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Google Earth Reveals the Devastation in Haiti
Google responded to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this week by working with satellite imagery company GeoEye to quickly make images of the destruction available in Google Earth and Google Maps. The images were taken at approximately 10:27 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, and c...
Google Begins Replying to More Nexus One Complaints
Google appears to be trying to boost its customer support for Nexus One customers, posting replies to many more queries on its online forum.
Google has come under fire since the launch of the Nexus One after hundreds of messages were posted with complaints or questions about the phone. Many cus...
PC Shipments Jump in the Fourth Quarter, IDC Says
Worldwide PC shipments soared during the fourth quarter, driven by historically low PC prices and an increased demand for laptops and netbooks, analyst firm IDC said Wednesday.
Shipments totaled 85.8 million units during the fourth quarter of 2009, growing 15.2 percent compared to the fourth q...
Wow, Did That Go on Sale? Famous Tech Vaporware
Each year, the nation's largest geekfest, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), is full of hype, overhype, and beyond the valley of the hype. Remember the Internet Refrigerator?
And each year the hype (and overhype, and b.t.v.o.t. hype) inevitably leads to disappointment: Vendors dangle many al...
Some Barnes & Noble Nook Buyers Get $100 Voucher
Barnes & Noble is giving $100 gift certificates to Nook e-reader buyers who placed orders for the devices to be delivered before the holidays and now won't receive them until after the Christmas. The company had hoped that most preorders from November would be delivered by December 24, but says ...
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Macintosh News | From about.com
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CheckUp: Toms Budget Software Pick
CheckUp from app4mac is a maintenance utility that allows you to monitor your Mac's components, such as hard drives, memory, and processors, as well as running processes and network performance.
CheckUp
CheckUp has an attractive user interface that displays all of the vital information in a cle...
Security Expert to Disclose 20 Security Flaws That Affect the Mac
According to The H Online, Charlie Miller, a security researcher, has said he will disclose information about 20 zero day security flaws he has discovered that affect the Mac. While he hasn't named which applications or OS components are affected, it's believed that common applications such as Sa...
Rumor: 27-inch Cinema Display on the Horizon
According to AppleInsider, Apple will release a new 27-inch Cinema Display based on the same panel used in the 27-inch iMacs. The 27-inch LCD panel uses LEDs for backlight, and has a 16:9 aspect ratio with 2560x1440 pixels.
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The panel as used on the 27-inch iMacs has rece...
Jerome B. York, Member of Apple's Board of Directors, Dies at 71
Apple today mourned the loss of Jerome B. York, who suffered a brain hemorrhage Tuesday night. Jerome was a longstanding member of Apple's board of directors. After joining the board in 1997, Jerome was seen as one of the key reasons for Apple's financial turnaround.
"Jerry joined Apple's Board...
Apple Updates iWork.com Beta: Getting Ready for the iPad
Apple today updated the iWork.com beta site with new capabilities designed to make sharing iWork files easier for mobile devices, specifically the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The new user interface is optimized for touch-based scrolling, and brings higher resolution images of documents to iPad ...
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Computer Security News | From about.com
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Avoid New Spam / Phishing Attacks
There are a couple of new spam / phishing attacks which have been successful at circumventing my Junkmail filter and making it to my Inbox. One is titled 'Statement Request' and the other is titled 'Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Outlook' or sometimes 'Critical Update for Microsof...
Microsoft Releases Beta of New Security Software
Microsoft announced last November that they planned to discontinue their retail Windows Live OneCare security product and replace it with a new free antimalware offering. That time has come. Well, its coming soon. Microsoft just released the Beta of their new Microsoft Security Essentials softwar...
iPhone 3.0 Filled with Security Updates
Do you have an iPhone? Have you downloaded version 3.0 of the iPhone OS (the real thing- not the leaked pirated version with the malware)? I mentioned in the comments to my post earlier this week about the leaked iPhone 3.0 scam that I didn't really understand what the rush was. It seemed like ev...
Asus + Disney + Toys R Us = Kid-Safe Netbook
Asus and Disney are teaming up to create the Disney Netpal. The Disney Netpal will be available in two models- the MK90 with a 16Gb solid state drive, and the MK90H with a 160Gb hard drive- and will only be available from Toys R Us and Amazon.com for a suggested retail price of $349.99. Both mode...
Leaked iPhone 3.0 Scam
Ain't nothing like the real thing baby. And, since the real thing is officially released today do yourself a favor and don't fall for any messages claiming to lead to a leaked download of the latest iPhone update.
Apple is releasing the iPhone 3.0 update today which adds copy & paste functional...
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Mobile Computing News | From about.com
About Wireless / Networking
Do We Understand the Health Risks of Wi-Fi Yet?
Glenn Fleishman gave high praise for a recent article in Popular Science examining the health risk from wireless radiation. While it is detailed and contains some good information, I think the Pop Sci author ultimately ignores the average person's concern over potential health risks from cellphon...
DISCUSS: Networking a School's Music Lab
Jake, a music technician for a college, needs help in building a network for the school's recording and mixing lab. Managing music editing on PCs generates a lot of data, and the students have been limited thus far to carrying files around on portable drives (sometimes called sneakernet). Fortuna...
POLL: How Many Devices Are On Your Home Network?
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Modern home networks support many kinds of devices. Besides personal computers, you can also connect printers, game consoles, video cameras, backup file servers and other types of equipment. How many devices do you have set up on your home network?
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Cisco Announces the CRS-3
In 2004, Cisco's CRS-1 router set a world record with an amazing (at the time) capacity of 92 terabits per second. Despite a lofty price tag, Cisco has sold several thousand of these top-end routers over the years.
This week, Cisco has announced its new marquee router, CRS-3. At 322 terabits per...
Tethering With Apple iPad - Not So Fast
Pre-launch reports indicate Apple's iPad won't tether with iPhone. Presumably tethering it to some other smartphone won't work either, at least not legally. While many people will never have the need to tether, it's useful and kind of cool. Too bad a new product like iPad doesn't support it.
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Printing and Scanning News | From about.com
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Samsung CLP-770ND Color Laser Printer Reviewed
This week I had the chance to test and review the Samsung CLP-770ND, a color laser printer aimed at SMB. As befits its size (and price), the CLP-770ND offers great print speeds, with first pages out in as little as eight seconds. The overall print quality was excellent, though colors were more mu...
Lexmark All-in-One Takes Small Business Award
Lexmark has released a new addition to its line of small-business all-in-one printers, Pinnacle (aka the Pro901). The printer started out on a high note; it debuted at the Fifth Annual Small Business Summit and picked up the 2010 Hot Tech Demo Award. Like other members of Lexmark's Professional f...
New Mac Drivers for Samsung, Brother Printers
In case you're looking for updated printer drivers for your Samsung or Brother printer--and you're a Mac user--there's good news from Apple, reports Philip Michaels of Macworld.com. Apple has released Samsung printer drivers for Mac OS X v10.6 and Brother printer drivers for Mac OS X v10.6. Micha...
Kodak ESP 7250 All-in-One Printer Reviewed
It may not be the fastest printer out there, but the new Kodak ESP 7250 has a few nice things to offer, such as built in wireless as well as Bluetooth printing and a dedicated photo tray. Kodak also offers decently priced ink cartridges so it won't hurt as much to replace them. And photos come ou...
Alice in Wonderland Lockets, and Other Papercraft Fun
Who wouldn't want a giant locket that opens to a photo of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter? But where would you find such a valuable piece of jewelry? Fear not--you can find downloadable plans for the locket (including photos of the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen, and even Alice herself) through Paperkra...
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