Posts by January 2009

By John Pastor • January 27, 2009
Most consumers are lured into buying cables from Monster Cable at the local Best Buy because they are “superior” to cheaper cables that can be purchased elsewhere. You don’t have to pay an arm and a leg to get quality cables, and there are many online stores available which sell HDMI, component, and other cables on the cheap. Find out where, after the break.
By John Pastor • January 23, 2009
Our SlideRocket giveaway has ended, so it’s time to announce a winner. The winner of the contest which started earlier this week is… after the jump!

By John Pastor • January 19, 2009
We came across SlideRocket, an online presentation tool after they won a Crunchie award two weeks ago in San Francisco after Macworld Expo. I thought it would be a great idea to interview Mitch Grasso, the CEO of the company, and here’s what he had to say. Read the entire interview and enter our contest to win a 12-month Individual plan.

By John Pastor • January 14, 2009
In years past, BlackBerry has been innovating with product after product. With the new family of BlackBerry Bold, Storm, and 8900, they have a great lineup for the rest of the year. Today we’re taking a look at the sleek new BlackBerry Bold on AT&T.

By John Pastor • January 12, 2009
We covered the new Jump Lists and User Account Control settings in Windows 7, which are cool features, but we haven’t even touched the really cool stuff. Today it’s all about Aero “Peek”, Homegroups, and Libraries. If you haven’t yet checked out part one, check that out first before you head into this one. Peek into Windows 7 after the jump.

By John Pastor • January 10, 2009
Just got finished installing the brand new Windows 7 public beta on my MacBook Pro using Boot Camp, and I have to say, I’m pretty impressed. Microsoft has completely changed their game with the new Windows 7, it feels so much snappier than Vista and it’s features make it something to consider later this year when it’s finally released. Microsoft servers are being slammed right now, so you might want to wait until the load settles down a bit, but I’ve been playing around with it for the past couple hours and here’s my take on the public beta.

By John Pastor • January 9, 2009
Macworld Expo officially came to an end on Friday evening, and some people say it wasn’t like how it used to be in the past. The show floor seemed boring and lacking new and exciting products. Booths after booths of iPod cases and speaker systems, and small software companies. There were only a handful of booths with unique and new products announced at the show. I only spent about 30 minutes at the Apple booth before leaving to check out the rest of the show floor. What could IDG do to increase attendance without Apple?

By John Pastor • January 7, 2009
Ok, so maybe only one of our predictions were true at the Phil Schiller keynote on Tuesday morning. No new iMacs, Mac minis, or iPhone nanos and we were left wondering, “Where’s the rest?” We have a full wrap-up of day one at Macworld Expo 2009 after the break.

By John Pastor • January 5, 2009
We’re live at the Macworld Expo 2009 keynote address by Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller. Our live coverage of the keynote begins at 8:45AM Pacific time.

By John Pastor • January 5, 2009
We’re in San Francisco and the Macworld 2009 keynote line has begun! Two people were in line as of 8:15 PM Pacific time and we expect the line to grow slowly until people get in the line early Tuesday morning. Photos have been uploaded to our Flickr account and video will be uploaded to our Blip.tv channel tomorrow from our trusty Flip Mino HD camera.

By John Pastor • January 2, 2009
The typical shrouded Apple booth photos are now up on italian site SetteB.IT, also showing the slogan “Even the small talk will be big” banners that are not to be confused with the Apple banners typically seen (ex. “There’s something in the air”). These banners were put up by IDG World Expo show management throughout the South of Market (SoMA) area.

By John Pastor • January 2, 2009
Macworld is almost 4 days away, and here are my predictions for the last Apple keynote at the show. Phil Schiller is scheduled to give his keynote on January 6th, 2009 at 9am Pacific time, and we’ll be covering it live here on ConnectReviews.