Catholic Tech Talk

Anyone who spends time on the Internet, ends up with a multitude of passwords, far too many to effectively manage and keep safe let alone even remember.  A few years ago I got excited about the prospect of OpenID, an open source foundation with the mission of implementing a single sign on solution across the [...]

Wireless routers are becoming more and more prevalent in homes as more things are connecting to the internet in our home.  It used to be easy selecting a router too.  You basically just matched up the signal type you needed (a/b/g/n).  In the past few years it may have simply been a laptop and now we [...]

First of all, I would like to introduce the newest convert To the Catholic Faith, my iPad! I have over the last week successfully transformed it into the “cathPad”. I will give an overview of the apps I have installed as well as tips and tricks that you can use when that Protestant is trying [...]

As a career specialty retail manager mostly within the media and electronics industries, I’ve lived through every media transition so far.  Music, movies, and now books.  As each one comes, it seems the speculations and arguments are coming straight from some secret script kept for just such occasions.   You have your “doomsday” groups which scream [...]

This past week, Barnes and Noble released the long-awaited software update to the Nook Color.  Like any software update, it’s rolled out to owners incrementally.  But Barnes and Noble also offers the ability to download the update file and install it manually. The update gives users some great new capabilities: Apps that can be purchased [...]

As Catholics, we love to read and there a lot of great books that have been written on the faith as well.  eReaders and ebooks are getting a lot of attention, and if you’re finding it confusing . . . I can understand.  I read a lot of articles about ereaders in particular that are often full [...]

Yes, I confess . . . I am an avid Android mobile user.  AND . . . I have an iPod Touch (which I essentially just use for music now) and an iPad at my disposal.  Some are die-hard advocates of one platform over the other, and I respect that.  I personally like both and [...]

An idea whose time has come – the iChair.

The hot tech-topic over the weekend was the announcement that Oracle had filed a lawsuit against Google over the purported copyright and patent infringement of Java in the Google Android operating system. This topic will be closely watched by many in the tech industry, especially those with a passion for the Open Source movement. Of [...]

A post over at Mashable, ’4 Ways BlackBerry Can Stay Relevant’, has me wondering — is it just a matter of time before BlackBerry is a distant runner-up in the smartphone race? Before I abandoned all things Windows and switched to Mac in early 2009, I was a very satisfied BlackBerry user. I had owned [...]

I know mine can’t. Some film-school students armed with an iPhone and a lot of creativity put together this awesome HD movie using the $4.99 iMovie app.

If you just went by the headlines from the AT&T website security hole last week, you would have thought all iPad owners would have to call their credit card companies to cancel their card.

Now that iPhone 4 is nearly here, and based on pre-release information it’s a winner, it begs the question, “Where does it go from here?” Ever since they essentially de-throned PDA’s as the weapon of choice for mobile techie’s, ‘smartphones’ have undergone an enormous evolution. Palm Treo’s were big for awhile, then BlackBerries dominated, then [...]

Over at the Apple Blog, there’s a post entitled, ’7 Essential iPad Productivity Apps.’ For those on the fence over whether or not the iPad can make you more productive, start with a look at that article. I’ve got most of those apps already (although I’m still waiting for the iWork Suite to beef up [...]

Pre-orders are now available for the HTC Droid Incredible. Based on this review by Engadget, it appears to be a winner.

Before I purchased my MacBook Pro, I gave the Microsoft Tablet PC a serious look. I was intrigued by something physically narrower and with a touch-sensitive screen interface. The high cost of the available devices and my interest in switching OS platforms dissuaded me from the purchase. Nonetheless, I still longed for a device that; [...]

Is this the end of paper-based publishing and reading? Perhaps. The debate is still open, but the iPad, along with the Kindle and Sony Readers, have certainly made a case for consuming books on hand-held devices. In particular, the iPad seems to be best positioned to deliver the goods, with a decent reading experience, and [...]

With magical reviews like this and a hearty list of available apps like this, I’m leaning ever closer towards an iPad purchase. For me to go ahead with a purchase, these are some of the questions I need answered. ‘Readability’, that is, how long can I comfortably read on the device. I’ve been considering an [...]