These may be games many people find unsuitable for children but the likelihood is high that older gamers will see this more as a “top picks” list. Frag on! When it comes to video entertainment, Continue reading “NY Times Chronicles 10 Video Games to Avoid For Children”.
One of Microsoft’s legal woes has now been wrapped up as the lawsuit brought against them for anti-trust practices has been dropped as users are able to replace Internet Explorers and PC’s can ship without Continue reading “EU Drops Microsoft Antitrust Charges”.
In a move that is almost assuredly going to be followed by more and more countries if successful, Australia will be disallowing access to sites via IP filtering that house criminal content. Australia intends to Continue reading “Australia To Filter Web Via IP’s”.
There have been various reports of exploits in Adobe Reader and Acrobat and although no specific details are given, I’d shy away from any Adobe documents received through questionable sites or unrecognized e-mail senders. Adobe Continue reading “Adobe Investigating Reader, Acrobat Potential Exploits”.
It looks like Asustek is re-branding their motherboard and GPU lines to further delineate their component products from the their systems. It’s too early to tell if there are other underlying reasons for the split. Continue reading “Asustek to Spin Off Motherboard & GPU’s Under Pegatron Brand”.
With rumors of a Verizon iPhone looming in 2010, AT&T is not helping retain existing customers if they continue down this path of making it more expensive to use data on the network. AT&T is Continue reading “AT&T Takes Aim At iPhone Wireless Data Hogs”.
One of the best free mail applications just got better with the release of version 3. If you have been thinking about trying Thunderbird, it looks like now is a good time to give it Continue reading “Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 3”.
If you have been mulling over purchasing a family pack of Windows 7, act now or you may never get your chance. This week in Australia, Microsoft began shipping a limited pilot version of its Continue reading “Windows 7 Family Pack – U.S. Supplies Dwindling”.
Perhaps in an effort to offer “cloud” music streaming or just to further reduce competition, Apple has confirmed rumors that they have acquired the music site Lala. Apple has acquired struggling streaming music service Lala, Continue reading “Apple Confirms Acquisition of Music Site Lala”.
Falling short of Google maps functionality, Bing maps is on it’s way to rivaling Google maps but one downside is that it requires the installation of Silverlight which users may be opposed to. Microsoft’s Bing Continue reading “Bing Maps Beta Underway”.
One of the hot buzzwords in the tech industry for awhile has been “cloud” computing. Intel has unveiled an impressive 48 core chip based on the x86 architecture allowing each core to run a separate Continue reading “Intel Unveils 48-core Cloud Computing Chip”.
The blue screen of death is officially old-school now that Windows 7 is reportedly serving up the black screen of death stemming from one of the latest security patches. With “millions” potentially affected, it may Continue reading “Microsoft Investigates “Black Screen of Death””.
The ability to run a complete OS from a thumb drive is awesome and being able to fit that on a very inexpensive 1GB drive kicks it up the awesomeness another notch. Not everyone has Continue reading “Slimmed Chrome OS Fits On a 1GB USB Drive”.
Much of the hype regarding the large hadron collider has died down since it failed to bring about the feared black hole that would doom us all. Work still continues however, and the secrets of Continue reading “Large Hadron Collider Sets World Energy Record”.
The Thermaltake BlacX Duet is a budget friendly dual drive SATA HDD docking station that provides fast, convenient access to 2.5” or 3.5″ SATA or SATA II (SATA /300) hard drive contents through either USB or eSATA connections. The best part about this product is that you never need to open a computer case or mount hard drives in an enclosure.
