Jim Lynch: Tech Tips, Opinions and Reviews

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who love to play slots and those who hate them. If you’re the kind that hates slot machines then stop reading now and go find something else to do. On the other hand if you’re a slots addict then you’re going to love iSlots. iSlots [...]

Before I get into this review let me confess that I am a crappy pool player. It’s strange too since I come from a family of good pool players. But I apparently never got that gene and so I’m not necessarily a good person to review a pool game. That said, I am going to [...]

Koi are very beautiful fish but not all of us can afford to build a koi pond to keep them in. And why bother when you can have a gorgeous koi pond right on your iPhone 3G? Yup, thanks to the good folks at The Blimp Pilots you can now keep koi living in your [...]

Back in my Nintendo days I was always a big fan of the Mario Kart games. There was nothing like cruising around, pooping out banana peels onto the track and watching your opponents go sliding around as a result. Well you can’t get Mario Kart for the iPhone 3G but you can get something just [...]

There are lots and lots of free games out there for the iPhone and iPod Touch but it’s pretty tough to figure out which ones are worth downloading. Here’s a list of games I think you’ll enjoy and best of all…they’re free! They won’t cost you a cent! You can’t beat that! 20. Audi A4 [...]

Wondering how to get WAR to run on your Macintosh? Well wonder no more! In my last column, I talked about how lame it was that Mythic didn’t have a Mac version of their fantastic new game, Warhammer Online. Well even if you can’t buy an official Mac version you can still play Warhammer Online [...]

Why Hasn’t Mythic Released Warhammer Online for the Mac? Mythic makes a huge error by not being in the Mac gaming market As I’m sure most of you know already, a brand new MMO has just been released. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning has been one of the most talked about and eagerly anticipated games [...]

Apple has released a couple of interesting updates. One is a significant update to Mac OS X that brings it up version 10.5.5 and the other is an update to the popular Remote application that lets you use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a remote control for iTunes and Apple TV. I’ll get to [...]

Apple released its latest update to the iPhone 3G this morning. As I was drinking my morning coffee and reading news, I kept hitting the Update button in iTunes once in a while. Sure enough, my patience was rewarded and I was informed there was an update available. I started the download (which weighed in [...]

Last week was Apple’s big “Let’s Rock” event and I had some thoughts to share about it. I held off commenting until I had some time to actually use some of the stuff that Apple released at the show (especially iTunes 8 and the HD TV shows). Usually when Apple does one of these things [...]

Spore has proven to be an incredibly popular game on the Mac and PC. Now you can get a version of it for your iPhone 3G as well. The iPhone version doesn’t let you get past the cell stage, unlike the Mac or PC version. Unfortunately you won’t get the full version that you’d get [...]

Google’s new browser “Chrome” got a lot of press last week. The technology presstitutes were falling all over themselves, drooling and blabbing on and on about how great Google’s browser is and how it was a missile aimed at Microsoft, etc., etc. Well I’m not very excited about it all for a number reasons and [...]

Comcast finally dropped the bomb on its customers and now there will be a 250GB limit for all Comcast subscribers: Comcast has confirmed that all residential customers will be subject to a 250 gigabyte per month data limit starting October 1. “This is the same system we have in place today,” Comcast wrote in an [...]

Well it finally happened…I bought a Nintendo Wii. I’d been thinking about getting one for a while but sort of gave up because I could never find one around at any of the stores I frequently visit. True, I could have probably ordered one online somewhere but I wasn’t that hot to trot about getting [...]

My boss Lance recently wrote a column excoriating republican nominee John McCain for being too far behind the technology curve to be president. I respect Lance’s opinions, but I disagree with his conclusion that McCain’s lack of technology use disqualifies him to be president. John McCain isn’t too old at all and his technology experience [...]

If you’ve been reading my columns each week then you know that I’ve had quite a few things to say about Apple’s new iPhone 3G and few of them were complements. In fact, I’d resolved never to buy it for a bunch of reasons I spelled out in The Dracula Phone and Ten Reasons Why [...]

There’s been a lot of talk about the “Mac Cult” or “Apple Cult” in the media. There’s even been a popular book about it called, appropriately enough, The Cult of Mac. But I’ll let you in on a little secret…there is no “cult of mac” and there’s no “apple cult” either. There is, however, a [...]

I’ve been online for quite a long time now…16 years or so in one way or another. So I go back way before the current iteration of online social networking existed. Yes, I’m probably dating myself by saying this but there it is: I’m a bit of an old salt as far as the online [...]

I listed 25 free apps and 8 free games in earlier iPhone app articles. But what about other utilities? Surely there has to be some additional cool freebies available in the app store? You bet there is and here they are for your downloading enjoyment! #10 Alarm Free Alarm is billed as being a “self-defense” [...]

Since Apple has released its app store, there are quite a few games available for purchase, but why pay for games when you can get some for free instead? Here’s a list of my favorite 8 free games for the iPhone and iPod Touch. #8 Jirbo Match How’s your memory? Think you have what it [...]