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Many Microsoft Vista users were paid an unfortunate visit by the dreaded “blue screen of death” when attempting to sync an iPod or iPhone using Apple’s new iTunes 8.0. Apple assures Microsoft Vista users that they have fixed the problem with a subsequent release. Vista users who downloaded the initial version of iTunes 8, need …
A team of hackers dubbed "Anonymous" breached Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's personal Yahoo e-mail account, and posted a number of screenshots. The scandal has been nicknamed "Emailgate".
Mobile app developer 3rd Dimension, Inc. expanded its mobile traffic cam iPhone App to several new cities. The free app, which integrates with municipal traffic cameras in local department of transportation offices, now helps you avoid traffic jams in Detroit, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. The application …
When Apple launched their new App Store on July 10, 2008, everyone knew it would be a success. But no one could have known it would be this BIG of a success.
Microsoft's Vista operating system is a public relations failure. Can something called the Mojave Experiment help save Microsoft Vista's reputation?
Cuil is a new Internet search engine created by ex-Googlers Tom Costello and Anna Patterson that promises new privacy features for Internet users.
DesbloqueioBr, a Brazilian telecom company, says they are the first to find a way to unlock Apple‘s new iPhone 3G. Brazilian newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo, says DesbloqueioBr altered the iPhone’s firmware and added a special card to the phone’s SIM chip. Users with one of these Brazilian iPhones can connect to any mobile carrier …
In 2007, Steve Hoffman and Eric Hayashi joined forces with Naomi Kokubo and co-founded ROCKETON, a new type of multiplayer social experience that spans the entire web. Instead of having to go to a separate site or use a specific application like Second Life, ROCKETON turns the entire Internet into a virtual world for browser based avatars.
Microsoft sends an Internet Explorer cake to Mozilla's FIrefox development team to congratulate them on shipping FIrefox 3.
Wish you knew where your friends and family were at all times? Have you heard of Loopt yet?
A lot of internet power users are really excited about the new Reddit redesign featuring vastly improved navigation, organization and customization tools.
In an effort to encourage people to clean up their messy desktops, Teknograd Mac Support has come up with an ad campaign that visualizes the feeling of helplessness that a cluttered desktop can cause.
This tutorial will show you how to add icons for Mac Menu Extras to your Menu Bar in the Mac OS.
Oops! Did you forget your password? Just follow theses Mac OS X password reset directions to get a new account password.
TV Guide and mobile content provider Helio introduced a new service offering TV show information, program listings, search functions and daily recommendations to Helio users. Text-based program alerts can be set to remind yourself and friends of what’s coming on the tube. TV Guide Mobile is available to Helio subscribers for $2.99/month, in addition to …
PBS downloads are now available legally via BitTorrent. PBS is also making titles available for purchase on Vuze.
It’s not a huge surprise, but Apple’s gone ahead and posted a note confirming that OS X Leopard will not support Classic, even on PowerPC machines. Of course, Intel Macs have never been able to run Classic anyway, so only like Hypercard user groups and the three print shops still running QuarkXPress 4 and will …
