Last Fall, Yahoo! said it was sunsetting the online bookmarking service, Delicious. After the Internet threw a collective hissy-fit, Yahoo! rescinded in December and said it was looking to sell Delicious, not close it. Now, the new owners have been announced and Yahoo! sent out an e-mail to all Delicious users to inform them of what they need to do during the transition from … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
PlayStation Network Still Down And Probably For Another Week; Personal Data of 70 Million Stolen
Between the 17th and 19th of this month, Sony's PlayStation Network and streaming service Qriocity were compromised through an intrusion into the network. Sony was aware of the intrusion on April 19th and shut the service down as a result, first posting of the outage on April 20th. Since then, the PSN has been unavailable for those wanting to use it for online gaming, playing … [Read more...]
April 26th is Cord Cutters Day
Happy Cord Cutters Day! It seems a lot of technology is getting their own celebratory days lately since we just celebrated World Backup Day. Today's Cord Cutters Day is organized by GigaOM and includes local meetups and prize giveaways. Cord cutting refers to ditching your cable subscription in favor of other cheaper but legal options like using an over-the-air digital TV … [Read more...]
Type Like You’re A “Hacker” In The Movies
If you've ever laughed at the actors/actresses in movies who sit down at a computer terminal and just start cranking out code super fast, you'll love the website Hacker Typer. It allows you to just hit any keys you want on your keyboard really fast and it will make it look like you're cranking out the code. For maximum effect, visit the site and press F11 to get the full screen … [Read more...]
Tab Key Does Not Change List Level in Microsoft Word
I was recently working on an assignment that needed to be typed up in an outline format. Using Microsoft Word 2007, I was very annoyed when I found that I was not able to use Tab to move to the next list level. For example, if I was typing up an outline like this: A. 404 Tech Support 1. Tech News 2. Hardware and software reviews 3. Documented solutions B. Jason's Other … [Read more...]