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- Piracy and the Apple App Store
- PiracyI'm curious as to how they discovered that 80%. I'm assuming (I know, bad idea) that they post the app on the app store (well, Apple does after reviewing it) and someone has to buy it in order to pirate it or is the App store itself broken into? If...
- Tags: Games, piracy, game, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Xfire 1.116 (Windows)
- Xfire is a tool that automatically keeps track of when and where gamers are playing PC games online and lets their friends join them easily. It works regardless of game type, server browser, or gaming service that a player is using. Xfire eliminates the hassles of running multiple programs like...
- Tags: Xfire, Microsoft Windows, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-10-19
- Jailbreaking the iPhone is cool, piracy is not!
- how about protecting the consumer?That whould be a nice change. the iphone and ipod touch is NOT a gaming console. Peoples should be able to run any program they want for the device they PAID FOR.Apple artificial crippling of the iPhone is outright CRIMINAL, Apple should be punish and FORCED...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Sony debuts Vaio X; 'world's lightest laptop': 11.1", 14-hour battery
- Processor is a Z550 (2GHz)I went to the Sony ordering page and that is what it shows as the processor.RE: Sony debuts Vaio X; 'world's lightest laptop': 11.1If I were going to go to the PC route, I would definitely get a Vaio. They are the best PC laptops...
- Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., Vaio X, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, lightest laptop, laptop computer, battery, OEM, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Malibal Veda series
- It seems that boutique notebook builder Malibal (pronounced mal-la-bull) is ready to see desktops die. The company specializes in custom-built desktop replacements. No thin-and-lights. No ultraportables. No "mainstream" models. The Veda series is its largest, with an 18.4-inch LCD that can be loaded with Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9300 (ours...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), NVidia Corp., DDR3, desktop
- Product reviews 2009-10-02
- TV Everywhere: We're not just ready; we're already doing it
- Television has gone through some major transformations over the years: color, cable, digital and even TiVo. Now, the industry is undergoing another transformation - and consumers are more than ready. A report released today found that consumers are already accessing television-style video content from devices other than...
- Tags: TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Comodo EasyVPN 1.5 (Windows)
- Comodo EasyVPN is the first completely free for non-commercial use program to enable users to easily create virtual private networks between an unlimited number of PCs. Virtual private networks or VPNs are secure and encrypted connections between PCs. In essence, any PCs connected to a shared network can "talk" to...
- Tags: Secure Instant Messaging, PC, Microsoft Windows, Comodo, Comodo EasyVPN, VPNs, Instant Messaging, Network Security, Telecommunications, Networking, Security, Internet, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- Sony PSP Go: Hands-on first impressions and photos
- I was invited to check out the Sony PSP Go last night at the Sony Style store in Manhattan, and starting today, you can too. After entering the store, the manager unlocked the PSP Go from a safe and handed the lightweight console to me. The...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation Portable, Photograph, PSP Go, Games, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Hijacking Windows System Restore for cybercrime profits
- welp.... they are finally getting a taste of their own crap.I wonder what they are doing. We use steadystate on all of our machines. Reboot the machine and everything is restored.Maybe they should move from a PC based environment to a terminal server like system. Each reboot...
- Tags: Terminal services, system restore, Hijacking Windows System Restore, cybercrime profit, SteadyState, operating system, terminal server, security
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- What would it take for you to switch to Linux?
- Secret Service ProtectionI'd consider switching to Linux if I was provided presidential level protection. With all the spyware functionality built into Linux allowing serial killers to track your location, it's simply too dangerous to run Linux. You're literally asking to be killed. Save yourself, pay for your software.Linux - Whom...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, spyware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Dell sells discounted Zune HD before it hits stores
- waitfirst thing im going to do tomorrow is head out to best buy and try this thing out. the one thing i care about a lot is the browser, if the browser is as good as safari in the iphone then I might just on this. I browse...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Apple iPod Touch (third generation, 8GB)
- Editors' note: The rating of the 8GB iPod Touch is slightly less than the 32GB and 64GB models because of slight differences in processor speed and features.Photo gallery:Apple iPod Touch third generationNow in its third year, Apple's iPod Touch has evolved so many features and uses beyond media playback that...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Keyboards, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, Apple Inc.
- Product reviews 2009-09-12
- AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]
- Andrew, thanks for doing a real interviewThese days, when most bloggers just link to a PR wire story for their source, ZDNet surprises us with an actual interview. An interesting interview to boot! There is still hope for online journalism. Thanks Andrew.RE: AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the...
- Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, INTERNET, cloud computing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- OTOY's Jules Urbach: Cloud computing 'threatens' game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs [interview]
- Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a Blu-ray movie or Adobe Photoshop, can it? Jules Urbach says it's not only possible, but scalable as a business. Urbach, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based OTOY, is working with AMD to pair that company's supercomputers with...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Console, PC, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Game Console, Blu-ray, OTOY, Jules Urbach, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- News to know: Apple; AT&T; Google Books; Palm Pixi; Verizon; Best Buy-Microsoft
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Linux, Digital Music, Digital Media, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack' Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes Firefox to run...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., RightNow Technologies, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Cable, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business
- What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...
- Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-06
- Report: 1 in 5 portable computers shipped are netbooks
- No choiceThe hardware to run PC and smartphone functionality just will inevitably get cheaper and cheaper. Makers of smart phone chips like Qualcomm and all the ARM mfgrs are also going to join the party and put further pressure on the Wintel heavy pc industry. Displays will continue to get...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Desktops, portable computer, netbook, ASUS, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- Source code for Skype eavesdropping trojan in the wild
- Social Engineering?According the the Symantic press releasehttp://www.prwire.com.au/pr/14463/symantec-threat-bulletin-trojan-peskyspy-recording-skype-voip-conversation"The Trojan is detected by Symantec as Trojan.Peskyspy and can be downloaded to a computer by way of tricking the user with an E-mail scam or other social engineering tactic....The Trojan is targeting Windows API hooks, a technique used to alter the planned behavior...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., trojan horse, Source Code Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-28
- Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable?
- Gene Munster's living room of the future is centered around a Web-connected, iTunes-powered Apple-branded TV - a 50-inch, high-def, wall-mounted iPhone, if you will. And the stuff you'll watch on this "TV set" won't come in via Comcast or DirecTV. It will all stream in from - or be archived...
- Tags: Web, Apple Inc., Apple TV, Apple iTunes, Cable, Munster, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
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