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800 Android Apps Leaking Private Information
Neil Daswani, the CTO of security firm Dasient, says that they have studied around 10,000 Android apps and have found that 800 of them are leaking private user information, according to Dgitizor.com “The Dasient researchers also found out that 11 of the apps they have examined are sending unwanted SMS messages.” Read more: http://digitizor.com/2011/07/21/android-malware/ ... Read More
Internet Search Engines Changing Our Brains
Recent research by Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow suggests the rise of Internet search engines like Google has changed the way our brain remembers information. The research was published July 14 in Science. “Since the advent of search engines, we are reorganizing the way we remember things,” said Sparrow. “Our brains rely on the Internet for memory in much the same way they rely on the memory of a friend, family member or co-worker. We remember less through knowing ... Read More
Google Drops Realtime Search Temporarily
Google has announced that it has temporarily disabled its Realtime search feature. “We’ve temporarily disabled google.com/realtime. We’re exploring how to incorporate Google+ into this functionality, so stay tuned,” “Since October of 2009, we have had an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results through a special feed, and that agreement expired on July 2,” a Google representative told SearchEngineLand. “While we will ... Read More
Google Giving Gmail and Google Calendar New Look
Google has updated the ‘look’ of Gmail’s interface. Google said ” This is part of a Google-wide effort to bring you an experience that’s more focused, elastic, and effortless across all of our products. The changes are not going to happen all at once.” Google have started with two new themes “Preview” and “Preview (Dense)” selectable in the Themes tab in Gmail Settings. To get the new themes, sign in to Gmail and go to Mail settings. Next, go to ... Read More
Google Announces Facebook Challenger Google+
Google has announced a new social networking website. Google+ allows the sharing of photos, messages and comments and integrates the company’s maps and images into the new service. features include: Circles – a functionality that allows individuals to place friends into groups, allowing users to share different forms of content with targeted clusters of friends Hangouts – live multi-user video conferencing that permits friends to drop in and out of live group ... Read More
Wyse PocketCloud for iOS and Android
Wyse have announced that its PocketCloud products for iOS and Android have been downloaded over a million times. PocketCloud Pro for iPhone and iPad (US$14.99) delivers both local connectivity and a Google App Engine locator service for remote machines. You can install the desktop client on your Mac or PC, authenticate with your Google account, and operate all your active computers as though you were sitting in front of them. With a $0.99 monthly in-app purchase, you can also get file ... Read More
iOS and Logitech Alert Home Security System
Logitech Alert is a complete home video security system that you can set up yourself – with software that provides motion alerts and a live view from an internet-connected computer, your smartphone or Google TV™ The system allows the creation of a do-it-yourself indoor or outdoor video security system from iPhone or iPod touch. You can use the app to access the camera at any time, and you can also have emails sent to you when motion sensors are activated. Logitech Alert cameras ... Read More
Google Health and Google PowerMeter Services Closing
Goggle is dropping it’s Google Health and Google PowerMeter services due to a lack of intrest. Launched in May 2008, Google Health was the company’s effort to help people access their personal health records online, it will be closed Jan. 1, 2012, though users may download their health data through Jan. 1, 2013. Launched in February 2009, Google PowerMeter is a Google project to help consumers track their daily home energy usage. ... Read More
Cloud Services Compared
Brian X. Chen writing on Wired has posted an interesting article “From iCloud to Dropbox: 5 Cloud Services Compared.” The article compares Apple’s iCloud, Amazon’s Cloud Drive, Google’s “cloud” suite, Microsoft Windows Live and Dropbox. “The general idea of the “cloud” is to store your media on the internet so you can access it from any device anywhere, as opposed to leaving it on a hard drive. Now with cloud services, we can juggle around our data ... Read More
Mitsubishi Announce Matte RDT233WX-Z 23 inch Diamondcrysta Monitor
Press Release – Mitsubishi have announced the RDT233WX-Z 23-inch Diamondcrysta monitor featuring a pair of HDMI ports, DVI-D, mini D-Sub, and the Japanese D5 jack. And a matte coating. The new product is compatible with full HD ? 1 with 120Hz LCD panel driving schemes IPS, velocity interpolation “clear picture speed,” a condensed and super-resolution technology and high-definition technology, “Giga clear engine ?” by built-in , smooth fast moving images to ... Read More
