September Roundup – Best of the Web

By Sharninder | Published: October 4, 2009

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I haven’t done one of these roundup posts in a while but that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything happening around in the blogosphere. On the contrary, things have been quite busy lately.

The Palm Pre launch that we’d been waiting for desperately the last time around has come and gone and while the Pre software did get a lot of coverage and praises, a lot of people haven’t been too happy with the hardware that Palm chose to adorn their comeback phone with.

The Pre that is released on Sprint in the US is a CDMA only phone and the GSM version of the device is expected to be released on Oct 16 in the UK. Although, I’m not really waiting for it this time around as much as I was when it was first announced, and the reason for that is the HTC Hero.

The HTC Hero is an android based device that runs a custom skin over the android interface called Sense. The HTC sense UI is what sets this particular phone apart and you really have to see it in action to get what I’m talking about.

Of course, HTC and Palm aren’t the only companies to have gotten my attention the last few weeks – Apple released their new operating system Snow Leopard a couple of weeks back and it looks like the OS is getting some nice reviews.

That is about all the news I had to share with you guys. On to the blogosphere then.

Tips and Tricks

Improve your battery life with PowerTOP: MakeTechEasier’s Damien writes an pretty detailed article on the PowerTOP tool. PowerTOP is an excellent utility to discover and improve on the battery consumption of your notebook. A must read if you use Linux on your portable computer.

Use the Ubiquity extension with Firefox: Lost In Technology writes about the Ubiquity extension for Firefox. Read on for all the awesomeness Ubiquity gives.

Must have photo tools for Linux: HitchedHiker’s Top picks for the best photo tools on Linux.

HowTo

Create an EXE installation file: This post that I wrote at the Make Use Of blog teaches you how to create an EXE installation file using the iExpress tool.

Mount your iPhone as an external drive: Another gem from MakeTechEasier. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch as an external drive in Ubuntu.

About Sharninder:

Programmer, blogger and a geek making a living shifting bits around the Internet. Sharninder is the owner of Geeky Ninja