Apple speaks up: iPhone 4 reception woes result of faulty signal meter algorithm — stretches back to 2007.

Apple speaks up: iPhone 4 reception woes result of faulty signal meter algorithm — stretches back to 2007.

So far, Apple and Commander-in-Chief, Steve Jobs, have publicly denied and acknowledged iPhone 4 reception issues in confusing statements made over the last couple of weeks. But the confusion is supposedly cleared up as Apple has come forward with an “official” announcement regarding the matter: Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many...

“Racist” HP webcam gets the Consumer Reports test treatment.

“Racist” HP webcam gets the Consumer Reports test treatment.

A couple of days ago the online world went up in a tizzy because of two Walmart employees who pointed out an inherent and embarrassing flaw in HP’s webcam software. The problem if you don’t recall was that Desi, the black employee, was getting tracked by the auto-adjusting webcam while “White Wonda” was. I never implied that HP was deliberately being racist. Hell, come on folks. The algorithm is based off of contrast. What is bad however is that...

Card counting a favored hobby. Better rethink that strategy.

Card counting a favored hobby.  Better rethink that strategy.

My feelings on card counting are rather positive. Positive because going into a casino, the odds are so monumentally against you, it almost makes more sense to simply open your wallet and tip it upside down leaving all of your cash/plastic on the floor because that’s essentially what happens to most. If someone can figure out a legal way to tip the odds in favor of the little guy looking for a buck, then why not? First, if you didn’t know, card counting is the...