http://techblog.thevanguard.org Technology and Cultural Commentary from Nicholas Stehle Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:32:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apple SDK March 6! The long awaited Apple iPhone software development kit is coming, it appears, on March 6. This is only a few days late. It's not completely clear yet whether or not the kit will actually be released or whether it is just in beta and will ... http://techblog.thevanguard.org/100/apple-sdk-event-march-6/ Did the title get you? :) Rod Martin has a cool link regarding a new threat to humanity. A little scary--kinda cool, too. http://techblog.thevanguard.org/99/killer-robots/ A Democratic bill in the House of Representatives would force AT&T and Apple to abandon their successful business model, interfering with the markets in order to allow customers to activate the iPhone without a subsidized contract. Rep. Ed Markey, the very liberal Democrat congressman from Massachusetts, wants the FCC ... http://techblog.thevanguard.org/98/wanting-to-be-more-like-euroweenies-democrats-threaten-appleatt/ Newt Gingrich is setting up shop for his 527, American Solutions, right down the road from Google and Yahoo! in the heart of California's most liberal region. Gingrich said the group wants to "reach out to every interesting, innovative, entrepreneurial start-up. We want to learn the best ways to ... http://techblog.thevanguard.org/97/newt-gingrich-opens-up-shop-in-silicon-valley/ Facebook is making over its website in the coming weeks with a cleaner look inspired by its iPhone site, arguably the best iPhone optimized site available. Facebook will continue to dominate that space, it appears, by staying ahead of the competition and creating a cleaner, stylized and more useful interface than ... http://techblog.thevanguard.org/96/facebook-readies-its-iphone-inspired-makeover/ Many of us actually interested in the science behind all this global warming foolishness have been saying for years that the theory (and it is just that - a theory) is horribly misguided to the point of being misleading. Now there's more confirmation... real world confirmation. DailyTech reports ... http://techblog.thevanguard.org/95/science-substantial-scary-global-cooling/ This is great. A Pennsylvania man stabbed his brother-in-law during a political debate. The Clintonite went to jail and the Obama supporter went to the hospital - in critical condition. http://techblog.thevanguard.org/94/clintonite-stabs-obama-supporter/ For those of us who use OS X in an enterprise environment, it can be difficult to make our Exchange calendars sync with our iPhones. There is an excellent workaround, however. All of the updated versions of Office for Mac include a synchronization service that makes it easy ... http://techblog.thevanguard.org/93/sync-entourage-with-address-book-and-ical/ For those of you who use Windows Mobile, you're likely no stranger to battery life issues that sometimes come up, especially if you are a power user, spend a lot of time on the telephone during the day or connect to your Exchange email via ActiveSync for "push" email. ... http://techblog.thevanguard.org/92/good-resource-on-windows-mobile-battery-life-issues/ CNet's Matt Asay has a good blog from January about Apple's dominance and market share growth. It's a lesson to all those PC manufacturers who would rather enjoy the status quo than innovate. http://techblog.thevanguard.org/91/mac-market-share-growth-spectacular/