Andreessen's Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats”
Legend has it that when Cortes landed in Mexico in the 1500s, he ordered his men to burn the ships that had brought them there to remove the possibility of doing anything other than going forward into...
Apple Airs First iPad Commercial During Oscars, Steve Jobs at Event [Ad Video Posted]
Apple just aired their first iPad commercial during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. A description of the ad by Doju: — The commercial was just on, depicted a person using the iPad on their lap …
And BitTorrent's Oscar Goes To.... District 9
Tonight, Hollywoods biggest stars will walk the red carpet into the Kodak Theater for the Academy Awards ceremony. — In anticipation of the glamorous Oscar night, we enter the dark side of the movie...
Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
Did you know that blocking ads truly hurts the websites you visit? We recently learned that many of our readers did not know this, so I'm going to explain why. — There is an oft-stated misconceptio...
Rapportive Replaces Gmail Ads with Contact Info, Is Very Cool
Firefox/Chrome: Sure it's nice and all that we get Gmail for free, but those ads to the right of open messages aren't really all that helpful. Free browser add-on Rapportive replaces Gmail ads with c...
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 and G10 Micro Four Thirds Cameras: G2 Gets Touchscreen Control, Both Get HD Video
Panasonic has pulled the sheets off two new Lumix Micro Four Thirds cameras: the touchscreen DMC-G2 and the super light G10. Both shoot 720p video, but the G2's bendy …
Typical Windows user patches every 5 days
75 Microsoft, third-party patch events each year are a burden most users can't bear, says Secunia — Computerworld - The typical home user running Windows faces the “unreasonable” task of patching so...
DIY Pixel Qi Kits
Just a quick note to say the DIY kits from our distributor will be available towards the end of Q2. We will be announcing with them prior to distrbution. Thanks for your patience. — One of the rea...
Apple's New Stance On ‘Cookie Cutter’ Apps: Add More Features Or Perish
In the wake of Apple's sudden decision to remove nearly all “sexy” applications from the App Store, we've been hearing that the company is also clamping down on so-called “cookie-cutter” applications ...
Security Pros Question Deployment of Smart Meters
The country's swift deployment of smart-grid technology has security professionals concerned that utilities and smart-meter vendors are repeating the mistakes made in the rollout of the public interne...