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Android phones have undergone a transformation over the last few years. Unlike other platforms that often seem reluctant to change, Android phones have only gotten bigger and faster, squeezing even more awesomeness into every cubic centimeter of each passing new generation. Along for the ride are other fun things such as allowing Android users to run software that isn’t actually Android. Many devices can actually run several distributions of Linux. The Samsung Epic 4G Touch is one of the latest to gain the capability.
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PCWorld
Gadgets Apr 4, 9:55 AM Google takes the wraps off its long-rumored augmented reality glasses that overlays messaging, weather data, maps, video chat, and more within a pair of glasses. More than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a new version of the Flashback Trojan horse that's being installed on people's computers with the help of Java... Productivity Apps Apr 3, 6:15 PM Lots of mobile apps and Web services are available to help people who want all their digital content--not just documents--at their fingertips at any time.
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Geek.com
Apr. 7, 2012 ( 1:33 pm ) By: Ray Walters In: A new plasma device, created by the joint efforts of the Australian national science agency CSIRO and China’s Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), is capable of ridding your skin from harmful bacteria in just a few seconds. According to a paper submitted to the Journal of Physics last February, the “Portable Plasma Flashlight” is [...] Being blind means you can still communicate through sound, being deaf means you can rely on sign language and reading to interact with others. Being deaf and blind severely limits your communication options to just touch. Deaf-blind people mainly rely on the Lorm alphabet and tactile signing for communication, which requires physical touch on a [...]
Engadget
If you're a little too impatient to wait for the Absinthe jailbreak tool to make its way to Windows, good news, there's another option. The iPhone Dev Team has released Corona, a command line-based option for Mac and Windows 7 that will deliver Cydia to your iOS 5.0 or 5.0.1-running iPhone 4S or iPad 2. Obviously, you'll want to be comfortable with the terminal and command prompt but, if you can handle a little CTRL+c and CTRL+v action, jailbreaking your brand new iOS device shouldn't prove too difficult. Hit up the source link for complete instructions on how to free your shiny A5 portable from Apple's shackles while still using your Microsoft machine.If giving your name to a new acquaintance results in a look of confusion, or you struggle with the names of new contacts or co-workers, you won’t be surprised that research shows people have more positive reactions to names that are easier to pronounce. A review of five studies in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found that ease of pronunciation accounted for 40 per cent of immediate likeability. Yeesh.
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Toolbar support in Firefox is limited to horizontal toolbars. You could argue that the sidebar available in the Firefox browser is more or less a vertical toolbar, but since it is not as customizable as other toolbars in the browser, I would not necessarily count it as that. If you have ever tried a recent [...]
Softexia
FlashFXP is a powerful and popular FTP & FXP Client loaded with features for the power user. FlashFXP has an intuitive and full featured user interface, allowing you to do all the common tasks with just a few clicks. It also support full drag & drop, so you can transfer files, synchronize folders, find files and schedule tasks with just one click. Using the FTP protocol, you can transfer files from remote servers to your computer, or even to another remote server. It makes it easy to update your Web site, download files from the company server, or even download files from the internet that always seem to fail using your Web browser. It allows you to transfer files between two sites (FXP), resume incomplete downloads, synchronize directories, schedule multiple tasks, and more.
By Jason Andress A commonly posed question, particularly among people looking to get into the information security field, is “how do I get into information security?” This is an excellent question, and one we can find answered in a variety of ways, although, perhaps, it is not really the right question to ask.
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Whirlpool Broadband News
2012-Apr-5 Telstra has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to be released from its obligation to provide wholesale voice services to competitors in National Broadband Network (NBN) greenfield sites. International music provider Spotify is preparing for its launch into the Australian market later this year. By the end of next month, when NBN Co submits a revised corporate plan to the federal government, it will become clearer whether the economics of the massive project have been materially affected by the significant slippage in its rollout schedule.
After giving up on the WebOS-based HP TouchPad after just a couple of months, HP has been keeping a low-profile in the tablet space, content to quietly sell its Windows 7-based HP Slate 2 to a few bus... BLOG