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A new startup called Legacy Locker is set to fill a much-needed gap in passing on your estate to your heirs and beneficiaries. The gap exists with your online assets – mainly the usernames and passwords used to secure your digital life: your computer accounts, social networking sites, bank accounts, e-mail accounts and much more. …
NASA got an unexpected result from an online contest to name a new room at the International Space Station: Colbert. Stephen Colbert, host of the Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report," asked his viewers to write in his name in the contest. And they did, in huge droves. At the end of the contest, the name "Colbert" had 230,539 votes. NASA's preferred name, Serenity, only had around 40,000 votes.
If you’ve been missing Dateline NBC correspondent Chris Hansen since his To Catch A Predator series was retired, you’re in luck. He’s back for the next few editions of Dateline with Inside The Financial Fiasco, a three part investigation that provides a revealing real world look at how the economic collapsed happened – from the …
Next time you have a rough day at the office, Burger King hopes you'll cozy up to one of its new Whopper Bars set to open around America. Just don't stay for too many rounds, or you might regret it the next day.
When Universal Studios releases the Wanted: Weapons of Fate ($39) videogame on March 24, in-the-know consumers will refer back to the film’s DVD or Blu-ray Disc for extended gameplay. Secret Video Game Codes Hidden On DVD And Blu-ray Disc The DVD for Wanted, starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie, features 10 secret codes, hidden among …
This week Apple released a very minor firmware update for the Apple TV. The 2.3.1 update only adds a “Network Test” option to help users troubleshoot Internet connections. That’s it. Seriously, it’s hardly worth the trouble. But the update does do something we weren’t expecting… it disables and deletes the Boxee software. Boxee is a …
Social Media Isn’t Just a Marketing Tool but an Efficiency Driver What’s the bigger idea: social media as marketing stimulus or social media as a way to innovate business processes? Every brand manager or CMO should recognize that it’s both — and in a disruptive economy, you need to take advantage of both outcomes. And …
Watch out New Yorkers! Sony wants your attention and they think their "living mannequins" will get it. In a campaign to promote Sony's new Sony VAIO Lifestyle PC, a squad of models holding VAIO laptops will freeze in place in public places.
Step away from the guacamole and put your chicken fingers and fry sauce down. Here's a breakdown of the 2009 Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl halftime show.
Salary growth during a tough job market and an economic recession can often be an unrealistic expectation. But one of the biggest factors of you getting a raise might not be your job performance, but where you live.
What if Steve Jobs doesn't come back to Apple? Will Tim Cook be Steve Jobs' replacement?
The Sci Fi Channel is renewing the investigative series Destination Truth for a 3rd season. The reality series, hosted by Josh Gates, travels the world in search of unexplained mysteries, with the goal of unraveling them.
The cold winds of winter have returned, draping the land in a blanket of white and bringing with them the yearly holiday shopping mania. There is but one known safe haven from the seasonal onslaught of holiday fervor. A quaint and secluded hamlet, buried high up in the mountains. Where, despite its artic coordinates, you …
Don't want all your Pownce messages to disappear when they shut down on December 15, 2008? Don't worry! Soup.io is here to save the day.
It’s official. Pownce is dead. The micro-blogging service is shutting down in 2 weeks. In case you were unfamiliar with Pownce.com, it was a free social networking and micro-blogging site started by Internet entrepreneurs Kevin Rose (Digg.com), Leah Culver, and Daniel Burka. Pownce was centered around sharing messages, files, events, and links with already-established friends. …
Charles Teague over at DragonStyle has done some interesting research on the iTunes app store which highlights the tremendous growh the iTunes app store is experiencing. The following charts are reproduced with permission, and encapsulate all applications currently available in the iTunes app store. There are currently over 9000 apps available for sale in the …
The most exciting feature of HandBrake 0.9.3 is Universal Input. HandBrake; is no longer limited to converting DVDs. HandBrake will now accept practically any type of video source and convert it to whatever video format you desire
