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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 ... 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 ... 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
Getting the Best from Ubuntu Linux
Tony Bradley writing on PCWorld is publishing “30 Days With Ubuntu Linux” a series of articles on how to get the best out of Ubuntu Linux. The series starts in ernest on Day 2 which covers how to install Ubuntu Linux as a stand alone OS or dual boot with Windows and using an installation utility called Wubi. Read More: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/229187/30_days_with_ubuntu_linux.html ... Read More
Google to ‘Rent’ Chrome Laptops
Google tomorrow will announce sales of the new Chrome laptop in a $20 a month “student package” that combines both hardware and online services, writes Quentin Hardy on Frobes. The product is almost certainly a precursor to an enterprise offering. Google Apps, an online product with features similar to Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, and other productivity software) is sold to business for $50 a year. An inexpensive Chrome laptop could be added to that ... Read More
Green Printing Tools
Katherine Noyes writing on PCWorld, reviews methods of saving money and helping the environment with the article, “Save Money and Trees With Green Printing Tools”. The article mentions Ecofont if you want to use less toner. GreenPrint a package that lets you preview print jobs and then remove unnecessary pages, such as blank ones or those with only images. Houdah Software’s ACTPrinter package that “prints” it to your iPhone or iPad and efficient printers ... Read More
How To Use Dropbox
Business Insider has published a useful article “How To Use Dropbox, The Best Free File Storage Service Around” for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Mobile. The article walks you through how to sign up for Dropbox and use it to back up your files. There are also Dropbox apps for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry. Dropbox is software that syncs your files online and across your computers Put your files into your Dropbox folder on one computer, and they’ll automatically appear on any ... Read More
