September 15th, 2009
Do you store confidential, personal information on your smartphone? How about friends and family members’ phone numbers and e-mail addresses? Replacing a lost or stolen handset is fairly easy, but the data on it is the important part. Keeping this data from falling into the wrong hands should be a top priority if you are ever a victim of phone loss or theft.
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September 11th, 2009
Motorola’s newest phone, the Cliq, just debuted as the company’s first Android offering. The primary feature of the Cliq is its “Moto Blur” custom interface that meshes e-mail, texts, Facebook messages, Twitter feeds and photos into a single interface.
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September 10th, 2009
You can find Web sites full of extensions and themes for Firefox to improve every aspect of its appearance and performance. Since the focus is usually on these add-ons, we think it’s time to spotlight some pretty nifty external Firefox tools to help you squeeze optimal performance from the ‘Fox.
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September 7th, 2009
The real-time search engine field has exploded the last few months, but most contestants so far haven’t lived up to the hype (Scoopler, Topsy, Collecta, CrowdEye). Traffic tends to drop sharply after the early interest wanes. The exception to the rule appears to be OneRiot, which is certainly pulling ahead in the first leg of the real-time search competition
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September 1st, 2009
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites are sweeping the world with tweets, friends and more messaging than ever before, but what’s the cost of all this networking? More than two-thirds of social community members don’t proactively protect themselves from cyber attacks, a survey by the CMO Council and security software maker AVG found.
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August 29th, 2009
Although Firefox is the browser of choice for many tech-savvy consumers, other companies are finally turning up the heat. With the increased competition, here’s our top five issues with our favorite browser.
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