Published on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by admin A California man is being accused of extortion through hacking. Luis Mijangos found victims on peer-to-peer networks, sending out files disguised as popular songs that contained malicious computer code. Mijangos threatened to distribute victims' sexually explicit videos to their computer contacts unless they made additional videos for him. A hacker took over more...

Published on Thursday, June 24, 2010 by admin Users especially those in the land surveying field might need to do distance measurement between two or more places from the map from time to time. Instead of using a measurement scale ruler, Google Maps Labs has added another feature, Distance Measurement Tool, to help users to do instant measuring in Google Maps. Users are given various options to choose differ...

Published on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by admin Japan has embraced Twitter in a big way, and analysts say the arrival of the Japanese language Twitter service in 2008 tapped into a greater sense of individuality in Japan, especially among younger people less accepting of the understatement and conformity their culture is usually associated with. Some liken Twitter use to creating haikus. Twitter is a hit in Ja...

Published on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by admin A multi-state panel will join the international probe of information captured by Google's Street View vehicles. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will head the probe into what he called Google's "deeply disturbing invasion of personal privacy." The panel wants to know why Google saved the Street View data from private networks. Already under in...

Published on Monday, June 21, 2010 by admin WordPress developers have released WordPress 3.0, codenamed Thelonious, is the thirteenth major release of WordPress blogging and CMS (content management system) platform. It’s also the first major release of WordPress since version 2.9, which was released almost half an year ago. Features of WordPress version 3.0: A new sexy default theme – Twenty Ten ...

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by admin Nexus Radio is a free all-in-one application for all of your music needs. Search and download over 15 million songs directly to your PC, or listen to and record over 11,000+ radio stations free of charge! You can play downloaded songs directly within Nexus Radio, or transfer songs to your iPod/iPhone or any other multimedia device effortlessly. [ad#300x25...

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by admin YouTube Downloader is a software program that allows you to download videos from YouTube and many others and convert them to other video formats. The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok button! It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for Ipod, Iphone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and ...

Published on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by admin If you are the visual type who remember faces better than names, GMail Sender’s Picture Extension is perhaps a useful Google Chrome browser extension that enhances your communication in Gmail. Associating faces with names can be challenging for some people and this extension to the Google browser will provide some fun and even help you pin a face to a name ...

Published on Sunday, June 13, 2010 by admin Looking for a job? Maybe Twitter has a position for you, and about 199 others. Speaking to a reporter after accepting a 2010 Mirrors Award, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said that the microblogging service currently employs about 200 people, a number which he expects to double this year. "We feel like we’ve come exceedingly far in a very short amount of t...

Published on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 by admin ICQ is a revolutionary, user-friendly Internet tool that informs you who´s on-line at any time and enables you to contact them at will. No longer will you search in vain for friends & associates on the net. ICQ does the searching for you, alerting you in real time when friends & colleagues sign on. You can chat, send messages, files and URL´s, play g...

Published on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 by admin Apple has officially launched its new Safari 5 for both Mac OS X and Windows, which the company claims as newest version of the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser, powered by an enhanced Nitro JavaScript engine, featuring more search options with a new added Bing search in addition to Google and Yahoo! Search. The most notable new feature of Sa...

Published on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 by admin We get the feeling that there will be lots more details on this whole announcement during Hewlett-Packard’s forthcoming press event, but for now, all we know is that HP’s next generation of web connected printers will have something that no other consumer printer has had before: an email address to call their own. As the need for printing declines with the...

Published on Friday, June 4, 2010 by admin AT&T announced today a change in pricing for data services for iPhone and iPad. We feel this change is going to make the majority of data users happy but upset power users. Just when all of us were relishing in Skype over 3G AT&T abandons unlimited data services effective June 7th. The most data you can “pre-purchase” is 2GB for $25 and then pay...

Published on Thursday, June 3, 2010 by admin Microsoft's Brandon Leblanc defends Windows security despite reports from Google employees. Although Microsoft VP of corporate communications Frank X. Shaw already had his moment in the spotlight with Google-related comments on Twitter, Windows communications manager Brandon LeBlanc came out and updated his Windows corporate blog with his view--a retaliation of...

Published on Thursday, June 3, 2010 by admin Would it be any surprise if Google launched the Chrome operating system this October? As if on cue in light of recent talk that Google is kicking Windows to the curb, the search giant plans to release its Chrome operating system this fall. According to Google, the open-source software will be free and available to the general public. In a world that's relied he...

Published on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 by admin Adobe Systems has debuted a reader application for tablet computers based on input from Wired magazine, the first to use the format. Adobe's David Burkett said users of InDesign CS5 will be "well on your way" to producing digital publications. The Wired Reader app takes a while to download the first 520-megabyte digital version. Hoping to marry the design an...

Published on Monday, May 31, 2010 by admin If you are an avid Skype user like we are the Skype 2.0 update available today for iPhone is going to make you very happy. I guess Apple, Skype and AT&T finally came to an agreement on allowing VoIP on the 3G. There is an ominous warning when you go to download Skype in the app store. It states, “Skype-to-Skype calls on 3G are free until at least the ...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin Symantec is working on a Norton Everywhere initiative to put its security software on non-PC devices. Symantec wants to keep viruses off devices from smartphones to digital cameras, and Norton Everywhere allows removing data from a lost handset. Symantec has partnered with HTC to develop software for Android and Windows Mobile. Anyone who has lost a cell phone ...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin Former hacker Marc Maiffret, who exposed the vulnerability used by the Code Red worm 10 years ago, says Microsoft's security model is solid. Now a security expert, Maiffret says that platforms like Apple and Windows Mobile have been less-often attacked because their market share is relatively small and hackers like to go after the big fish. There's no safe place ...

Published on Thursday, May 27, 2010 by admin Offline Installer The Google Chrome setup program, but one of those annoying vendor-specific download programs. It downloads the real setup program into a directory under %APPDATA%\Google. You can use that as your offline installer, but you can also download the real installer directly from Google. This link is version-specific. Symantec Endpoint Protection Google ...

Published on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 by admin 1. Cabling Are all connections connected properly? [ad#300x250_image_ads] 2. Router restart If the synchronization of the DSL line breaks, helping to restart. 3. Reception check When using a WLAN to the router to stay in range. 4. Password is correctly? Do you have the correct access router menu from your Internet provider entered in the. ...

Published on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 by admin If you logged in to Facebook recently, you may have bombarded with fake video with title of “Candid Camera Prank [HQ]” and messages which said “this is without doubt the sexiest video ever! ”, posted on wall or friends’ profiles. The post is accompanied by a photo which appears as a movie thumbnail picture of a short skirt wearing woman on an exercise bic...

Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 by admin Last night Google spruced up their Android Market website, but it was not the major upgrade everyone has been waiting for. The site acts mainly as a showcase and does not allow users to browse all apps, download apps, see full app details, or even perform basic Google-functions like search. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Even though the site is still mostly useless, G...

Published on Monday, May 17, 2010 by admin The sunny beaches of the Isle of Kezan are calling. It's time for a vacation, World of WarCraft fans, and now is your chance to buy your ticket out of Northrend. Blizzard is now looking for candidates for the beta to its upcoming WoW expansion, Cataclysm. Blizzard dropped the news yesterday afternoon on its official WoW forum, so if you want to be considered, you'd...