I recently came into a Samsung Galaxy Y Duos phone and the first thing that struck me was the paltry and miserly160MB internal storage that was included in the phone. Well, yes, granted, it is supposed to be a budget phone but 160MB on a smartphone in this day and age is simply outrageous?! Its dual…

Out of curiosity than anything else, i decided to try out the procedure i found on the internet which promises to Increase the internal memory  of the Toshiba Thrive tablet. No, it does not require any screw drivers or the likes. It is purely a software affair. Basically, what i set out to do was…

XBMC is undoubtedly the best media center software around. It is open source and free. Recently, it was announced that the software has been ported to the Android platform. The software will function on any Android smartphone, tablet or set-top box. This new version of XBMC for Android will provide  local network video and audio…

Website traffic is deemed the single most important factor when it comes to the success of a website but that statement needs to be qualified. Although it's true that a constant stream of traffic is the lifeblood of a website, the quality of the traffic is far more important than the quantity. Of course, any…

Growing up, many of us wanted to be a lot of things - sometimes all at the same time. For me, at a point, i wanted to be an entertainer. Well, not just an entertainer, but a gifted rap artiste. Unfortunately, this dream has remained what it is - a dream. Well, at least, until…

THE UPCOMING 802.11ac wireless networking standard promises to do to 11n what 11n did to 11g. While the IEEE 802.11ac standard probably won’t be completed before the end of 2013 (Draft 2.0 is under development), and although the Wi-Fi Alliance has issued no interoperability criteria, consumer products claiming compliance with 802.11ac could be available on…

ONLINE TRACKING IS a hot topic these days, with the U.S. asking for tougher online privacy protections. The FTC recently issued a report urging voluntary practices for online businesses regarding data collection. Another proposal suggests building a universal “do not track” function into future Web browsers. The proposed universal “do not track” tool wouldn’t be…

In this era of digital video and music downloads, most are restricted to consuming these forms of entertainment by being glued to their mobile devices. Not very convenient, at least for me. The LG brand of electronics is quite popular in Nigeria and its home theater receiver does a good job in playing back these…

During Q2 2012 smartphone penetration continued to grow, with 54.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers owning smartphones as of June 2012. This growth is driven by increasing smartphone purchases: 2 out of 3 Americans who acquired a new mobile phone in the last three months chose a smartphone instead of a feature phone. Android continues…

The Flame Virus shares code with another virus, Stuxnet, that damaged Iran's nuclear program in 2010. These are two of the most destructive computer viruses ever created, tailor-made for cyber-espionage and capable of wreaking havoc on government systems. Both Flame and Stuxnet are believed to have been used by the U.S. government to wage online…

By now, many would have heard about GoTV, the latest cable TV company in Nigeria and yet another subsidiary of Multichoice, the parent company of DSTV. Multichoice is a South African company with a near monopoly of the Cable TV industry on the African continent. It has almost 5 million subscribers across the continent with…

YOUR MOTHER CALLS you to ask why you keep emailing her about “enhancements,” and your coworkers complain that you won’t stop sending them ads. Does this sound like you? A friend of mine recently found himself on the receiving end of a deluge of “bounced” spam email—junk messages that seemed to have been sent from…