February 8th, 2010
Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal report Monday that Google will be adding hooks to popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter via Gmail. While interesting, a Facebook and Twitter plugin wouldn’t exactly be game-changing. In fact, my early suspicion was that this might
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February 8th, 2010
If you’re looking to record audio from the Internet or do some simple audio editing on your own, Audacity might be a perfect fit for your needs: It’s an open-source app that can record anything you can play on your PC, and it offers a beat finder and simple
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February 8th, 2010
TeleNav has unveiled AT&T Navigator 1.5i for the iPhone. The latest revision to the popular turn-by-turn GPS app includes road speed limit signs, speed limit alerts, and improved route avoidance options that account for high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and toll roads. The app also finally includes a nighttime
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February 8th, 2010
If recent recalls have you worried about buying the things you normally buy, Caveat Emptor is a Firefox extension that can help you check for active recalls on a product before you purchase it online, or anywhere else. The extension lets you quickly and easily search for recalls from
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February 8th, 2010
Did Verizon block access to the Web’s most infamous message board? 4chan thinks so. Christopher Poole, founder of the site that brought the world rickrolling, claims that Verizon has been “explicitly blocking” access to 4chan. “Over the past 72 hours, we’ve been receiving reports from Verizon Wireless customers having
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February 8th, 2010
Google’s Super Bowl ad last night didn’t exactly embrace the sort of excitement viewers of event are accustomed to. The whole thing was a bit understated, though it did manage to tug a bit at the old heart strings, like a search engine-based romantic comedy. Google CEO Eric Scmidt
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February 7th, 2010
This week it came to light that there have been senior people at Microsoft who have blocked, or tried to block new products from the company on the grounds that they hadn’t come from their own department. Now it’s widely known that different departments within Microsoft don’t talk to
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February 7th, 2010
A new group of security patches are scheduled for release on Tuesday Feb 9,2010. The image below shows what software will be affected and by how many updates and the type. Security Patch This month Microsoft will be releasing 13 bulletins – five rated Critical, seven rated Important, and
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February 6th, 2010
The user Perception of the design and default theme of Windows 7 is mainly positive. Every operating system on the other hand has users that love to customize the design by installing new themes and changing system files which often results in a unique design that does not look
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February 6th, 2010
UK users have already had this feature since November 2009 , but Sky TV broadcaster has now finally rolled out it’s Sky player to Windows 7 users in Ireland.The service gives Windows 7 users in Ireland and the UK access to a range of live and on demand programming,
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