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 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 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 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 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 I'm glad to write to you about Skype 5.0 Beta 1 for Windows. In this release we have introduced one of the most requested features over the time - Group Video Calling. You can make up to 5-way group video calls in this release. Also in addition to introduction of group video calling we have re-designed the call view. The new call view is focusing on the ongoi...

Published on Sunday, May 16, 2010 by admin In a quick break from gadget-related news, here’s a nice gem courtesy of BuzzFeed. Two guys on the side of the road saw a Google Streetview car approaching, and acted quickly to make the most out of the opportunity! What would any respectable internet-goer do if they saw a Google Streetview car down the street? Tell us what you’d do in comments! [ad#300x250_im...

Published on Thursday, May 13, 2010 by admin Despite the increasing complexity of security measures to prevent, detect and remove malicious programs, spyware, viruses, etc, computer crime is hot on their heels and becoming more sophisticated and prevalent. Popular social networking sites such as Twitter, Friendster, Facebook, etc are common targets for cyber criminals. They provide a rich treasure trove for phis...

Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by admin There are many people out there complaining about the Firefox RAM Memory Bug. Lets get it straight. It’s not a bug. It’s part of the cache feature. This ‘feature’ is how the pages are cached in a tabbed environment. To improve performance when navigating (studies show that 39% of all page navigations are renavigations to pages visited less than 10 pages ...

Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by admin One way to speed up your Internet browsing experience is using a faster DNS server. Today we take a look at Namebench, which will compare your current DNS server against others out there, and help you find a faster one. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Namebench Download the file and run the executable (link below). Namebench starts up and will include the current D...

Published on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by admin This is just a quick tip for all Twitter addicts out there (myself included) to save you some time when writing updates (tweets). There are so many online and desktop applications, tools and services that help you send tweets from almost everywhere. So why is this one so different? I like this one because it is pretty simple and yet it saves you plenty of time w...

Published on Friday, May 7, 2010 by admin Launched last December, Google Goggles is capable of recognizing the user's snapshots and translating them. It runs on Android smartphones equipped with cameras. Google Goggles can also match snapshots with popular search returns for landmarks, book covers, artwork, places and even corporate logos. Google has revamped the Goggles mobile app it launched in Decembe...