Facebook 3.0 iPhone App now released!

The very much expected Facebook 3.0 iPhone application has finally been released, so Facebook addicts can now sprint over to the App Store and download it! The developer of the Facebook iPhone app, Joe Hewitt, posted an update on Facebook stating that Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone will arrive soon. Finally that day came on August 16, when the development of the Facebook 3.0 iPhone app was complete and was submitted to the App Store for review.

It was a long and tiresome wait of 2 weeks for all those impatient users until Apple finally approved the application. On Facebook 3.0 there is no push notification, but according to Joe Hewitt, it will be added in Facebook 3.1. Read on below for all the new features of the Facebook 3.0 iPhone application.

-Zooming in to photos
-3GS users able to upload videos
-Full photo management. Create/delete albums, delete photos/photo tags.
-View links with the built-in web browser
-Ability to upload photos to any album
-View your friends’ birthdays
-Change profile picture
-See upcoming events and RSVP
-Ability to view pages and post updates/photos
-Like posts and photos
-Read/write your friend’s notes
-View the same news feed on the Facebook website
-View all of your friend’s pages
-View mutual friends
-Easily search for people/pages
-Easily call/text your friends
-Add friend requests
-Become a fan of pages
-Chat friends now sorted alphabetically
-First/last name friend sorting in settings
-Ability to create shortcuts to favourite pages/friends

We know that you can’t wait to grab your hands on this application, so we won’t keep you waiting any longer. Happy Facebooking!

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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is your new best friend!

Forget the ever so slow USB 2.0 devices, behold a new era is here. USB 3.0, aka SuperSpeed USB, is the next amendment of the Universal Serial Bus originally made in 1996 by an association led by Intel.

USB 3.0 promises high transfer rates up to a whopping 4.8Gbps (compared to 2.0 with 480Mbps), increased device current draw to better handle power-sucking devices, increased maximum bus power, support for new transfer types, and new power management features. They also tell us that it will come with new cables and connectors that will allow for high speed data transfers, including backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 computers and devices.

Did you think that USB 2.0 was fast? Think again! Because there are ever increasing demands in data transfers with the increase in high-definition video, terabytes of storage and huge megapixel count digital cameras, when it comes down to a measly 480Mbps, it really isn’t that fast.

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 isn’t only about huge data transfer rates, but is also perfect for improving the interaction between the host computer and device. It can be utilized to use more power when needed and less power when it isn’t needed. Pretty nifty huh? More juice sucking devices could be bus powered, while devices that were battery powered that formerly used bus power, could literally charge quicker. And when only a small amount of power is needed, the device or host computer will turn idle, the power saving state.

USB 3.0 has been intended right from the start to work with USB 2.0. Even though USB 3.0 has different physical connections including cables to take benefit of the lightning fast ability, the actual shape of the connector itself remains the same, the usual rectangle with the same four USB 2.0 contacts in the same location.

Devices such as external hard drives, external Blu-Ray drives, digital video cameras, video display solutions and High Definition cameras and Webcams will all have eased pressure when used with USB 3.0. All these including the high end flash drives have pushed the 2.0 limits quite hard so luckily 3.0 will come and give us more leg room.

Good news but when will it actually hit the market, you may ask? USB hubs and controllers are anticipated to be obtainable near the later year of 2009. On a mass scale, host controllers, devices and products that support SuperSpeed are expected to be available not before 2010.

USB 2.0 might be slowly done away with, similarly with USB 1.1, but until manufacturers start to equip motherboards with USB 3.0 ports, USB 2.0 will continue to live on for a short while longer. Get set to experience USB data transfers like you have never seen before!

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Find out How Long Your Computer Was On

Ever wondered how long your computer was on for? Or has your mum told you to get off the computer because she thinks you have been on for the whole day and want to prove her wrong? The really simple guide below will show you how to do just that!

Below is outlined how it is done using the Windows Vista OS. If you have Windows XP refer to the steps after this.

Firstly open up Windows Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Then click the ‘Performance’ tab. Have a look where it says ‘System’. Then below that you will see it say ‘Up Time’ you will see the amount of time your computer has been on, in the order of Hours:Minutes:Seconds.

For the Windows XP users, it is just a tad more complicated.
Hit the Start menu, then click on ‘Run’ and then type in ‘cmd’ which will open up Command Prompt.


Then simply type in ‘systeminfo’ without quotation marks as always. It will show the amount of time your computer has been on under ‘System Up Time’.


Last but not least for all you Mac Lovers out there that still don’t know how to go about doing this, navigate to Applications>Utilities>Terminal then type in ‘uptime’ and hit the enter key.

Now when your parents tell you to get off your computer because you have been on for the whole day, you can retaliate by showing them pure proof of how long you really have been on for!

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