Installing The Developer’s Build Of OS X Lion

July 8, 2011

Apple will be releasing, perhaps as early as July 9th, its latest version of Mac OS X, Lion. Unlike with previous OS X updates, Lion will be significantly cheaper ($29,00), but getting your hands on a physical disc copy of the Lion upgrade will not be possible.  This will be because, for the first time, [...]

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Turn Google+ Into Facebook

July 1, 2011

The social networking wars have dialed it up to 11 this week, with Google unleashing its highly anticipated (and highly leaked) Google+ social initiative upon the world on Tuesday — to not a bad response, to be honest. So it’s not that surprising that today Facebook countered the + hubbub with its own ‘we’ve got [...]

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Meet Your Newest Social Network Google+

June 29, 2011

After long speculation, Google is officially introducing the company’s Facebook rival today, named Google+. It has a number of unique features to the service. Plus, there is no sign up required for anyone with an active Google account. But is this really the Facebook killer we have been waiting for? Google+ has five different points [...]

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Spotify’s US launch date

June 28, 2011

Updated. The buzz around European music streaming service Spotify’s United States launch just keeps getting louder. A report published Friday on the Noisecast tech blog places Spotify’s US launch date between July 5 and July 15, citing an email exchange between a Noisecast source and major record label executive. The emails also ‘suggest that Spotify [...]

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Mac Defender Malware Scam Plagues OS X Users

May 27, 2011

A malware scam is making its way to a wide range of Mac users recently. It works by putting malicious links at the top of search results and tricks users into accidentally clicking them. After doing so, a fake virus scanner pops up on the screen. It then falsely informs the user of potentially harmful [...]

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All Our Lightbulbs Will Have IP Addresses

May 19, 2011

When we remarked that home automation technology was a reason we needed iPv6 technology, we weren’t kidding. If Netherlands-based NXP has it their way, we’ll all be using networked LED lightbulbs, each with their own IPv6 address. More » (Via Gizmodo.)

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Philips to unveil LED replacement bulb

May 17, 2011

Home lighting has certainly come a long way since the days of Thomas Alva Edison, and Philips will be part of a watershed moment as they prepare to unveil the world’s first LED replacement for the 75-watt incandescent light bulb at the LIGHTFAIR International trade show. Known as the Philips EnduraLED A21 17-watt light bulb, [...]

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Voice Search Being Tested on Google

May 2, 2011

Google has begun testing an integration of voice search with the Google.com search engine. Helpful tipster Matt Schlicht first spotted the feature earlier Monday afternoon. Voice search detects your computer’s microphone settings and can open up a ‘Speak now’ widget to detect your words and transcribe them into a search query. Android phone owners should [...]

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