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  Fun summer timewasters for your iPhone / iPod Touch Ok, we’re past the first summer long weekend and summer holidays are well under way for many. And for many, this means many hours spend traveling. I’ve found a few very good iPhone / iPod Touch games that have helped me while away the hours (at least until my battery died far too soon under [...]

  Fun summer timewasters for your iPhone / iPod Touch from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

  23 days on
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  This is the week that was More of a bad news week than most; Microsoft leaks and product cuts, Apple has issues with email and reception, but there is an upside or two to this week that was… …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. Check out the full post here. [...]

  This is the week that was from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

  24 days on
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  Must get me one of these [video] …not sure where I’d put it though. Must get me one of these [video] from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast. Like this? Share it please!

  Must get me one of these [video] from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

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  If I could turn back time… If you’ve seen the last few posts about problems with Apple’s iOS4 operating system upgrade for iPhone and iPod Touch, then you’re aware that many owners of 1st and 2nd generation versions of these devices have been having power and performance problems with the update. Apple’s solution has been to suggest a system restore, and [...]

  If I could turn back time… from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

  29 days on
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  Not entirely sold on iOS4 For me, and my somewhat aged iPod Touch (2G), iOS4 hasn’t really been as big a benefit as I’d cautiously hoped. Going into the upgrade, I knew that I’d not be able to use a Bluetooth keyboard (darn), multitasking (double-darn) and wallpaper images (actually, this one was a surprise). …more This post is an excerpt [...]

  Not entirely sold on iOS4 from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

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  Battery life of a Microbe My wife uses an expression to describe battery-powered technology that runs out of juice before it ‘should’ — Battery Life of a Flea, is how she describes it. Well, if you thought you had problems with iPhone or iPod Touch battery life before, the new iOS4 update will not make you happy. According to many [...]

  Battery life of a Microbe from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

  ~1 month on
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  That was the week that was… Heh, another week, and another set of things that happened. No G20 or G8 coverage here… …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. Check out the full post here. That was the week that was… from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology [...]

  That was the week that was… from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

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  3 Apps to tame your Windows desktop All the talk on the techblog recently about Monitors and cool things on the desktop got me thinking about the three desktop applications I use to make my desktop truely ‘mine’. …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. Check out the full post here. 3 [...]

  3 Apps to tame your Windows desktop from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

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  It’s update season, and I’m getting tired We’re rapidly approaching the half-way point in the year. Almost six months completed in this year, and we seem to be approaching an event of significant corporate importance — the end of the second quarter (Q2). Projects are being wrapped up, deliverables being delivered, and milestones being met. As my wife pointed out today, it [...]

  It’s update season, and I’m getting tired from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

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  That was the week that was… Yikes! A whole week went past and this weekly roundup is late! Well, I could put it down to World Cup madness, or overindulgence on E3 coverage, but really, it’s just that we had such a nice weekend here in Edmonton that it was a shame to not enjoy it — which I did to [...]

  That was the week that was… from the blog of Brad Grier, a Canadian lifestyle technology blogger, writer, and tech enthusiast.

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  Why I Returned My iPad A little more than a week after buying the iPad, I returned it to Apple. The problem wasn't the iPad exactly, though it has some flaws. The problem was me.

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