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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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Valve Confirms Its Own Rumors
Valve Software has confirmed the rumors it started about itself last week. It will bring its Stream distribution platform, as well as its library of games, to the Mac. Valve has said that Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike, Portal, and Half-Life game series will be available sometime ...
First iPad Ad Makes Its Appearance During the Oscars
Apple used the annual Oscar awards night to shine a little light on its upcoming iPad. Making its debut during one of the most watched event shows of the season, the ad was a 30-second introduction to the iPad's capabilities.
Courtesy of Apple
While most of us are already aware of the coming ...
Permissions Reset: Toms Budget Software Pick
Permissions Reset is a handy little application from the good folks at Ohanaware. Permissions Reset lets you quickly fix a permissions problem with a file or folder on your Mac. (Permissions are flags set for each item in the file system. They define whether an item can be read, written to, or ex...
iPad Pre-Orders Start March 12th, Shipping Starts April 3rd
Apple will start accepting iPad pre-orders on March 12th. The Wi-Fi only iPad models will start shipping April 3rd. If you want to pre-order one of the Wi-Fi plus 3G models, you'll have to wait until late April for delivery.
Courtesy of Apple
From Apple's announcement:
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Apple Drops Price, Changes Name of Apple Developer Program
Apple has made some changes to the Apple Developer Connection (ADC), including a name change and a drop in pricing. Originally, ADC offered three membership levels: Free, Select ($499), and Premier ($3499). All offered access to Apple's development tools, the Developer Connection web site, and re...
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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
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DISCUSS: Temporarily Disabling Wi-Fi at Home
Sandy Gibbs needs an easy way to shut off the home's Wi-Fi network to discipline a teenage daughter and then turn it back on later when the disciplinary period is over. Is there an easy way to manage this? Our readers have a few suggestions.
→ Discuss - How to Temporarily Disable Wi-Fi at Home
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Apple Bans Some Wi-Fi Stumblers From App Store
They are called stumblers or sniffers or finders. Apple has decided that some of these helpful Wi-Fi network detection tools no longer belong on its App Store. As Macworld points out, the group of Wi-Fi stumbler applications removed this week use private iPhone programming techniques (called APIs...
No More Free Wi-Fi for Jennifer
One of the popular videos on YouTube recently features Jennifer - a Wi-Fi pirate who recently lost open access to her neighbor's network and complained about it publically. Does she really not realize that stealing someone's bandwidth is an ethical gray area, or is this all an act? Watch the vide...
What DNSSEC Means to You
DNSSEC is an extension to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). DNSSEC improves computer network security by adding extra intelligence to DNS that validates Internet domain names and addresses. Organizations around the world are gradually enabling DNSSEC to help prevent so called DNS cache poiso...
What Is SIMFi?
SIMFi is the name of a new kind of SIM card for cell phones, one that incorporates a built-in Wi-Fi radio. With the right software installed, SIMFi effectively turns a cell phone into a wireless hotspot. It's a bit like Eye-Fi except instead of dealing in photos, SIMFi can manage a general-purpos...
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Printing and Scanning News | From about.com
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Using 3-D Printers for Artificial Limbs
The rise in 3-D printing is not just about being able to create your own customized cufflinks or action figure. Researchers are discovering that the technology is helping to create better prosthetic limbs . An article in CNET News by Daniel Terdiman looks at a presentation by industrial designer ...
Will the Pencil Printer Revolutionize the Printer Industry?
Well, probably not--at least in the short term. But the pencil printer is an awesome idea. Stick in a pencil to the printer's built-in sharpener and use the pencil's graphite as 'ink' to do your printing. Not only do you save tons on ink cartridges, but paper as well, since mistakes are easily er...
The Rising Popularity of Photo Scanners
Photo scanners are becoming more popular and American consumers are scanning more photos than ever before, according to a new survey from IDC, a market intelligence firm based in Massachusetts. And the trend will continue upward. "IDC believes that consumers' interest in converting their photo pr...
Scan in Ubuntu Linux with Simple Scan
I've tried a number of Linux distributions with varying degrees of success and satisfaction. It wasn't always easy getting printers and scanners to run, but then again I'm pretty much a Linux beginner, no matter how many times I use it. So it's always nice to know that Linux pros are constantly a...
Using a Flatbed Scanner as a Camera
Let's face it, it's unlikely that you use your scanner an awful lot; and if you bought one a few years back and have finished scanning all your photos or documents long ago, it's likely sitting in a corner, gathering dust. But it doesn't need to be that way. What you've got there, getting covered...
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