April 2010

Review: Ubuntu 10.04

by Mike Mansell April 30, 2010

As many of you know, yesterday marked the release of the much anticipated release of Ubuntu 10.04, codenamed “Lucid Lynx”. As I covered in my previous pre-release article, this release is important because it is an LTS, or “Long Term Support” release, which means that the desktop version of the operating system will be supported [...]

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How To: Help Stop Internet Spam

by Michael Morris April 30, 2010

Internet spam is one of the hardest forms of malicious content to stop from being pushed upon users. Spam comes in various formats. The most prevalent of which is E-Mail spam which accounts for 200 billion messages a day. It also is posted on communities such as message boards and within the comment sections of [...]

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Apple Puts WWDC ‘10 on the Calendar

by Mike Mansell April 28, 2010

Today Apple announced that their “World-Wide Developer’s Conference” (WWDC) will be held at the San Francisco Moscone Center between June 7th and June 11th. This years theme is “The center of the app universe”. The conference, which costs about $1600 to attend, will focus on the application structure and framework, and will undoubtedly have a [...]

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YouTube Unveils New Player

by Jeff Weisbein April 28, 2010

It appears YouTube is in the process of rolling out a new video player on the site. Several videos have already seen changes to the player, while some still seem to play in the old version. The new YouTube video player is definitely different, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing in this case. I, [...]

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RIM (Informally) Announces BlackBerry OS 6

by Mike Mansell April 28, 2010

Mike Lazaridis, the co-chief executive of Research In Motion, the company that makes the BlackBerry smart-phone line and the BlackBerry OS has informal announced today that they plan on releasing the 6.0 version of their BlackBerry OS software in the fall of this year. This information comes shortly after Apple announced the release of the [...]

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Gawker Threatens to Sue Sheriff’s Office

by Mike Mansell April 28, 2010

Following the leakage of pre-release iPhone 4.0 images and specifications last week, the San Mateo County sheriff’s office executed a search warrant on the home of Gizmodo author Jason Chen. In said search warrant, the local police seized computers, electronic media, and other miscellaneous “evidence” that they felt could prove that Gizmodo committed a crime [...]

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iPad Review

by Jeff Weisbein April 28, 2010

Here it is. The iPad review. The review you have been so anxiously waiting for. I know you have most likely read a number of these reviews so far, so I’m going to make sure this one is the best. The iPad is a tablet computer that weighs in at approximately 1.5lbs, with a 9.7″ [...]

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How To: Lock Down Windows with SteadyState

by Mike Mansell April 27, 2010

Anyone who manages – or even uses – shared computers in places such as libraries, workplaces, or even at home, knows that shared computers have a great tendency to become “junked up”. Often times, guests of public computers take it upon themselves to install third-party software, change configurations, infect the machine with malware, etc. While [...]

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The Internet Will Revolve Around Facebook

by Jeff Weisbein April 25, 2010

Give it another couple of years and you may find yourself saying “Facebook it”, perhaps it won’t have the connotation as to “Google it”, but it will be just as powerful. In the recent introduction of Community Pages and the latest news we heard from the f8 Conference this past week it is now more apparent then [...]

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Could Apple Benefit from iPhone Leak?

by Mike Mansell April 25, 2010

Recently, I wrote an article in regards to the police investigation surrounding the finding and sale of the iPhone prototype to Gizmodo. In said article, I briefly discussed the series of events which ultimately lead to pictures and technical specifications for the fourth generation iPhone to be released to the masses. More importantly however, I [...]

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