High speed 3G cellular mobile internet in Morocco has expanded rapidly over the past years. In 2010 there are now 3 providers all offering high speed internet on your laptop, notebook or netbook. Read about EVDO and HSPA USB modems marketed by Meditel and INWI  in may 2010.
 

Since a few years Morocco has extended it’s cellular / mobile phone network with 3G high speed internet access. As a visitor, traveler or tourist it’s now possible to connect your laptop, netbook or notebook to 3G internet through a prepay, PAYG contract. Here’s the story about Maroc Telecom Menara 3G prépayé – a internet simcard that works in a Smartphone, iPhone or 3G USB stick.
 

Microsoft recently added new filtering and censorship practices via its own search engine, Bing. Testing from the Open Net Initiative (ONI) reveals liberal filtering by Bing in one of the most censored regions in the world: the Arab countries.

With the recent ruling of the European Union other internet web browsers like FireFox, Opera and Safari have become instantly more popular. The dominance of Internet Explorer is diminishing, but with some nasty side effects. Here's one where e-mail and internet browsing works perfectly but chat programs like MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger or Triallian do not. Find out why.
 

Share 3G internet over WIFI

Nowadays 3G cellular internet connections are usually fast enough to share it among several other users. Specially with flat-fee cellular internet access and unlimited bandwidth it's worth the effort to setup 3G internet sharing. Although world travelers still have to deal with two different 3G protocols - HSPA and EVDO, it seems HSPA, largely used in Europe and Asia, is gaining moment on EVDO.

It's been a very short journey for the LaCie ItsAKey rugged USB stick. It lasted for 7 months and its the first USB stick that ever died till now. The intention of it's rugged design was probably to last a lot longer but it doesn't. Have a look.
 

Windows 7 - Consider replacing your battery

Windows 7 has native support for reading and tracking laptop battery life time. Before, additional software, like BatMon or NHC, had to be installed to read laptop battery info. Detailed laptop battery info is available for several years already originating from the Smart Battery standard. Though it seems Microsoft has released this feature while still in a steep learning curve.

Laptop battery life time

Laptop battery technology has seen a very steep development curve in just 10-15 years. Nowadays the average laptop, notebook or netbook uses a bunch of complex chips for the sole purpose of charging and monitoring laptop battery cells. Here’s a bit about core technology involved in managing laptop battery life and what you can do to maximize laptop battery life time.
 

Laptop battery does not charge

With the growing complexity of laptops, notebooks and netbooks, figuring out why a laptop battery does not charge is not easy. Laptop batteries that suddenly die or notifications like "laptop battery not recognized" trigger valid reasons for suspicion. Even more - simply replacing a laptop battery is an expensive affair and certainly not always the solution. Nowadays there are many components involved in charging a laptop battery. In this story you’ll find a simplified approach to narrowing down a laptop battery problem and possible leads to a solution.

Simple laptop battery capacity test

Here’s a simple laptop battery test for laptops, notebooks and netbooks based on one basic principle – what goes in, should come out. The simple Laptop Battery test measures actual laptop battery capacity and can be used to rate 2nd hand laptop batteries and (presumably) new laptop batteries.

The simple laptop battery test principle :