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iLuv's iMM183 Weather band radio for iPod and iPhone
Posted at 12:37PM Oct 30, 2009 by John Virata in Entertain | Comments[0] Google Voice lets users keep phone number
Google said late Monday that new users of its service will be able to have the calls that they don't answer forwarded to a special Google Voice electronic mailbox, essentially bypassing the voicemail provided by their phone carriers. Posted at 11:31AM Oct 27, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Communicate | Comments[0] America beats Guadalajara in first game shown in 3D
At the packed Azteca, thousands more had a more traditional view of the match between the country's two most popular teams which finished with a 1-0 victory to America after an early goal by Colombian Aquivaldo Mosquera. "It was incredible," said 25-year-old Claudia Fernandez. "I'd already seen films in this format, but watch a football match, never, and I don't regret it because it's much more exciting." Posted at 05:15PM Oct 26, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Entertain | Comments[0] Shrimp's eye points way to better DVDs
Mantis shrimps, dubbed "thumb splitters" by divers because of their vicious claws, have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. They can see in 12 primary colors, four times as many as humans, and can also detect different kinds of light polarization -- the direction of oscillation in light waves. Now a team at the University of Bristol have shown how the shrimps do it, using remarkable light-sensitive cells that rotate the plane of polarization in light as it travels through the eye. Posted at 12:41PM Oct 25, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Inform | Comments[0] Day One With Windows 7
Posted at 08:50AM Oct 25, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Inform | Comments[0] Millions (yes, millions) of Computers are Infected by Fake Security Software
Posted at 10:46AM Oct 21, 2009 by Vic Oliver in Inform | Comments[0] Barnes&Noble's Nook eReader Barnes&Noble has been answered Amazon's Kindle eBook reader with a device of its own called the Nook. Powered by the Android operating system and with an 10 day rated battery life, a wi-fi radio that works in BN stores and 600 college bookstores nationwide, and the capability to share certain book titles with other Nook users.[Read More] Posted at 09:17AM Oct 21, 2009 by John Virata in Entertain | Comments[0] Watch and control your TV from your iPhone
Posted at 07:13AM Oct 14, 2009 by John Virata in Entertain | Comments[0] Study charts links between mobile phones, tumors
Studies on whether mobile phones can cause cancer, especially brain tumors, vary widely in quality and there may be some bias in those showing the least risk, researchers reported on Tuesday. So far it is difficult to demonstrate any link, although the best studies do suggest some association between mobile phone use and cancer, the team led by Dr. Seung-Kwon Myung of South Korea's National Cancer Center found. Posted at 06:30PM Oct 13, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Inform | Comments[0] FCC asks Google to explain how, why it blocks calls
The Federal Communications Commission asked Google to respond by October 28 with information about how Google Voice calls are routed, why it restricts calls to particular telephone numbers and how Google chooses the numbers. Google must also identify how many users of Voice now exist and whether the company plans to offer Voice on other than an "invitation-only" basis, according to the letter sent by Sharon Gillett, chief of the FCC's wireline competition bureau. Posted at 01:58PM Oct 12, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Cell Phones | Comments[0] Microsoft says some Hotmail passwords exposed
The company did not say how many users were affected, but some reports suggested that passwords to more than 10,000 accounts were exposed. "We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally by a phishing scheme and exposed on a website," a Microsoft spokesman said. Posted at 06:04PM Oct 05, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Inform | Comments[0] Microsoft's Ballmer says Web search buys unlikely
"No, I wouldn't expect it," he said when asked whether acquisitions would be part of the strategy. Microsoft recently agreed a search partnership with Yahoo! Inc <YHOO.O> after a long and unsuccessful struggle to buy the company. Posted at 12:24PM Oct 05, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Inform | Comments[0] IBM takes on Google in business Web-mail market
International Business Machines Corp will likely try to capitalize on the damage that those outages have caused to Google Apps over the past year. Last month millions of business users could not access email for almost two hours. An IBM spokesman said on Thursday that the company will start selling its LotusLive iNotes next week. The lightweight email service will cost $36 per user per year, about 25 percent less than what Google charges for a more robust product. Posted at 03:42PM Oct 02, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Communicate | Comments[0] UK girl stopped from selling granny online
Zoe Pemberton from southern England put her 61-year-old grandmother up for sale on the auction website with no reserve price, describing her as "rare and annoying and moaning a lot." Posted at 07:59PM Oct 01, 2009 by Lou Wallace in Entertain | Comments[0] 
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The iMM183 Hi-Fi Dual Dock Alarm Clock ($149) features NOA/S.A.M.E Weather Hazard Alert system, and can dock iPhones and iPods simultaneously. So when you are snoozing in bed and that impending foul weather comes bearing down, you'll know it thanks to the clock's weather band radio and NOAA emergency alert system. [
Google Inc has introduced a new feature that will allow consumers to use its Google Voice service without switching to a special phone number, potentially broadening the appeal of the nascent, and controversial, service.
Excited Mexicans clutching buckets of popcorn and soft drinks in cinemas ducked whenever the ball was kicked toward them as they watched Sunday's big game between America and Guadalajara in 3D.
The amazing eyes of a giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could hold the key to developing a new type of super high-quality DVD player, British scientists said on Sunday.
Windows 7 is here and not a moment too soon. Microsoft's two-and-a-half year old operating system is a dog, and will hopefully be put to pasture. After many years of development, Windows 7 shipped October 22, and after a full day of using Windows 7 Professional, I have to admit I am really liking what I have seen so far.
Millions have already fallen foul of fake online security. Don't be a victim. Image: Symantec.
For those of you who have to watch TV on their iPhone, Monsoon Multimedia has released the Hava Mobile Player, which gives you the capability to control your TV (cable, satellite, DVR, standard or high definition, and Tivo) from virtually anywhere you can get connected with your iPhone. [
U.S. regulators on Friday asked Google Inc to explain how the Internet giant's Voice service blocks expensive calls to some rural areas, after lawmakers demanded an investigation.
Microsoft Corp said on Monday that passwords belonging to some users of its Hotmail email service were exposed on an Internet site, but had since been taken down.
Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> does not expect to make acquisitions to help the company challenge Google Inc's <GOOG.O> dominance in the Internet search market, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told Reuters on Monday.
IBM is introducing an inexpensive Web-based corporate email service that will compete with Google Inc's Google Apps, which has recently suffered several high-profile outages.
Internet auction site eBay stopped a 10-year-old girl's attempt to auction off her "moaning" granny online.