I never know what’s going on at Google considering how many things the company is involved with. Think about it for a second. There’s a freaking blog for every project and who knows how many of them there are, so Google New is a bit of a godsend. It compiles the latest updates about new products from all the Google blogs in one …
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Bus Driver Caught Reading Kindle On the Job
Oregon seems to be in the news quite a bit lately. You have careless or inept hunters shooting down Google’s aerial fiber links forcing repairmen to cross country ski for three days to repair the damage done in the Dalles. And now there’s video of a TriMet bus driver reading his Kindle while driving on I-5!
40-year-old Lahcen …
Why Do Web Browsers Matter?
The Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Beta recently released by Microsoft reintroduces the software giant into the browser wars, but why are browsers worth fighting over when they’re essentially offered as freeware? Of the three major browsers used worldwide, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome, each …
Twitter Vulnerability Discovered by Australian Teenager
On the subject of the Twitter brouhaha from yesterday, apparently the vulnerability in the site’s code that led to all the pop-ups, worms, and general merriment enjoyed by spammers and hackers was discovered by a 17-year-old Australian named Pearce Delphin.
Apparently Delphin simply posted JavaScript code inside a tweet that caused a …
Can Internet Explorer Regain Its Good Name?
My TIME.com Technologizer column for this week is a look at Microsoft’s new beta of Internet Explorer 9. It’s the best version of IE since 1999 or so, with a nicely streamlined interface, good integration with Windows 7, hardware-accelerated graphics, and a heaping helping of HTML5 support.
When it comes to browsers, I’m …
T- Mobile Customers Blocked From Texting For Weed
Apparently T-Mobile has been blocking some text messages that contain questionable material.
Don’t go apologize to your significant other for that one time you yelled at them for making you wait an hour at the restaurant just yet – plus they could have at least called! It seems the messages in question come from an Ez Texting client, …
Twitter Has Been Hacked
You might want to stay off of Twitter.com for a while until this all gets sorted out, but apparently plenty of people (myself included) are finding that simply hovering the mouse cursor over links on Twitter’s site is causing random spam-like popups, retweets, and other bad stuff to happen.
“The Twitter
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Bazinga!: Unofficial Google Voice App Approved For the iPhone
PSA for iPhone/iPad Owners –
Sean Kovacs’ Google Voice app for the iPhone has been approved and looks to have been added yesterday. Looks as though the app is fully functional letting you send and receive SMS messages, playback voicemails, and toggle which calls are made through Google Voice.
Grab it now for $2.99 (iTunes) if …
The Facebook Phone Cometh?
Oh, Internet. You’ve gone mad with rumors again. It’s so unlike you!
Facebook is building a phone, says TechCrunch. Facebook is not building a phone, says Facebook. Facebook might not be building a phone but might have someone else build a phone that deeply integrates Facebook, says everyone else (including TechCrunch).
Here’s how …
Google Docs Goes Mobile On the iPad and Android Platform
Remember how awesome you thought it would be to use Google Docs on the iPad only to find out minutes after unboxing that fancy slab of metal and glass that Docs didn’t quite work out the way you thought it would? Yeah…me too. Well, Google has heard our plight and they’ve announced that in the coming weeks, we’ll all be able to …
Daily Dose
Friday, September 17, 2010 –
Quote To Live By:
“I spent large segments of each day picturing you choking on food, and I recently contacted an exotic animal dealer because I had a very satisfying dream that I once shoved your face into one of those pink-inflamed monkey butts.” Sue Sylvester from Glee
Up Front:
Details Of The Google …
Made in Japan: Highlights from the 2010 Tokyo Game Show
Right about now, hordes of crazed Japanese gamers are storming the Makuhari Messe convention center, where the Tokyo Game Show happens every year. The show opens to the public on the weekend and most of the major publishers have rolled out their big announcements. Want to know the TGS news that excited us the most? Keep scrolling.
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