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Dropbox Accounts Accessible Without Password
Dropbox has confirmed that for some time yesterday, any users account was accessible without a password. The glitch was a programming error related to a code update and accounts were only vulnerable from around 1:54 pm PST to 5:46pm PST, reports Cnet. A statement was issued by Dropbox explaining the issue: Yesterday we made a code update at 1:54pm Pacific time that introduced a bug affecting our authentication mechanism. We discovered this at 5:41pm and a fix was live at 5:46pm. A very small ... Read More
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
Mike Isaac writing on Wired has posted a review of the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook and how it works in a browser based environment. “Samsung’s Series 5 notebook is the mere physical vehicle for Google’s cloud-based vision of the future. It’s a world where users aren’t bogged down by needless accoutrements like cumbersome operating systems, optical drives or high-capacity local storage.” Read full article: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/06/samsung-chromebook/ ... Read More
Samsung Chromebook Goes On Sale in US
The new Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook laptop running Google’s Chrome operating system has gone on sale in the United States.The Samsung Series 5 is a 12.1-inch netbook powered by an Intel Atom N570 dual-core CPU, and has 2GB of RAM and a 16GB solid-state drive. The Chromebook is available in WiFi only and WiFi and 3G models for $429 (£266) and $499 (£310) respectively. It is expected to sell for between £349 and £399 when launched in the UK in August. Ruper Goodwins from ZDNet said: ... Read More
FrontFrontlineSMS Free Open Source Software Turns a Laptop and a Mobile Phone Into a Central Communications Hub
FRONTLINESMS ALLOWS YOU TO TEXT MESSAGE WITH LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE ANYWHERE THERE IS A MOBILE SIGNAL FrontlineSMS is award-winning free, open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. Once installed, the program enables users to send and receive text messages with groups of people through mobile phones. What you communicate is up to you, making FrontlineSMS useful in many different ways. It does not require an Internet connection. Attach a ... Read More
Google Adds Voice and Image Search to Desktop Search and Instant Pages
Google has announced new features including Voice Search, Search by Image, and Instant Pages t an event called “Inside Search” at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. These new features will only be available through the Chrome or Firefox browsers by using plugins. Read more: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/knocking-down-barriers-to-knowledge.html ... Read More
WhatsApp Messenger for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Nokia Symbian60 Phones
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS.WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Nokia and allows communication between these different platform. In addition to basic messaging iPhone, Android, Nokia and BlackBerry WhatsApp Messenger users can send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages. Read more: www.whatsapp.com ... Read More
