http://gizmowhiz.com Gadget and Technology News and Reviews, iPhone Tuts, and more! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:49:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you’ve been jumping up and down in anticipation of the iPad launch on April 3rd, here’s a little tidbit to further whet your appetite. You can start to pre-order your iPad online at apple.com at 5.30am Pacific date on Friday, March 12th. You’ll can pre-order any model you like, ... http://gizmowhiz.com/pre-order-your-ipad-at-five-thirty-in-the-morning-april-3rd/ If you were wondering what HP has up its sleeve with is latest $40 million “Let’s Do Amazing” ad campaign, you’ll be able to find out now, and the company has released a couple of ads to the general public. Stand-up comedian, Rhys Darby, is the person going through the ... http://gizmowhiz.com/hp-launches-new-let-s-do-amazing-ad-campaign/ While most of us haven’t moved to a cloud computing operating system just yet, Microsoft has just made its cloud-based operating system, Windows Azure, available in India. In terms of dollars and cents, a cloud-based operating system hosted on Microsoft’s documents centers will be available for $0.12 per hour, while ... http://gizmowhiz.com/microsoft-azure-unveiled-in-india/ If you rely on Wii Fit to help you keep in shape, you’ll probably have noticed that the Wii Fit balance board gives you a limited range of push-up motions, so you can’t do the really hardy pushups that you think will turn you into the cover for a magazine. ... http://gizmowhiz.com/wii-push-up-bar-for-your-exercise-needs/ We know you've got questions, and whether you're courageous decent to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. that week's Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Mitchell, who couldn't care less whether you have a problem with his question. whether you're looking to send ... http://gizmowhiz.com/ask-engadget-best-useful-wifi-network-detector/ harryjohnston writes "The Register points out that the takedown of a significant number of Zeus command-and-control servers, which we discussed earlier, was a short-lived victory, as about one-third of the affected servers were back on the net in less than 48 hours." ... http://gizmowhiz.com/zeus-botnet-down-but-not-out/ Accessory makers are busy churning out various bags and pouches for Apple’s upcoming iPad, but the ModulR casing does stand out compared to the others, particularly since it allows you to include a wall mount. Judging by its name, you can expect the ModulR to offer various add-ons to it, ... http://gizmowhiz.com/modulr-casing-for-the-ipad-allows-you-to-mount-it-on-walls/ Ever wanted to jailbreak your iPhone, but thought that fiddling with all that software felt like Voodoo magic? Well, with the iDongle, you won’t have to go through the tedious process of jailbreaking your iPhone. The device can jailbreak an iPhone, and more importantly, reboot a jailbroken iPhone on the ... http://gizmowhiz.com/hardware-jailbreak-your-iphone-easily-with-the-idongle/ Mozilla has officially launched the first beta of Thunderbird 3 today, codenamed Lanikai. It’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux, so compatibility shouldn’t be much of an issue. The goal of that release is to smooth out the problems created by upgrading the Gecko engine that powers the program, and ... http://gizmowhiz.com/thunderbird-lanikai-beta-1-released/ Mobile manufacturer and platform market share stats for the US are in for the month of January thanks to comScore, and as usual, they tell a fascinating (and somewhat unpredictable) story of what's actually going on at the cash registers. Motorola -- which has distant since fallen off its high ... http://gizmowhiz.com/android-s-american-market-share-soars-winmo-pays-the-price/