“Tech News” collection
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View all →December 4, 2009
Tech News: IE Hole Plugged, BitLocker Cracked, New Twitter Mobile & Bing Bombs for 1/2 Hour
Happy Friday all! Here's what grabbed my attention this morning in Tech News: Microsoft to plug critical IE hole targeted by exploit code "Microsoft said on Thursday that it will offer six updates for 12 vulnerabilities next week including a critical hole in Internet Explorer that affects Windows 7 and other current versions of the operating system for which exploit…
Read more →December 3, 2009
Tech News: Google Public DNS, H1N1 Malware & Mac Sales Growth Projected
Taking a quick break during lunch to get this out. Had to skim the hot news quickly. Google promises faster Web with launch of Public DNS "Google is taking control of the Internet’s equivalent of the telephone switchboard, called the Domain Name System, or DNS. In a blog post this morning, Google announced the release of a public DNS resolver…
Read more →December 2, 2009
Tech News: Bing Maps Beta, AT&T/Verizon Not Suing, Blue Sky of Life for Microsoft & Cheap Apple Tablet?!
More fun from the tech world! Sometimes it is hard to keep up! Bing Maps Out Your Tweets with Revamped Bing Maps "Microsoft has been trying to take down Google Search by not only advertising like mad, but by launching feature after feature. Now Bing is looking to outdo one of Google’s best features: Google Maps. And it’s making its…
Read more →December 1, 2009
Tech News: Windows BSOD, Office 2010, YouTube Pay TV & LCD Lawsuits
Looks like we all survived Cyber-Monday. Here's what got my attention this morning: Microsoft looking into Windows 'black screen of death' problem "Microsoft says it's looking into reports that its latest security updates are causing some Windows machines to stop working and display a mostly black screen with no desktop icons, taskbar, sidebar or other elements -- seizing up and…
Read more →November 30, 2009
Tech News: New Tweetdeck, CrunchPad Fail, Next-Gen iPhone & Kindle Sales
Happy Cyber-Monday all! Be sure to get your shopping done ahead of time. There are definitely deals to be found out there! Here are a few Tech News tidbits that I came across: The New TweetDeck Goes List Crazy And Adds Maps To GeoTweets"Streamreaders just keep getting better and better. A new version of TweetDeck is rolling out today with…
Read more →November 26, 2009
Tech News: Spammer gets 4 Years, New Google Search UI & 9/11 Pager Messages
To those readers in the US, Happy Thanksgiving. To everyone else, happy Thursday! Not too much happening out there today (in the US at least). Four Years Not Enough for "Godfather of Spam" - "Spam costs every American--every one of us--over $13-a-year each, $42 billion in all, and that's just what business pays. And that doesn't include the criminals' take.…
Read more →November 25, 2009
Tech News: Twitter DM Spam, Facebook Stock, Kindle OS Update & Cheap HDTVs
More fresh Technology News for you on this day before Thanksgiving (and my wife's 40th birthday). The Tech News just doesn't rest, does it! Here are things that are hot right now: WARNING: New Twitter DM Spam Attack - "Uh oh. It looks as if Twitter is being plagued by another DM spam attack. We’ve received a few ourselves, and…
Read more →November 24, 2009
Tech News: Joost Dead, Hadron Collides, More Google Navigation & “Aol.”
I thought that news tended to slow down as we approached the holiday season. Obviously I was wrong. Here are some articles that grabbed my attention this morning (my quick commentary follows the "HTD" tag): Joost Is Now Officially Dead – Assets Acquired By Adconion Media Group - "Adconion Media Group announced this morning that it has acquired certain key…
Read more →November 23, 2009
Tech News: Android & Apple, PS3 & 3D, LinkedIn Open & iPhone Worm
I'm going to try something new here. When you are writing about Gadgets or Consumer Electronics, things happen quickly within the space. While I try to post 1-2 gadget reviews a week, that takes time and often I miss out on quickly discussing things that catch my eye. So, I'm going to embark on a bit of an experiment here.…
Read more →October 20, 2009
Help @HighTechDad Become the Next Living in HD Insider!
On a whim a few weeks ago, I entered into a contest that sounded really cool. All that I had to do was record a video about why I would be the perfect Living in HD Insider and submit it. There were quite a few entries at the end of the submission period. A week later, I found out that…
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July 31, 2009
Consumer Heads-Up Displays May Be Sooner Than You Think with the “eyePhone”
I have been thinking about the recent release of iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 3 to the iPhone development community and the fact that there is now the framework and APIs for "augmented reality" applications available for programmers. What are "augmented reality" apps? Basically, applications that use the iPhone's camera as well as GPS, compass and accelerometer to produce visual interactivity…
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