Apple iPhone in Canada
The Apple iPhone will be coming to Canada on July 11th. It will be available with Rogers Wireless on a three year contact. The Canadian version of the Apple iPhone will be the much anticipated 3G version. It will be available with various wireless plans, all of which are much more expensive than those available in the United States. The base $75/month plan will include calling, text, and wireless browsing. There will be a 750MB cap on the data usage, unlike AT&T in the United States which offers unlimited browsing.
The Apple iPhone will only be available with Rogers on a three year contract, which is upsetting many Canadians.
June 29th, 2008 - Posted in Technology | | 0 Comments
Apple Macboook Air
Apple recently launched an ultra-thin notebook dubbed the “Macbook Air”. Apple says its ultra-thin, ultra-portable, and ultra unlike anything else. I would have to agree. The notebook incorporates the multi-touch functions of the iPhone and iPod Touch into the track-pad of the new laptop. This means you will be able to use features like pinching, to zoom in on a photo. The notebook features a 13.3″ widescreen display that is backlit by LEDs to conserve energy; this provides ultra-long battery life. Although the notebook itself is very small, the keyboard is still full size.
The only thing apple wasn’t able to shove into this paper thing computer was an optical drive. However, they developed a new solution wherein you can wireless access nearby computers optical drives should you ever need to use a CD or DVD.
Here are the stats of the two base models:
Processor: Memory: 2GB memory
Hard Drive: 80GB 4200-rpm PATA hard drive1
Networking: Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi2 and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Ships: 2-3 weeks
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Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
Memory: 2GB memory
Hard drive: 64GB solid-state drive1
Networking: Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi2 and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
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February 5th, 2008 - Posted in Technology | | 0 Comments
Apple iPod Touch
I thought I would write a quick article about Apple’s new iPod Touch. The iPod Touch is essentially a full feature iPod but is also personal organizer, e-mail device, and internet browser. The device itself is very thin and small, and uses a touch screen. It comes in two different storage capacities of 8GB and 16GB, which is much smaller compared to most of Apple’s iPod lineup but is understandable given how small the device is.
The iPod Touch has lots of cool applications like Google Maps which lets you search for directions quickly and accurately when you have WiFi access. The latest version of the Maps application even lets you locate yourself through triangulation of WiFi access points! (It is actually kind of scary how accurate it is.) There are loads of cool games you can install on your iPod Touch if you choose to unlock it using the jailbreak application. Some great iPod Touch games are solitaire, blackjack, and Lights Off.
Overall I would highly recommend the purchase of an iPod touch if you are looking to combine a personal organizer, e-mail, and iPod into one device. I can easily check my e-mail when I’m out a restaurants with WiFi or surf the net in wireless enabled cafes. You can watch videos form the iTunes store or video podcasts on the iPhone when your on the bus, or listen to music while your going for a walk. You can buy an iPod Touch form most electronics retailers or online on apple’s website.
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February 1st, 2008 - Posted in Technology | | 0 Comments
Windows or Linux for Web Hosting
An important web hosting question is which operating system (os) should I use? The two main choices are Windows (Server 2003) or Linux (RedHat). Each have advantages and disadvantages. One thing you can do in windows that you can’t in linux is run .asp/.NET applications. These types of applications/web sites are common in business/industry. Linux has a lot of advantages for blogging and other application hosting web sites. There are a lot of cool things that can be done on wordpress when on a Linux server (relating to search engine optimization) that are much more difficult to do on Windows. I will discuss this in a later post.
One cool feature of Windows Server 2003 for web hosting that cause me too choose it over Linux was remote desktop connection (RDC). RDC allows me to directly connect to the computer, and use it as if I was sitting right in front of it. I think this made it much easier for me to learn how to use the server and learn about web hosting/server administration.
Windows Servers run something called IIS - this is something that linux servers don’t have. Windows servers can do everything linux servers can (Apache) + IIS stuff. Linux servers can onl do Apache stuff.
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November 11th, 2007 - Posted in Web Hosting | | 0 Comments
Dedicated Vs. Shared Servers
Dedicated vs. Shared servers is one of the first things you need to consider when you decide that you want to purchase web hosting. You need to ask yourself how many websites you want to host, and what you want to get out of your web hosting. If you are a “home” user who wants to host one small simple website then I would recommend going with a shared server. A shared server is one dedicated server that is shared by numerous people who have very limited access to the server (through some sort of control panel software like Plesk or CPanel). Shared servers are usuall extremly slow, because they are overloaded with too many websites but are okay for home users.
A dedicated server is where you get an entire server all to yourself. You can log into the server through SSH (if it is Linux) or through remote desktop connection (RDC) if it is a windows server. I will speak mainly for Windows/RDC combo because that is what I use. With RDC you are able to log into the server as if it was right in front of you, and virtually use the server using your own keyboard and monitor as if it were hooked up to the web server. Dedicated servers give you full control over every aspect of your web hosting and they are extremely fast. But they are also expensive.
If you are looking for something in between, I would recommend a third option that is often not mentioned- a virtual dedicated server. Some web hosts have software that allows them to take one dedicated server, which is overkill for most users, and break it down into a few mini-servers. This allows a few users to use one dedicated server. Virtualization software isused to make it seem as though each user has the entire server to themselves though. The advantages of this are that it is less expensive than buying your own dedicated server, but still gives you tonnes of speed and control.
In my next post I will talk about choosing an operating system and explain why I chose Windows Server 2003 instead of Linux.
November 9th, 2007 - Posted in Web Hosting | | 0 Comments
My New Tech Blog
This new blog will include technology reviews, like the new Apple iPhone and other cool devices such as the iPod Touch. I also plan on talking about other technology related activities such as web hosting, web design, server administration and photography.
I will start off with telling you a bit about this site. It is powered by wordpress, a free blogging software. Wordpress is running on a dedicated server which I purchased from a web hosting company located in Waterloo, Canada. I purchased a virtual server from them which means I am sharring a dedicated server with some other people, but it feels as though I have my very own server. The server I am using runs Windows Server 2003 R2 and uses Plesk control panel software. Thats a bit of an intro; if you are looking to get your own website the best place to start is finding a good web host. Always remember that you get what you pay for- I went through some bad experiences before I ended up with Inspiratica, my current web hosting company. Once you have picked a web host, then you need to look into choosing dedicated vs. shared server and choosing an operating system, which I will discuss next time
November 8th, 2007 - Posted in Web Hosting | | 1 Comments
