
A federal judge has preliminarily approved a class action settlement for Google Buzz which was related to the social network’s launch in February of 2010. According to the terms of the settlement, Google will create a fund worth $8.5 million that will go to non-profit organizations that help protect internet privacy. Google has released a [...]
November 2, 2010 | Posted in
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In many states, there are fewer than 2 hours left to vote. This means that many American workers are in desperate need of finding their nearest voting locations. Thankfully Google has teamed up with the “Voting Information Project” to create a polling place locator as an overlay to standard Google Maps. You can easily use [...]
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With the increase in technology, finding voting information online has become increasingly easier over the years. With the age of real-time analytics, communication, and advanced mapping technology, we can now easily find out what we need when we need it. Facebook has put together a nice page for voters looking to find polling locations, and [...]
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Today there was a new Xbox Live update. It includes a lot of new features including the new Xbox 360 dashboard. The update is currently available worldwide. While many people have been able to get the new Xbox Live update without any problems, others have been having issues. Some users are reporting that the system [...]
November 1, 2010 | Posted in
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With the increase in technology over the past few years, it is now easier than ever to find your nearest voting locations. With the 2010 Election Tomorrow, individuals everywhere want to find out where the closest places are that will allow them to vote. Two new services help make it a lot easier. If you [...]
November 1, 2010 | Posted in
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As we all know, there were no cell phones back in 1928. However, an Irish filmmaker, named George Clarke has discovered something rather unusual in extra footage from Charlie Chaplin’s film, “The Circus”. “The Circus” was filmed back in 1928, when technology wasn’t even close to what it is today. However, as you can see [...]
October 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Limewire, a popular peer-to-peer filesharing client has been shut down by the New York District Court. Users who visit the Limewire.com website are greeted with a legal notice that says, “This is an official notice that LimeWire is under a court-ordered injunction to stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software. Downloading or sharing copyrighted content [...]
October 27, 2010 | Posted in
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P2P file-sharing is back. FrostWire has released their Android App today in the Android Market. It is a peer-to-peer file sharing program which allows file sharing over wi-fi networks. Is this Napster all over again? FrostWire is an app that allows users to search for files and then download them. The FrostWire App download is [...]
October 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Rockstar Games has released the Red Dead Redemption, Undead Nightmare pack today for Xbox LIVE and the Playstation Network. The pack can be downloaded for only $9.99 for those player who already have the Red Dead Redemption game. For those video game players who do not already have Red Dead Redemption, the release date for [...]
October 26, 2010 | Posted in
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There is a new Firefox Plugin that has just been released as an open source tool. It is called Firesheep, and it is a simple plugin that can been installed on any computer running Windows or MAC. It was released by Toorcon 12, and can be used to steal cookies off of any computer that [...]
October 25, 2010 | Posted in
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