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10 iPhone Apps For Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions

Michael — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:40:47 +0000

Everyone loves a new year. It’s a fresh start, full of promise that this will be the year you get fit, budget better, organize your life, and help others. Just like last year. And the year before that. So how can you ensure that your resolutions last past January? Well, you won’t be Full Story >>

Computer Virus Creator Jailed As ‘Global Menace’

Michael — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:17:20 +0000

An unemployed warehouseman from a seaside resort in north Wales was yesterday jailed for creating computer viruses with the potential to wreak havoc across the globe. Simon Vallor, 22, was told that he was one of a new breed of criminal whose ingenuity allowed him to cause worldwide Full Story >>

Computer Virus Can Cause Hard Drive Crashes

Michael — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:12:47 +0000

Q Is it possible to prevent a hard drive crash? AHard drives, being motorized mechanical objects, eventually fail. But there are some basic things you can do to keep them in better working condition. For one, treat it gently, especially when the computer is running. Sudden bangs, bumps and Full Story >>

Finally, Final Fantasy Is Coming To iPhone

Michael — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:51:23 +0000

The iPhone (and iPod touch) is lately becoming the mobile platform of choice for the classic games connoisseur. Yesterday we wrote about Ultimate Genesis, the official Sega Genesis emulator for the iPhone and iPod touch, and today Kotaku reports that legendary games Final Fantasy I & II Full Story >>

Google Wave To Be Released To 100,000 Testers Wednesday

Michael — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:08:17 +0000

(CNN) — Google Wave, a product that promises to revolutionize online communication, will go out to about 100,000 beta testers Wednesday. The Web application from Google Inc. combines elements of e-mail, chat, Wiki documents, blogs and photo-sharing sites to create a form of Internet Full Story >>

Nintendo Slashes Wii Price By 20% – Now Only $199.99

Michael — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:03:07 +0000

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Nintendo said it is cutting the price of its popular Wii video-game console by $50 to $199.99. The 20% price drop on the Wii, which features a motion-sensor remote, will take effect Sunday, according to a Nintendo statement released early Thursday. The new price is Full Story >>

10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines

Michael — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:54:21 +0000

Everyone would agree that usability is an important aspect of Web design. Whether you’re working on a portfolio website, online store or Web app, making your pages easy and enjoyable for your visitors to use is key. Many studies have been done over the years on various aspects of Web and Full Story >>

Gmail Service Goes Down Again For The Second Time In A Few Weeks

Michael — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:46:39 +0000

The popular Web-based e-mail service from Google Inc. has crashed several times in recent months. That’s led to a bit of anger, and sarcastic sighs of despair, on tech blogs and on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Google posted a note Thursday morning saying it is aware that some people are Full Story >>

Could Moon Landings Have Been Faked? Some Still Think So

Michael — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:57:03 +0000

(CNN) — It captivated millions of people around the world for eight days in the summer of 1969. It brought glory to the embattled U.S. space program and inspired beliefs that anything was possible. It’s arguably the greatest technological feat of the 20th century. And to some, it was Full Story >>

Acer Aspire One 10.1″ LCD 1.6GHz Netbook

Michael — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:06:25 +0000

Revenge of the Little People Probably you don’t think a lot about how challenging the world can be for little people. That’s because the chances are you aren’t one. Most people are not little people, or they wouldn’t be called that. They’d be called “regular-sized people,” and a Full Story >>