Category: News

  • Google Announces Upcoming Option to Disable Buzz (for real this time)

    Google Buzz is a new Twitter/FriendFeed-esque social network which was released last week for all Gmail users.  Buzz allows you to share messages, photos, and links with your friends that use Gmail and is built right into your Gmail inbox so you’ll never miss a message. Google Buzz has had several privacy concerns since its…

  • Windows 7 RC Will Auto-Shutdown Every Two Hours Starting March 1st

    This is an important reminder to anyone still using the release candidate version of Windows 7 – even though it doesn’t officially expire until June 1st, 2010, Windows 7 RC will begin to auto-shutdown every two hours starting March 1st, 2010.  Microsoft warns that your work will not be saved when these automatic shutdowns occur.…

  • BioShock 2: Purchasing Looks Less and Less Appealing Thanks to DRM

    BioShock 2 releases in a couple of weeks, and from the way things are going it appears publisher 2K Games is doing everything in their power to keep people from buying it. Previous details about the game’s Digital Rights Management indicated a tight lockdown, but recent statements from 2K Games claim a so-called ‘scaling back’…

  • What’s New in Firefox 3.6

    Today marks the release of the latest version of the Firefox web browser – Firefox 3.6  Some changes to the popular web browser have come about in the latest release, and are outlined below. Lightweight themes Included in Firefox 3.6 are lightweight themes, also known as Personas.  When using Personas, users will have the ability…

  • Gmail Now Uses Secure HTTPS Connection by Default

    When you see a web address that starts with https, it’s typically for something important like your bank account or online shopping.  That prefix means the information you submit – credit cards, home addresses, or social security numbers – are kept private between your computer and the site you’re visiting. Gmail started offering secure https…

  • Windows 7 Secret: ‘GodMode’

    Some are calling it the “ultimate control panel”, but what does the new, secretive Windows 7 ‘GodMode’ do? The foxy-sounding name is a little deceiving, because as far as we know, it is exactly what people are calling it – a glorified control panel.  However, that goes without saying how useful this feature actually is.…

  • Google Adds Real-Time Search Results

    Google has recently released a new real-time search option that contains a scrolling list of results that update as new results become available.  Don’t worry, this won’t be replacing Google’s standard search results, but it will be eventually be an option you can enable in the sidebar. Real-time results combines posts from news sources, blogs,…

  • Twitter Now Supports Geotagging (but you have to enable it first)

    You’ve probably heard the buzz for the last few weeks, and now it’s official – Twitter now supports geotagging your tweets.  What exactly does this mean? From Twitter Support: Twitter’s Geotagging feature allows users who opt-in to the service to selectively Geotag their tweets with their exact location and provide more context to users about…

  • Coming Soon: The End of DVDs?

    According to a new article on movies.com, Universal Pictures will no longer be selling stand-alone DVD copies of several of it’s movies as of January 1st, 2010. Instead, the movies will only be sold as Blu-ray/DVD bundles. This bundling is not new since Disney and other studios have already been bundling Blu-rays, DVDs and digital…

  • Google’s New Operating System: What is it?

    You’ve probably heard about Google’s upcoming Chrome operating system, and today Google officially released the open-source Chromium OS project to the public.  Google’s new operating system won’t be available for about another year, but in the meantime you can check out their video explaining why the world needs a better, browser-focused operating system. Are you…