TECH: The Slow Downfall of Illegal Downloads

Nov 17, 2010 8 Comments by Jim Dalrymple

Earlier this fall, I decided to get Arcade Fire’s latest album The Suburbs. Like everyone, I get more and more music online, but in this case, I also thought maybe I’d go in to a record store and pick up an actual CD. It’d be nice, I considered, to have a physical copy, and the smell of a CD booklet is certainly nostalgic. After procrastinating my record store outing for weeks, however, I finally gave up and bought the album on iTunes.

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TECH: Facebook vs. Google: The Epic Battle

Nov 16, 2010 8 Comments by Kristin Clift

A long time ago, I was introduced to Google. I was working on a research project and my teacher wrote the strange-looking word “google” on the whiteboard — it sounded kind of sketchy, but she told us it was a good tool for research assignments. My life has never been the same since.

Fast-forward a few years to my freshman year at BYU when my roommate introduced me to Facebook. I was reluctant to join since I already had a MySpace account, but I joined because all our new friends had an account and it was a great way to organize daily social gatherings. Needless to say, my MySpace account quickly became a redheaded step-child to me. With Facebook as my new love, my social life hasn’t been the same since.

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TECH: Podcast: 2010 E3, Nintendo 3DS, New XBOX, iPhone 4

Jul 02, 2010 2 Comments by Jarren Bird

Jarren Bird, Mike Alger and Colton Chesnut get together for the 7th time on the Rhombus Tech Podcast. E3 the biggest game conference of the year brought several new things from Microsoft, and Nintendo. Apple has their new iPhone in the wild, Jarren got one, he tells about the face time he’s had with it [...]

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TECH: Podcast: 2010 WWDC, iPhone 4, & Team Fortress for Mac

Jun 13, 2010 No Comments

Jarren Bird, Mike Alger and Colton Chesnut get together for the 6th installment of the Rhombus Tech Podcast. Today’s topics: Apple’s WWDC 2010 and the iPhone 4. (And freakin’ Team Fortress 2 for Mac!) You can stream the podcast by simply clicking on the link below, or you can download it to your computer by [...]

TECH: Why I Won't Be Getting Another iPhone

Jun 03, 2010 No Comments

In a word? AT&T, but it’s a little more complicated than that. I’m not dropping the phone because it’s not a great phone or because of AT&T’s coverage, nor am I dropping it because of their piss-poor service. I’m ditching because of their new data plan pricing, just announced this morning. One of the biggest [...]

TECH: Podcast: Google IO, Google TV, & Emails From A Hurt Locker

May 28, 2010 No Comments

Colton, Jarren, and Mike get together for the fourht installment of the Rhombus Tech Podcast. This week was all about Google’s annual IO conference. They announced Android 2.2, Google TV, and everything else that will bless the Internet for the coming year. Also, some thoughts on movie piracy as the producer of The Hurt Locker [...]

TECH: Review: iPad

May 20, 2010 No Comments

Yep, I am writing this from my brand new iPad. Well, brand new in that I’ve had it a couple days. Enough time to get familiar with it, hold it, use it, learn it, cuddle it. I’ve done everything I can to put the iPad through its paces the last few days, and I’m here [...]

TECH: Podcast: Internet Privacy, Alan Wake, Steam for Mac

May 12, 2010 No Comments

Alan Wake and Steam for Mac are released, the FCC wants to control everything, and Facebook wants to publish everything. Hear the opinions of Colton, Jarren, and MikeAlger – professionals of web, audio, and video. Follow them on twitter at @resounde, @jarrenb, and @thealphamike You can stream the podcast by simply clicking on the link [...]

TECH: Podcast: HP/Palm, iPad Sales, Apple Hates Flash

May 05, 2010 No Comments

Colton Chesnut and Jarren Bird add MikeAlger to their ranks for the second edition of the Rhombus tech podcast. This week, Steve Jobs insists that Flash smells bad, HP snatches Palm, and the fuzz crack down on Gizmodo editor (and apparently deadly threat to national security) Jason Chen. You can stream the podcast by simply [...]

TECH: The Automotive Revolution Has Begun

Apr 27, 2010 No Comments

The time is soon arriving that the oil barons have been dreading and conspiring against for years. That is, when electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a pipe dream of burnt out hippies, but rather a fully viable consumer product. A while back we talked about Better Place, a company helping to visualize and build the [...]

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