In a two-hour special tonight, the History Channel is airing a show called 101 Gadgets That Changed The World. Taking out some time for commercials, this means more than a gadget a minute! From duct tape to the Swiss Army Knife, gadgets have transformed the way we live and have even changed history. These ingenious--and often pocket-sized--inventions have become every day … [Read more...]
Google Chromebooks Go On Sale Today But Only One Shows Up
Today, the first Google Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer go on sale. Well, supposedly they do. Samsung only seems to have its Arctic White, 3G Chromebook available from Amazon, the same model that was available for early purchase, while the rest are listed as not released yet. Acer, meanwhile, has neither of its products released and Amazon is only listing them as available … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Quarterly Updates for Flash Player, Shockwave, LiveCycle, ColdFusion, Acrobat, and Reader
Adobe just flooded the Internet with patches for some of their top products: Adobe Flash Player Shockwave Player LiveCycle and BlazeDS ColdFusion Acrobat and Adobe Reader This bring Acrobat and Reader up to versions 10.1 and introduces the "Protected Mode" that Reader X has been using to Acrobat X. The Protected Mode allowed Adobe Reader to skip a few updates until the … [Read more...]
Google Announces Several New Features For Google Search With Inside Search Event
Google held an event this morning called Inside Search to make a number of announcements regarding innovations being made to their core Search product. To cut to the chase, rolling out today include: query building in mobile searches, local icons on the refreshed mobile Google home page, a new user interface for local search, Russian translation in Google Goggles, voice search … [Read more...]
Watch This CNBC Special Tonight: Code Wars – America’s Cyber Threat
CNBC is airing a special tonight called Code Wars - America's Cyber Threat. It is focusing on subjects like the hacker economy, critical operations, cyber espionage, Estonia's cyber assault, and Stuxnet. In the United States, we are Internet dependent. Our financial systems, power grids, telecommunications, water supplies, flight controls and military communications are all … [Read more...]