March Madness is here, and yes there’s an app for that. CBS has released what is called “CBS Sports NCAA March Madness On Demand.” The app has everything a sport nut needs.

Two versions are available. The lite version is free and the full version is $9.99. Both versions have scores, brackets, highlights, news and everything else you need to keep up to date this March. The coolest part is that on the full version there is live video and radio coverage. Pretty cool if you ask me.

However the ratings thus far are mixed, some people are having technical problems. Also, to be honest I like sports but ten dollars for an app I can only use for a month? The lite version is pretty darn good for the price. So unless you can’t get to a TV and you don’t want to miss a game I’d skip the full version.

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Opera Software, a well-known web tool development company, recently announced they would be bringing the latest version of their Opera mobile browser to the iPhone in the coming weeks. Opera Mini is widely regarded as one of the best mobile browsing experiences available for other mobile device platforms, due largely to Opera’s advanced compression technology.

Opera’s browser sets itself apart from other browsers available for the iPhone by utilizing a proprietary compression technology that, according to Opera, “results in significantly faster Web-page loading and reduces data surcharges.”

This will give end-users a faster web experience on their phones and also reduce the amount of data used by the phones which benefits not only consumers, but also wireless internet providers looking to reduce strain on their wireless networks.

Read on to find out how Opera’s compression technology works and how this will affect iPhone users.

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It’s finally here! The new season of Your Brain on Tech has arrived. We’re talking about the best smart phones, playing MAG on PS3 at GameGo Computers, checking out some winter tech, mess around with Google Goggles and offering our take on the infamous iPad!

Check it out, we’ve made some visual changes for each segment and we think you’ll like it. Also we replaced our more dry news segment with a more loose “Current Events” segment which should help keep things moving more quickly. Give us your feedback, what do you think of all the changes we’ve made?

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Apple announced their new tablet computer today, called the iPad. Dubbed as a “magical and revolutionary device,” it somehow manages to be exactly the opposite. The iPad is essentially an oversized iPhone that doesn’t do anything a normal computer — or an iPhone — can’t, except maybe allow the user to read books more conveniently. Apple should change “magical and revolutionary” to “old, rehashed, yet still somewhat convenient under very specific circumstances.”
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By now, you’ve seen the iDon’t/Droid Does commercials by Verizon, right? If you haven’t, just click the link I provided.

Verizon has recently been taking shots at the iPhone, highlighting the shortfalls of the phone (mainly coverage and some software inadequacies). The new Droid line of phones is Verizon’s attempt at reducing the loss of customers because of the iPhone, but the real question in all of this is of course whether or not the new Droid phones will be “iPhone killers.” (more…)

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