Verizon has invited reporters to a press event where it is expected the wireless carrier will announce it will carry the iPhone. At the Consumer Electronics Show, conference goers weighed in on the news.

The iPhone is finally coming to Verizon Wireless.

The largest U.S. wireless carrier will make the long-awaited announcement at an event Tuesday in New York City, people familiar with the matter said. The phone will make its way to Verizon Wireless stores around the end of January, a person familiar with the matter said.

The move will for the first time let U.S. consumers choose the network that carries their iPhone and perhaps give them additional pricing options that could affect their monthly bills.

Top Verizon executives have continued to meet regularly with their counterparts at Apple, however, and have long expressed interest in carrying the iPhone, which could help add to the carrier's base of 93 million subscribers. Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, has estimated that Verizon could add more than 10 million U.S. iPhone customers.Android-based phones passed the iPhone in sales in the second quarter, according to research firm Gartner. The surge appeared to get to Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who made a rare appearance on a conference call with analysts in October and criticized Android as fragmented, referring to the myriad ways the software appears on the many different phones that use it.

AT&T has had the iconic device to itself since its introduction in June 2007.

Since then, the iPhone has fueled much of the carrier's subscriber growth and has given it a solid lead in smartphone customers.

The arrangement between Apple and AT&T was groundbreaking at a time when carriers tightly controlled the appearance and function of their phones, and put Silicon Valley companies like Apple and Google in the wireless industry's driver's seat.

Verizon will announce on Tuesday that the network will support Apple's iPhone. Earlier, MarketWatch's John Letzing talked with Lauren Rudser about a cryptic invitation Verizon sent and the significance of the anticipated announcement.

"It's a big boost for Apple," said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer of New York-based Solaris Asset Managmenet which counts Apple in its portfolio worth $2 billion. "It opens up a huge uninstalled base for them in this country."Apple feels it has had tremendous success through its exclusive relationship with AT&T, but it recognized that it needs to partner with Verizon to grow sales faster in the U.S., a person familiar with the matter said.

Verizon Wireless fought its way back into the smartphone race last year by heavily promoting Google-powered phones made by companies like Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and HTC Corp.

"It's great news," said Michael Benkoski, 55 years old, who works at a technology leasing company in Chicago. "I've been waiting for it for about two years."

At a press event in New York Tuesday, Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead provided details about when the iPhone 4 will available on his company's network and how much it will cost.

Slyde HD3 - digital watch with different virtual screens

Slyde company has introduced a unique digital watch HD3, developed by designer Jörg Haysekom (Jorg Hysek). Watch is equipped with LED touch screen (OLED possible option) with moving vertically and horizontally different virtual screens. User can choose whatever background and layout he wants with a touch of a finger.

Watch case is made of titanium and sapphire glass - they are strong enough and can work under water, at a depth of up to 30 meters. There is also charge indicator on the side of the watch body. It features applications to view photos, its own calendar, but it has no media player. Maybe Slyde decided not to duplicate functions that everybody has on their cell phones or iPods.

Slyde HD3 will be available in autumn in black and silver colors and the price is not known yet.

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The Ultimate PDF converter

If you are like me and wanting to edit all these pdf documents which are need to be edited and sent back. Well now there is a great software for it. PDFZILLA.

It's not a huge file to install wont take more than a minute. But the software it self is very powerful.

The UI is so straight forward even a non tech savy person could use it.

I tried it in a few documents and I should tell you that it worked like a charm.

Try it now at www.pdfzilla.com - mesothelimoa

Upgrade of Processor for Compaq Presario C700 (Hp Compaq c792vu)

I'm writing this post because there are so many people around stuck with a slow Compaq C700 which is a budget laptop but it can be actually upgraded, so that it would have the same specs as a high end laptop and the best part is it will cost you less that $300. Before anyone says anything regarding the price of the upgrade I'm assuming you have already bought the C700 laptop and has been using it for a while and you don't want to spend too much money buying a new laptop.

So after a lot of googling the best website I found with a lot of info is Overclockers.com.au they had a lot of info on which CPU is could use and all that. I just saw a post prior to writing this that someone had actually been successful in upgrading the ram to 4GB with a single 4GB stick which I cannot confirm just yet.

Memory Upgrade

At the moment I have gotten the memory up to 3GB ram with a combination of a 1Gb stick and a 2Gb stick. You will have to check which one need to go on the bottom one. I differs with the motherboard well atleast that's what I have read on the net.

Processor Upgrade

The processor I used was the Intel core2duo T5250 with is a 1.5Ghz processor as that was the budget i had then. It cost me AUD60 on ebay. At the time the more powerful 2.0Ghz was going

at AUD 150-AUD200 so I didn't wanna spend 140 bucks extra for .5Ghz but I might go for it in a few months. The process of taking apart the laptop its pretty easy. Anyone who has some experience in unscrewing a few screws and who has delicate hands can do this. I did this for the first time too. The only thing you have to be careful is all the little cables/ribbon cables which are under the keyboard which need to be pull out slowly and delicately. The other 2 cables were the wifi card cable which is easier to take off at the start when you remove the back cover. I realized it only later. Lastly pull out the dvd writer and the hard drive before you go deeper because they can be in the way when you get to the processor. Oh yeah lastly the hard part is you can't completely get the board off as there is a few cables which cannot be disconnected so you have to life the board up maybe get someone help you and then take the processor off by unscrewing the 4 screws around the processor and then lifting it out slowly. I have posted some screen shots on here. Have a look at the end result. I haven't really seen a difference in the battery life or the temperature but it sure is way faster.mesothelimoa

Lenovo Ideapad S10 Review

I should say I was a bit skeptic when I first heard about netbooks because of there size and the processor in that I wasn't very happy with it. But then I heard about the lenovo S10 which had a 160Gb harddrive 1Gb or RAM. So I went to a shop to just do a trial run. Run a few applications and see how it will do under a lot of workload. Well to my suprise it did so well. I have a ASUS f3JC and home which have a Core2duo processor and 1Gb RAM and I can tell you the lenovo was right up there with it. Since its got Windows XP I think that helps quite a bit as Vista can be a memory drainer. I ran a few programs on the S10 and I also put on a streaming video from HULU.com which ran perfect no problems what so ever. I have had the S10 for about a week now and I'm really happy with it. It takes a bit of getting use to but once you get use to it it's just awesome. you woundn't have a clue whether your are using a less powerful processor unless you look at the sticker or the specs because it just keep up with you without a problem. I went and upgraded my RAM to 2gb just so I can make it a bit future proof. It already has a 160Gb harddrive which is plenty for now because I use a 500Gb external hardrive for most of my music and data backups. When you look at the s10 you won't think of it as a low budget netbook. Its got a very rich sleek finish and mind you it's one of the thinnest netbooks I have seen in the market at the moment. CES 2009 had a few new ones come out which are a bit sleeker but this just as good as any of them. Well thats my personal opinion. Ok looking at the specs it's got WIFI,ethernet, a 160Gb harddrive, 1Gb RAM, 1.6 Ghz intel atom processor. The U.S models does not come with bluetooth but I can be fixed to be in built bluetooth as the international models does come with it and you can get the bluetooth reciever from ebay for about $35 and its really easy to fix there is video about that on youtube so if anyone is interested they show just have a look at that. I personally don't use bluetooth that much and I just carry a bluetooth dongle with me which I had before. The screen is 10.2 inches and that has plenty of desktop real estate for all your portable needs. It can get a bit annoying and a bit of getting use to but a few days work will make it feel like home.

Overall I think this is a great netbook and I'm recomending it to anyone who needs a cheap ultra portable laptop. The usual ultra portables go for over $900 so if you are not a heavy video editor or graphics editor and use it only for the basic computer needs this is great.mesothelimoa

Cracked AppStore Apps for iPhone FW 2.1

I upgraded my iPhone firmware to 2.1 and I have to say that this is the best firmware I have seen at the moment. There is a lot less crashes and I installed the fw and jailbroke it only once where as the previous fw gave me trouble after jailbreaking and had to do it a few times. the best part is the new cracked app store gives us the ability to use the Apple app store apps on a jailbroken iPhone. These apps are actually saved as .ipa and not .app. I was a bit confused at the start but it seem this is a way more easier way to get apps. It seems that rather than using cydia or Installer 4 and there is lot less issues on the iphone too. Although you intially have to use Cydia and add a couple of patches the process is quite simple. There is a patch on Cydia called ipa you install that first. Oh I forgot there is a little catch. You need to get one free app from the original app store before you can add cracked apps. This is not a issue as there are plenty of free apps on the app store. Once you have the free app the itunes will have a new section on the left called applications. All you have to do is download the apps from the website below and drag and drop the .ipa files to the applications section on itunes and then sync the iphone and you are done. It's lot easier than going through cydia to find one by one which applications you need. All you have to do is go to the apps store browse and see which apps you want and go to http://appulo.us/appdb/ and search and download them. Like I said its a lot easier than Installer or Cydia