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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 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...
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...
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...
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 ...
When Apple announced new Mac Pros on July 27th, it failed to mention a specific date when they would be available; just "sometime in August." Even more peculiar, Apple didn't provide the option to pre-order one of the new models, stock or custom. This led many to wonder just how long a wait would...
The good folks over at Other Word Computing, who love to make creative add-ons for Mac products, have taken one of the new 27-inch iMacs apart to see if end users could add their own SSD (Solid State Drive). A second SSD is an option on the new Quad-Core 27-inch iMacs, but Apple charges a hefty $...
Apple today released Safari 5.0.1 for Leopard and Snow Leopard, and Safari 4.1.1 for Tiger. This update corrects security issues, including the problem with Safari's AutoFill, which can allow user information to be extracted at a malicious web site. Also corrected was an RSS issue that could allo...
"Where's the beef?" is one of the most oft-heard and well-remembered advertising catchphrases in recent memory. The new Apple products and Mac updates announced today have plenty of beef: new processors, more power, better graphics. But where are the condiments?
The Apple reservoir of unreleased products had a catastrophic failure today. When the dam holding products back broke, retail stores became flooded with new iMacs (new Mac Pros and Cinema Displays won't be far behind). Also spotted were a new Magic Trackpad and a brand new product type, the Apple...
Computer Security News
From about.com About Internet / Network Security
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...
Mobile Computing News
From about.com About Wireless / Networking
The Wireless Spectrum Crisis 2010
There's no shortage of complaints in the U.S. over the perceived shortage of wireless spectrum: Failure to get cellular phone service, interference from neighbors' Wi-Fi home networks, and slow download speeds due to overcrowding. Some have dubbed 2010 a year of wireless congestion.
As folks li...
Are You Sure You Have Broadband?
Some of you in the U.S. who thought you had a broadband Internet connection just last week may be surprised to find out you don't now. That's because the U.S. FCC now defines broadband as supporting 4 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps for uploads, according to their new report.
The last time the FCC...
Home Automation, HDTV Style
The folks at HDTV Magazine recently completed an interesting podcast focused on home automation. In short, home automation is the concept of adding intelligent, typically networked, control to home lighting, air and electronics systems. Despite a lot of hype over many years, the field hasn't exac...
The Importance of a Good Sysadmin
The company behind OpenDNS has announced their SysAdmin Awards, ahead of the upcoming annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. Sysadmins (systems administrators) are responsible for keeping collections of computers running efficiently. That inevitably means dealing with various network issu...
What Is Perfect Citizen?
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) will apparently monitor computer networks hooked to critical systems such as those that control the nation's power and transportation grids. Most details of this project remain unknown to the general public, understandably. It's called Perfect Citizen - a n...
Ah, the dog days of summer! Barbeques, hot days, cool pools, and nothing to worry about...except possibly the growing dread that school will start again in the not-too-distant future. Well, it's never to early to start planning your back-to-school purchases, and in fact there are lots of great de...
What becomes of old plastic grocery bags? Do they fill the landfills? Get caught in a cinematic updraft? Become toys for cats (they do for mine)? Yes, yes, and yes; but there's some good news, too. According to an article by Katie Cottingham in Chemical & Engineering News, Waste Plastics Become F...
If consumer-level 3D printing has had any shortcomings, it could be the level of the details that could be printed. Shapeways is now looking at using the EnvisionTec Aureus printer to print in wax and terra cotta at some unbelievable levels of detail. According to the company: "The XY resolution ...
A regular old HP 540 inkjet printer gets a quick makeover and becomes a 3D printer in this amazing video from YouTube user Scorch1974. The basics of the hack are not particularly technical. He takes out the paper tray and feed rolls, builds a simple wooden platform, and uses a powdery mixture of ...
Tired of missing those once-in-a-lifetime photos that get captured on video but not in a photo? Don't worry, Canon has got you covered. Its line of five new Canon Pixma Printers includes a new "Full High Definition (HD) Movie Print" feature. Here's how Canon describes it:
