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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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Intel Shows Off New Xeon 5600 Family of Processors
Intel today unveiled the newest member of the Intel Xeon family: the 5600 series. The Xeon family of processors is the traditional processor of choice for Apple in its Mac Pros and Xserve line of computers.
The Xeon 5600 family is based on Intel's new 32nm Nehalem (microarchitecture) technology ...
Are New Mac Pros Coming This Week?
We expect Apple to release new Mac Pro models sometime between now and the Apple Developers Conference in the early summer. Of course, we're hoping for sooner rather than later, and if you remember from last week's blogs, one rumor says the Mac Pro announcement will occur tomorrow, March 16th.
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Folx: Toms Budget Software Pick
Folx from Eltima Software is a download manager that works with your web browser. It allows you to organize downloads, and specify where each download should be stored on your Mac. Folx comes preconfigured with download locations for applications, movies, music, pictures, and other. You can easil...
Apple iPad Sales Off to Brisk Start
51,000 iPad sales in the first two hours. That's the estimate from Valcent Financial Group, as reported by Fortune. It's likely that actual orders are higher since Valcent is only looking at online orders. Valcent is also basing its figures on the sales order number, which represents the number o...
Apple Store Now Taking Pre-Orders for the iPad
Starting at 8:30 am EST, the Apple Store started accepting pre-orders for the iPad. The three Wi-Fi models will be available on April 3, while the Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available in late April.
Courtesy of Apple
Apple has placed a limit of two iPads per customer, but there's a sneaky ...
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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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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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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.
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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...
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Printing and Scanning News | From about.com
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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...
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...
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