by Mike, posted on September 14, 2010
"Tennesseeing is Tennebelieving" may be the tourism motto in some parts of Tennessee, but Chattanooga has made a claim that may to some may be dubious at best. As of yesterday, Internet connectivity in the city is allegedly one-gigabit-per-second, whether upload or download. The city says that this is, on average, 250 times faster than the connectivity in any other U.S. city. Such connectivit...
Read More...by Mike, posted on September 14, 2010
Yesterday, Adobe released an important security warning concerning its Adobe Player product. It is a security hole that apparently allows a malicious party to seize control of your computer. The warning pertains to versions 10.1.82.76 and earlier for these operating systems: Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, and Android. Also involved in the warning is the Adobe Reader 9.3.4 and earlier for Windo...
Read More...by Mike, posted on September 14, 2010
The BlackBerry device is a wonderful thing. It lets you keep up on your e-mail, social networking, text messages, and of course phone calls wherever you go. It's also an expensive bugger. If you don't sign a contract, you could pay $300 or more for the much-hallowed device. Even with a contract, the unit can be expensive, depending on what provider you go through. But not anymore, at least no...
Read More...by Mike, posted on September 12, 2010
This week, Google made it possible to get instant gratification when it comes to search results. This, as a result of Google Instant Search being released to a semi-unsuspecting world. As the name suggests, Google's search results now change instantly based upon keyword entries. Type in a word, and instantly the screen changes, and displays appropriate keywords. With the addition of this n...
Read More...by Mike, posted on September 12, 2010
The death warrant has been signed for the popular RSS website Bloglines, which will cease to exist on October 1. Operated by the same team that brings you Ask.com, the advent of social networking sites apparently did the site in. Bloglines made keeping up with blog feeds easier by sending "feeds" to subscribers, who would sign up for updates from the blogs that interested them most, and which ...
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Twitter users no doubt found this week to be extremely frustrating, as they repeatedly encountered the so-called "fail whale." For its part, Twitter blamed networking equipment in...
The New York Times reports that Microsoft has proposed to offer its European users the ability to turn off Internet Explorer during the installation of their soon-to-be-released Wi...
Research In Motion, the creators of the popular Blackberry device, released the official web page for the new Blackberry Curve 8520 today. The smartphone is the first "Mac-ready" ...
I have always been a fan of Canon's PowerShot brand, but Panasonic has no doubt become a player in the consumer cameras market. Today, Panasonic announces three new cameras in the...
