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Edward Burns

Edward Burns has worked in wireless retail sales for nine years, including seven years in management. He left wireless to get his English degree at U.C. Berkeley, but still loves to keep up with the happenings of wireless equipment. He is a gadget freak, builds his own computers, and is an early adopter of new technologies.

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  • Tale of Two Phones

    I am completely torn. One of the greatest things about working with technology is that I see all kinds of cool gadgets and get to play with them on a regular basis. After about two weeks, I’ll get something else cool and play with that, while the other toys go back to the manufacturer or…

  • Swing and Miss: The Impossibility of Baseball

    Ah… Spring. I, like many of you, love the spring for a host of reasons. Spring brings to mind the flowers in bloom, the warming temperatures that bring us out of our caves to bask in the sunshine, and with it, the numerous outdoor activities many of us enjoy. March Madness, the NCAA Basketball Tournament, begins a…

  • Year of the Ultrabook

    The Consumer Electronics Show: those of us who are early adopters of new technology, the people that like to see the shiny, new gadgets, all await the major announcements and product demonstrations that accompany the CES. All the major players such as Intel, Samsung, and Sony show up to CES touting their cool new wingdings,…

  • In Modern Computing, Size Matters

    What the Tech? Researchers at the Stanford School of Engineering have been able to design an insanely fast light emitting diode (known to the rest of the world as LED) that is nanoscale and energy efficient, paving the way for the next quantum leap (no pun intended–but only serious nerds would have got that) in…

  • To Be Оr Not To Be: The iPhone 4S

                    Ever notice how the number “5” and the letter “S” are similarly shaped? Perhaps this is the reason why every time we expect Apple to come out with a new, fifth version of the phone they slip in an improved version of their previous device. I won’t take credit for telling people that Apple…

  • The Ultimate Football Lover’s Wish List

    With the Bowl Championship Series and the college football bowl season creeping up, it’s time to get fitted with the most awesome loot to make your party not suck. If you’re looking to get him something that will make him love you forever, any one of these will help. And if you see any of…

  • Virtual Reality: The Debate Over Online Degrees

                The California State University system is going to offer online degrees, fueling debate over the benefits and detriments of virtual discussion, classrooms, and instruction. Naysayers oppose virtual educations that earn a very real paper diploma citing a lack of academic rigor, easy ability to cheat, and glut of graduates that ultimately devalue the degree.…

  • Paging Dr. Watson

               After beating the two most prolific champions of Jeopardy!, IBM’s “Watson” computer has been hired by WellPoint, one the nation’s biggest insurers, to give medical advice and authorize treatments. For someone such as myself, who eats, sleeps, and breathes tech, one might expect my opinion to be favorable. After all, Watson is expected to…

  • Pocket Viruses: Are You a Carrier?

     By Edward Burns With more consumers using smartphones and mobile computing devices, the temptation for hackers increases. These are the guys that attempt to corrupt your system with viruses for the heck of it, or worse, to get you to install spyware so that they can bilk you out of money, steal your identity, and…

  • The End of Neutrality

    By Edward Burns With Verizon changing their data access to a tiered service plan, the issue of network neutrality comes to the foreground. The new plans that took effect July 7th,  eliminated unlimited data usage in favor of varying buckets of data for all new smartphone subscribers on the Verizon network. Verizon becomes the second…

  • The (R)evolution of the Smartphone and Apple’s Battle to Stay on Top

    Trolling for tech stuff one day (non-geek translation: “I was surfing the internet”), I noticed that Apple is suing Samsung because they believe that Samsung copied its iPad and iPhone in terms of style and interface by releasing the Galaxy S series phones and the Galaxy Tab tablet computer. According to Apple’s lawsuit, “When a…

  • Let’s Focus on Windows

    Many of my loyal readers have read my reviews of several different cell phones and probably said the following to themselves: “Man—that guy is really cool,” “I wish I had his job,” “When I move out of my mom’s basement I’m going to get a cell phone!” To those readers I say, “Thank you!” Reviewing technology is…