Archive for May, 2010

YouTube Turns Five: 2 Billion Views Per Day

YouTube Turns Five: 2 Billion Views Per Day

| May 17, 2010 | 0 Comments

YouTube launched five years ago and is now serving two billion views per day.  YouTube, now owned by Google, put together a timeline of some of its most popular clips. When YouTube first launched, it was primarily used by amateur videographers, bloggers and others sharing short video clips. YouTube now distributes high-definition videos made by [...]

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Get Portal — Recipient of over 70 Game of the Year Awards – for Mac and PC Free Until May 24th!

Get Portal — Recipient of over 70 Game of the Year Awards – for Mac and PC Free Until May 24th!

| May 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

Our very own Josh Smith recently covered the fact that the popular Steam gaming service is finally coming to Mac huge news for Mac users. You may have caught that news, but what I absolutely don’t want any of you to miss out on is that to promote the Steam service finding its way onto [...]

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MacBook Update Spotted in Vietnam

MacBook Update Spotted in Vietnam

| May 15, 2010 | 1 Comment

A MacBook update was spotted in Vietnam where Tinhte even unboxed a new 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo powered MacBook. This new MacBook might be available as soon as Tuesday, when a new MacBook Air is expected to be unveiled. The faster processor isn’t the only change, the MacBook update will also receive a GPU [...]

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New Facebook Security Tool: Is it Enough?

New Facebook Security Tool: Is it Enough?

| May 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

Amid the critical mass of concerns over Facebook’s privacy issues, the social networking service has launched a new feature to ensure that users’ personal content is not stolen by anyone other than that person, according to a CNN article. The way it works, users can choose to only log into the service from phones and [...]

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Docs.com Gives Peek Into Office 2010 Web Apps

Docs.com Gives Peek Into Office 2010 Web Apps

| May 14, 2010 | 7 Comments

Facebook users can get a preview of the soon to be released Office 2010 Web Apps using Facebook Docs. Microsoft will be releasing its new Office Suite on June 15 to the general public with the release of  Web Apps will come several weeks” after that. Office Web Apps are designed to compete with Google [...]

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No Wi-Fi Sync For You

No Wi-Fi Sync For You

| May 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

As most people expected when it was first reported, the Wi-Fi sync application from Greg Hughes has been officially rejected by the Apple App Store. And most iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users breathed a collective sigh. The application was intended to make available a feature that many have been begging Apple to include for [...]

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$190K for an iPad?

$190K for an iPad?

| May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

NO, we’re not talking about a crazy eBay auction but an Apple iPad decked out in gold and gems thanks to Stuart Hughes, a company that has a history for pimping gadgets with bling. It is labeled the solid Gold iPad SUPREME Edition”. For the most elite individual, we bring you the the worlds 1st [...]

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Acer Bringing Chrome OS to Market

Acer Bringing Chrome OS to Market

| May 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

The rumor being reported around the web is that Acer might announce a Chrome OS device around the time of Computex Taipei, an Asian computer trade show schedule for the week of June 1st to the 5th. There are a number of possible ways Acer could go with Google’s browser-centric operating system, as Sumocat mentioned [...]

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HP Pavilion DM1z: Hands on with the AMD Powered Ultrathin

HP Pavilion DM1z: Hands on with the AMD Powered Ultrathin

| May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

The HP Pavilion DM1z, which is part of the new AMD VISION line of ultrathin notebooks made an appearance at an event in Cannes and nDevil was there to get a hands on with the new notebook. The DMz1 is powered by a 1.7GHz AMD Athlon II Neo K125 single core processor and has an [...]

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How to change Windows 7 startup sounds and themes

How to change Windows 7 startup sounds and themes

| May 14, 2010 | 5 Comments

Windows installs with a default sound scheme that includes startup and shutdown sounds. If you aren’t happy with the default startup sounds, want there to be no sound or want to change your overall theme you’re not alone. This guide will show you how to change your sound themes and settings in Windows Vista and [...]

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