Category: Tech

Acer Iconia A500 Review and Guide

I had been looking for a while at the Acer Iconia 10.1 inch tablet.  I found it on sale at Wally World for $300 so I decided to pick one up.  I am impressed...

Open Source Network backup with Amanda

According to Zmanda, Amanda is the most popular open source backup and recovery software in the world. Amanda protects more than half a million servers and desktops running various versions of Linux, UNIX, BSD,...

AT&T’s Speedy LTE

AT&T Labs has demonstrated download speeds of nearly 29 Mbps on an experimental LTE network in Plano, Texas, according to a report in GigaOm.   Upload speeds reportedly hit 10.4 Mbps in the demo. AT&T,...

Microsoft buys Skype

Microsoft has confirmed reports of its $8.5 billion purchase of internet phone service Skype, the biggest acquisition in the company’s 36-year history. According to Microsoft, the acquisition of Skype will “increase the accessibility of...