Brennon Slattery - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Brennon Slattery

Article | 9/12/2009 Ratings scandal kills more than 1000 iPhone apps

Bogus reviews have landed Chinese iPhone app developer Molinker in deep trouble, resulting in all 1000-plus of its apps being removed and banned from ...

Article | 3/12/2009 Why privacy concerns are ruining Facebook

Facebook was built as a powerful social connector, allowing users to befriend others with similar interests, locations, schools, and more.

Article | 2/12/2009 Windows Black Screen of Death: What you need to know

Any Windows owner is familiar with the Blue Screen of Death, that much-dreaded white text on a blue background that essentially says you're through. B...

Article | 20/11/2009 AT&T Loses in Court, but Catfight with Verizon Continues

Yesterday a federal judge slapped down AT&T's (rather whiny) restraining order against Verizon over the now infamous "There's a Map for That" advertis...

Article | 12/11/2009 Is Google's cheap cloud storage worth the price?

Google has always been generous with its storage space for Gmail and Picasa, giving users roughly 7GB and 1GB, respectively, for free. For most peopl...

Article | 11/11/2009 Kindle for PC released, color Kindle coming soon?

Amazon released a Kindle for PC app, available as a free 5.17MB download for Windows 7, Vista, and XP.

Article | 24/10/2009 Motorola Droid debuts, then disappears

The hotly anticipated Android-powered Motorola Droid smartphone made a brief and surprising visit on the Web yesterday as Motorola "accidentally" laun...

Article | 21/10/2009 Here Comes the BlackBerry Watch

Say hello to inhuman business productivity: here comes the BlackBerry watch.

Article | 14/10/2009 Grand theft auto? iPhone app unlocks, starts car

There are boatloads ofdumb iPhone apps, but some are so idiotic they boggle the mind. Enter the Viper SmartStart iPhone app, which remotely locks, unl...

Article | 10/10/2009 Miley Cyrus quits Twitter, world ends

In what's certain to become the most devastating news your 8-year-old daughter has heard in her short life, Miley Cyrus has ... gasp! ... quit Twitter...

Article | 9/10/2009 Google Adds More Mobile Search Options

In today's bustling world of smartphone apps, Google has kept an eye on the guy who may not have hundreds to drop on a phone. Google continuously reva...

Article | 6/10/2009 iPhone Avoids Getting Shot in Apple Store

iPhones aren't without their problems, but do they deserve public execution? Apparently so. Donald Goodrich, 38, threatened to stuff his broken iPho...

Article | 7/10/2009 Windows Mobile 6.5 arrives, mostly disappoints

The reviews of Microsoft's new mobile OS, Windows Mobile 6.5, are in -- and none of them are glowing. It seems that Windows Mobile 6.5 is more of a su...

Article | 30/09/2009 YouTube, Warner Music close to licensing deal

After nine months of silence, Warner Bros. Music recording artists may be about to make a grandiose return to YouTube. Google's YouTube and Warner ar...

Article | 29/09/2009 Happy Birthday, Google! Five Reasons I Can't Live Without You

Google turned 11 yesterday, and it's hard to believe Google is <i>only</i> 11. Long ago it became its own verb, replacing "to search for" with its ubi...