Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:04 +0000 - When Trevor Blackwell, CEO of a company called Anybots, wants to know what his employees are up to, he sends a robot to their cubicles.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:40:20 +0000 - Today is the 11th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day, but IT workers who keep corporate desktops, servers and networks running won’t see a lot to celebrate in a new report that shows their pay dropping and more of their jobs being farmed out to even cheaper labor.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:50:12 +0000 - Chinese users were temporarily unavailable to access search, but Google said the blockage may have been overestimated and that service appears back to normal.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:59:34 +0000 - Senators compare the Internet to the world's creepiest mall, one where someone follows you into bookstores and ladies' lingerie shops, recording all of your purchases. Also, you may unwittingly lose your soul.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:32:33 +0000 - "... Why is Slashdot almost irrelevant to the social media community? It used to be the biggest driver of traffic to tech web sites, but now it hardly delivers any traffic at all to them. We explore some of the reasons, including input from our own community. Slashdot Has Lost Users to Competitors. Much of the reason why Slashdot isn't ..."
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:30:03 +0000 - Every big publisher on the Web wants to be able to serve up ad-friendly videos, but creating them can be a pain. Answers.com has quietly launched Video Answerswith about 200,000 videos from video distribution network 5min on everything from home repair and fashion tips to cars and travel.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:30:05 +0000 - 20 helpful tips and tricks to totally utilize iPhoto's features and become the ultimate power user. Your friends will never look at your photo albums the same way.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:00:03 +0000 - Developing a Windows-based alternative to the iPad is a "job one urgency" at Microsoft, company chief Steve Ballmer said today during the annual Financial Analysts Meeting. He admitted that Microsoft was uncomfortable with how well iPads were selling and was tuning both its software and hardware partnerships to provide a competitive option.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:40:03 +0000 - Adobe Photoshop CS5 is a new, but experienced kid on the block. With its new powerful features, it provides designers with a flexible tool for printing, making a video or designing for the Web. Some of the features added in Photoshop CS5 are Puppet Warp, 3D extrusions with Adobe Repoussé, smart radius feature, Content-Aware Fill to name a few.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:30:03 +0000 - Those of you looking for your 15 minutes of fame are in luck. YouTube announced Thursday that it has increased the maximum length of uploaded videos from 10 minutes to 15 minutes for all users.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:40:03 +0000 - When that fateful day comes where you find yourself suddenly unable to harp on your fantasy league because the Internet has been hijacked, fear not. There's a plan for that.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:20:02 +0000 - In the second quarter of 2010, Google posted revenues $5.1 billion with advertising accounting for 96% of its revenues, 66% of its total revenue. Not intending to rely on traditional search advertising, Google is said to be readying a huge push into mobile with the aim of securing revenues of $10 billion a year with the help of its Android OS
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:40:03 +0000 - Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:30:05 +0000 - Without question, the number one requested feature by our creators is to upload videos longer than 10 minutes. We’ve heard you, and today we’re pleased to announce that we’ve increased the upload limit to 15 minutes.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:30:04 +0000 - TechCrunch reader checks in to tell us he logged on to Facebook this morning and noticed that the list of his friends who are having their birthday today was preceded by a crude message.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:04 +0000 - As we worked on this years 15th Dream Machine, we couldn't help but think about how far we've come. From the original 200MHz, 8MB-of-RAM 1996 Dream Machine up to this years 12-core, 24-thread, 24-gigs-of-RAM version, the ultimate computer has grown exponentially more powerful. But that's not much of a shocker (we've all heard about Moore's Law).
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:00 +0000 - The Internet has been around for a while now, and at this point we don't know what we'd do without it. Despite having ample time to adapt their sites to meet current trends and expectations, some people just don't get it. Here are 50 of the Web's most face-numbingly bad sites, all still active today.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:50:02 +0000 - Something weird is happening to mobile phones: After shrinking from enormous Zack Morris proportions in the '80s and '90s, they're getting bigger again. The Dell Streak, which is set to be released in the U.S. later this summer, is the biggest of the big-daddy phones so far, with a 5-inch screen.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:40:02 +0000 - The internet is wrought with all kinds of dangers for your computer, as well as for your personal information. Here's a look at some of these dangers, from trojans and spyware to worms and hackers.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:06 +0000 - It didn't take long for adult entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services. In at least five cities, Craigslist ads seek models specifically for video sex chat on FaceTime. Many of the ads even offer to throw in a free iPhone 4 for the new employees.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:04:59 +0000 - Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:10:03 +0000 - Technologies and gadgets that debuted in science fiction films and novels. Predicting Crime, Flying Cars, Space Tourism First Appeared in Science Fiction.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:02:40 +0000 - Want to see twitter in real time? Watch this video.- Cannot even find the retweet to give credit, moved to fast down the TweetDeck Column...
