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The process of “jailbreaking” or “rooting” devices such as iPods, iPhones, Android phones, and PlayStations has become increasingly popular among the tech savvy because it allows users greater freedom to install apps and perform customizations normally available only to developers. The amount of time and the procedure the process requires can vary from hours sitting at a computer to seconds on a website. Now comes word that hackers have found a way to jailbreak the Sony’s PS3 using something very familiar to Tech Powered Math readers–a TI-84+ (silver edition not required).

Great math problem tweeters

By Tech Powered Dad in fun stuff

August 26, 2010

If you’re looking for some great math practice problems, Twitter can be one place to turn. It’s also convenient since you’re probably logging in to tweet on a regular basis anyway. Here are some “Tweeters” to consider if you’re looking for some extra practice or a challenge. Description: TheNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics tweets primarily high school level problems. Questions go out in the morning, answers at night. Example Problem: How many different rectangles can be drawn using the hour marks on a clock’s face as vertices?

Video: Top 6 calculator apps for the iPhone

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August 13, 2010

Click here to read our full article on the Top 6 calculator apps for the iPhone.

Win a TI-30X multiview

By Tech Powered Dad in calculators

August 11, 2010

UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO JOE, SENIOR AT MORTON HIGH SCHOOL, THE WINNER OF OUR FREE CALCULATOR CONTEST! It’s no secret from our recent review of the TI-30 series that TPM feels the best entry level calculator Texas Instruments has on the market is the TI-30 X Multiview. Now, we’re going to send one student head back to school with a free Multiview. Sometime between now and Labor Day, why not enter our contest?

Interview with Open SciCal creator Matt Stack

By Tech Powered Dad in fun stuff

August 6, 2010

Open SciCal Earlier this week, Matt Stack made headlines when he announced he had created an entirely open source software and hardware graphing graphing calculator. For those unfamiliar with the concept, “open source” means that the programmers who write the computer code make it public for anyone to tweak, improve, or customize. This differs greatly from commercial software efforts where code is a carefully guarded secret. The news of Matt’s creation, Open SciCal, was quickly picked up and reported on by Wired and Gizmodo among others.

Video: The Top 6 calculator apps for Android

By Tech Powered Dad in calculators

July 24, 2010

NOTE: for our in-depth written review of the best calculator apps for Android, click here.

Best Android Calculator Apps

By Tech Powered Dad in fun stuff

July 24, 2010

The Samsung Galaxy S, Droid X, MyTouch 3G Slide, Evo 4, the list goes on and on. Many of the hottest smartphones on the market today run on Google’s Android OS. With each new device released for Android, the buzz about the system grows. A quick search of “calculator” on the Android Market returned about a thousand results, far than most people would like to sort through. You’ll find dozens of tip calculators, BMI calculators, mortgage calculators, love calculators, and more that are probably not what you are looking for.

TI-84+ jailbreaks the PS3

Great math problem tweeters

Video: Top 6 calculator apps for the iPhone

Win a TI-30X multiview

Interview with Open SciCal creator Matt Stack

Video: The Top 6 calculator apps for Android

Best Android Calculator Apps

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