry allows mobile access to computer-like functions such as email, web browsing, mobile banking, instant messaging and social networking, among others.
How to Navigate a Blackberry Without the Trackball
Many of the newer BlackBerry Smart Phones are designed to be used with a trackball. The trackball allows the user to navigate screens, applications and the cursor (when composing text). It is possible, however, to navigate some BlackBerry applications and functions using just the keypad.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 series smart phones combine style with function. Despite the condensed keypad, they have most of the same powerful features as their full QWERTY cousins. Here are a few useful tips for navigating on the Blackberry Pearl 8100's condensed keypad and screen.
Who Makes the Blackberry Pearl?
The BlackBerry Pearl was RIM's first BlackBerry to offer a built-in camera and expandable media.
August 07, 2009
Guest Post on Twibes Blog: Writers Find Community on Twitter
Writing is a solitary craft, albeit one that is difficult to practice in a vacuum. Freelance writers who originally hail from print and broadcast newsrooms understand this all too well.
Working outside of the realm of cubicle life acquaints freelancers to the double-edged sword of freedom. There is the autonomy to set one’s own hours and to choose one’s own writing subject matter. But while freelance writers get to set their own paths, they also have to navigate those paths on their own.
April 06, 2009
Webby Writing
Web Domain Defined
Most Internet users are familiar with web domains, or domain names, though they may not know it. Domain names are usually the most memorable portions of URLs. For instance "google.com" is the domain name that is the building block of the URL "http://www.google.com."
What Is a Trojan Virus?
A Trojan is malicious software disguised as something else. Executing a file hidden in a Trojan may reveal an annoying but relatively harmless computer prank--if you're lucky. If you are unlucky, you may find that your entire system is wiped out.
April 05, 2009
Fox News Fires Showbiz Columnist For "Promoting" Piracy
When I read the Roger Friedman article, I was surprised that it made it to print. What was he thinking? Obviously, piracy is illegal. If you watch pirated movies, the last thing you want to do is publicize the fact. If he wanted to write about that, he should have taken up anonymous blogging (even then he would have been caught, eventually).
If he really wanted to do some hard-hitting journalism, he could have written an exposé on the seedy underbelly of movie piracy. Then he may have gotten a Peabody and a free pass to view all of the illegal downloads he wanted...for research purposes, of course.
If he really wanted to do some hard-hitting journalism, he could have written an exposé on the seedy underbelly of movie piracy. Then he may have gotten a Peabody and a free pass to view all of the illegal downloads he wanted...for research purposes, of course.
February 08, 2009
Adventures on Twitter
January 14, 2009
Boundaries between TVs & Computers Disappearing
Yahoo! Inc. is paving the way toward a brave new technological world where the lines are blurred between the desktop computer and the living room television console. Yahoo! and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. have unveiled a new line of televisions with Internet-based applications.
Trojans
November 06, 2008
What Fox News reporter Carl Cameron said to Shepard Smith about Sarah Palin
October 31, 2008
Don’t Vote!
October 03, 2008
Get 5 Friends to Register to Vote
Leonardo DiCaprio, will i. am, Tobey Maguire, and Forest Whitaker have created public service announcements to encourage American youth to register to vote. The non-partisan PSAs, produced by DiCaprios Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to register and vote and participate in the upcoming election.
Celebrities appearing in the PSAs include: Amy Adams, will.i.am, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Halle Berry, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Connolly, Courteney Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Jonah Hill, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher, Adam Levine, Laura Linney, Eva Longoria, Tobey Maguire, Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Ethan Suplee, Kyra Sedgwick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Usher, and Forest Whitaker.
June 26, 2008
John Mayer ditches his BlackBerry Bold (Yes, he got one early)
John Mayer was one of the few people on this planet who actually had and used a BlackBerry Bold, despite the fact that it hasn't been officially released yet. The only other person that I can think of, off the top of my head, who already has a BlackBerry Bold is Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of Research In Motion. So how Mayer got one is beyond me. He obviously knows someone. But being well-connected is not really all that surprising in Hollywood.
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June 25, 2008
Documents To Go for BlackBerry released...sort of
Documents To Go has just listed on their Web site BlackBerry Version 1.002. Under choices for devices, all of the latest available BlackBerry models as well as the BlackBerry 9000, or Bold, are listed. Could DataViz be posting information about their software in anticipation of the release of the BlackBerry Bold? Will the release from RIM come earlier than expected?
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New iPhone: porn friendly?
I doubt that this is what Apple had in mind when it decided to release a 3G iPhone. But let's face it, smartphones are becoming miniature computers. And while many use computers for productive purposes—there are a lot of people out there who are closet pervs. Popular Web sites, in general, are beginning to provide mobile content. It is really not surprising that adult-themed sites are doing likewise.
June 24, 2008
Man from North Pole, Alaska, charged with DUI on lawnmower
That's right, you read the title right: Man from North Pole, Alaska, charged with DUI on lawnmower—Only in Alaska!
(A non-BlackBerry related article, for once.)
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