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Archive for October, 2008
Update on the Speed Update
The speed update has finally taken effect. If you’re on a very fast internet connection (greater than eight megabits), you should notice dramatically improved speeds. Enjoy, and post back if you feel like it with some speed results!
Continue Reading "Update on the Speed Update"Couple of Updates
We’ve updated the Phone Encyclopedia with a couple of security updates from the core MediaWiki platform. We’ve also updated a few bits of WordPress code and made some under-the-hood changes.
Finally, a permissions glitch cropped up that caused some images to not load properly.
If nothing has changed, that means everything’s working great. If you see something [...]
Major Speed Boost
We realize that bandwidth in America is just starting to take off. With fiber finally getting off the ground, DOCSIS 3.0 arriving next year, and even ADSL2+… it’s time to make things even faster.
So, we’re filling the switches right now to boost our bandwidth speed. We’re now able to push at least 20 megabits per [...]
The Face of a Splogger…
One “genius” splogger decided to start stealing dozens of articles from PhoneNews.com, and putting them on his web site. Worse, he actually has his photo online:
If you see this guy, feel free to say “hello” from all of us. In the mean time, we’re serving the search engines with DMCA notices… which will shut him [...]
Continue Reading "The Face of a Splogger…"Clearing Up Verizon & QChat
As you may have read, in past articles we noted (in multiple articles) that Verizon was going with QChat-style technology for its Push To Talk platform. We did note that a refreshed BREWChat was a possibility. Of course, since then it has come clear that Verizon is using Motorola’s new PTT platform.
We didn’t clear the [...]
Big Review, Coming Next Week
We just finished the paperwork, and tomorrow we’ll start reviewing a game-changing device. While we aren’t allowed to say just yet which phone it is… there aren’t that many to chose from. Regardless, stay tuned next week for a full review of it.
And no, that won’t be the only review, we have quite a few [...]
Handling a Bad Situation
As you may have been able to tell from the sluggish news this week, it has not been a good week for PhoneNews.com. Our (forced) perpetual moving, combined with my (forced) absence this week… has shown some of our weaknesses.
On top of everything else, I’ve encountered serious networking issues that occurred just after getting back [...]
