Tech News
29
Jul
2011
Your smartphone undoubtedly contains a lot of personal and business information on it. To keep your information safe, beware of the following red flags that could put your smartphone at risk....
28
Jul
2011
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Erica Swallow -
Google has launched Hotel Finder, an experimental search tool, which enables users to define key lodging preferences in hopes of finding the perfect hotel for their travel needs. Users input their preferred location, dates, price and rating details, and Hotel Finder delivers its top recommendations, in a list or on…
22
Jul
2011
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Amy-Mae Elliott -
One of the giants to survive the dotcom crash, Amazon.com is as much of a landmark on the web as the Eiffel Tower is to Paris. In 16 years, “Wall Street Wunderkind” Jeff Bezos has grown the business from a tiny startup operating on second-hand computers in his garage to…
22
Jul
2011
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Brenna Ehrlich -
You know those mornings when you would sell your soul to avoid the commute to work? Well, according to a recent survey, 40% of people would make a less-than-comparable sacrifice: a pay cut. Staples Advantage recently conducted an online survey about telecommuting with 140 respondents across various industries. Yes, that pool is…
22
Jul
2011
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Charlie White -
Sonos released its smaller but still powerful Play:3 all-in-one speaker this week. We tried the new speaker side-by-side with the larger Sonos Play:5 (formerly the S5) to determine if there’s any sacrifice to spending $299 on a Wi-Fi compatible speaker compared with the Play:5′s $399 price. These wireless…
22
Jul
2011
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Stan Schroeder -
Google Toolbar for Firefox has long been a ubiquitous add-on for the popular open source browser, but Google decided it’s no longer needed. “As we all know, over the past few years, there has been a tremendous amount of innovation in the browser space. For Firefox users, many features that…
22
Jul
2011
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Stan Schroeder -
The folks at iFixit have done it again. One day after the official launch of Apple’s refreshed MacBook Air, they tore the poor little laptop to pieces and thoroughly examined it. The new generation of MacBook Air is almost identical to the previous one, but it has some…
22
Jul
2011
In just three weeks, the new social networking site, poised to be Facebook's biggest competitor, boasted 20 million visitors. This prompts the question: Have you joined the network?...
22
Jul
2011
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Charlie White -
A new interactive Google doodle has appeared on Google.com, honoring artist Alexander Calder, who is known for inventing the mobile. As you click and drag with your mouse, the various sections of the mobile move around. According to the official Google Blog, it’s the first doodle Google’s made…
21
Jul
2011
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Ben Parr -
Anonymous and LulzSec, the two hacker groups responsible for some of the most high-profile cyber attacks of the past year, have issued a defiant statement in the wake of a recent FBI crackdown on the groups. The statement is a direct response to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Steve Chabinsky, who…
21
Jul
2011
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Charlie White -
Remember those old multi-line phones with all the buttons across the bottom? That gave you access to more than one line at a time, a feature now available in Google‘s Gmail. According to the official Gmail Blog, this new multi-call capability will let you put callers on hold with Gmail’s…
20
Jul
2011
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Lauren Drell -
Although TV ownership dropped last year for the first time since 1992, traditional TV viewership rose 22 minutes &...
