Counter-Strike Source is pretty much the only “graphics intense” game I play, and since many of Valve’s creations have now been ported to OSX, users are anticipating the day when framerates and overall performance on a Mac will be comparable to that on Windows. I’m not saying that Apple’s latest graphics update for Snow Leopard brings OSX up to par, but here are my OpenGL benchmarks before and after the update on my workstation.

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Ten years ago, Motorola’s strength in the technology market was well known. At some point, the Motorola RAZR was the phone everyone wanted – sleek, futuristic look… incredibly thin… something which had never been done with a clamshell phone before. With over 100 million handsets sold, it seemed that Motorola’s stock would continue to plunge forward and garner the trust of investors and tech enthusiasts the world over. Read more  

Whether or not you own an iPhone 4, if you’re aware of the latest reviews, you know that many consumers are complaining about dropped calls and weaker signals compared to their iPhone 3G/3GS. Apple has basically replied with two responses – a.) you’re holding the phone “incorrectly” and b.) there’s a software glitch which shows more bars than there really are. Read more  

Steve Jobs presented his keynote at WWDC 2010 a few hours ago, and I’ve come to one conclusion – the iPhone 4G has lived up to its hype. You can read up on the feature set and specifications on Apple’s website to see just why it might be the biggest thing since the first iPhone in 2007. Read more  

From time to time, people will ask me to validate and/or optimize their web code to streamline performance. People are now getting comfortable with using CSS sprites on their sites, but unfortunately I’ve seen this very easy-to-fix problem twice, and thought I should let people know how to resolve it. Read more