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“4G” is the new hot term among cell phone providers, and has recently been all over the media as the carriers vie for your money business. 4G is basically a reference to the next generation (currently 3G) of cell network technology, which provides greater bandwidth for mobile devices. The term “4G” is more of a marketing ploy than a technical reference since none of the networks offer true 4G bandwith capability. Each of the major carriers is expanding or will be launching their own versions of 4G over the next several months. Read the rest of this entry »
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Again, something random, and not specifically related to IT. However, we do deal with some OSHA issues, e.g. cable running across walkways. OSHA has specific regulations for marking a permanent walkway. But apparently, it is okay for an engineer to free climb to the top of a 1700 foot antenna tower, with storm clouds on the horizon, without having to clip in the entire way up. Engineer climbs antenna tower, sketchy is an understatement.
Even in today’s gadget crazy culture where people change cell phones as often as they change their socks (ed. that was terribly cliche), it is surprising how often I hear terms being confused or used incorrectly. I think it mostly has to do with the media’s influence, i.e. manufacturer’s commercials influencing our perception of the various devices available. In any case, I thought I would take some time to clear up some of the confusion. The following may seem ridiculously obvious to many a gadget-geek, but again, this article isn’t directed at you, so why don’t you go and ogle over the N8 in the meantime. The rest of us will stay here and go over the difference between Droid, Android, iPhone, iOS 4, Blackberry, HP/Palm, and Windows Phone 7.
Apparently right now, Thursday Oct. 21 at 10:15am HST, Gmail is throwing a fit. This seems to be at least a nationwide issue per the current spaz happening among Twitter users. Though, Google’s Official Gmail Blog or Gmail on Twitter doesn’t have any report of the problem. It just shows how far Google’s reach is, and how many people rely on its services. Hopefully this outage isn’t too long. Will keep you posted.
EDIT:
Well seems as if it was a very brief outage, about 10 minutes. Gmail and Google Hosted all seem to be back up and running.
Oct 18
Lego building Lego. Cool.
A couple of thousand Lego pieces + CAD design = 3D Lego printer. Cool.
[Gizmodo]