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Apple to "brick" unlocked Iphones

Ars Technica seems to have inside information on this possibility and is suggesting that rather than just make the phones re-locked, Apple are planning to “brick” unlocked iPhones as a lesson to hackers with


How much storage is enough?

How much storage is enough?

A 250 GB hard drive is more than enough capacity for any normal PC enthusiast. That’s quite a bit of storage to hold your installed programs, music, pictures, videos etc. If you


Vista SP1 Details

Vista SP1 Details

APC Magazine was able to get a copy and install service pack 1 beta for Windows Vista. Not unlike the usually patch which are standalone, the update comes fully integrated with a


Google Presentation goes live

Google Apps just celebrated it’s Suite completion with the release of it’s presentation application. At a quick glance, Google Presentation looks and feels like a bare bones of an online presentation tool and


USB 3.0 in 2008

Intel and several other big names plan to release a new version of the Universal Serial Bus technology in the early half of 2008. Intel said a revamp of the current technology will


Microsoft Stealth Windows Update confirmed

There have been rumors in the tech world about the sudden update of some windows machines without permission from their respective owners. It has been said that even with automatic updates turned off,


Save time with RSS

For internet-going people, frequenting to their favorite websites is fun, informative and to say the least, time consuming. Checking for updates on 20-50 sites is a daunting task that can take anywhere from an


Turn your XP to a Vista clone

While some people aren’t overly enthusiastic about Redmond’s new OS and we see rants and complaints about it every day. What most people don’t know is that Vista has several features that make it


Samsung’s Ultra Smart F700

Samsung’s newest mobile in their line up is Ultra Smart F700?is dubbed the iPhone killer. The F700 features unrivaled design and brings a superior range of multimedia experiences to


Wikipedia deletes Shoutwire

Wikipedia deletes Shoutwire

The popular social news site get?s it?s entry deleted from Wikipedia?s pages. Even with a huge user base and it’s relative popularity, someone at wikipedia , Jaranda, deemed thought the site as


Vista Pirates vs BSOD

The dreaded BSOD (blue screen of death) which has become the bane of windows users ever since Windows 3.1; OS/2 and MS-DOS. Now it has become Microsoft’s most potent weapon against piracy.


File Transfers with Meebo

File Transfers with Meebo

It’s the one feature that’s been missing with Meebo and now it’s finally here. All you need is a registered Meebo account (takes about a minutes or two) to be able to send files from


The other side of Wikipedia

If you ever needed to learn about something about on the internet, there?s only two words that usually come into mind as your first sources of information, Google and Wikipedia, although chances are, those


Microsoft on Google Apps

Since it?s launch last February, Microsoft has been tight-lipped on it?s Office Suite?s competitor, Google Web Office. Responding to the news that CapGemini, a IT systems consultancy has partnered with Google to sell


Skype Worm Alert

It seems that a new worm is circulating in Skype’s network convincing fake Skype Instant Messenger chats while attempting to infect victims. Yahoo Messenger’s network is infected by a similar worm that sends


AMD Unveils Barcelona

AMD Unveils Barcelona

Monday is the set launch date for AMD’s Barcelona CPU Architecture, branded K10. AMD is prepared to launch its next-generation Barcelona CPU architecture this Monday. Barcelona is the first K8-based product to feature a


Toshiba’s 200GB 2.5″ External Hard Drive

Toshiba’s 200GB 2.5″ External Hard Drive

Toshiba introduced the worlds first 200GB 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable external hard drive today. It’s currently is the largest back up hard drive in the 2.5″ class, and I know some of you are


Testing your AV software

Testing your AV software

If you’re a little worried about how active your anti-virus software is why not test it? Creating an EICAR (European Expert Group for IT-Security) test file would be the easiest and the safest


Microsoft’s Silverlight

Microsoft officially launched version 1.0 of Silverlight on September 5 (yesterday according to post date). This release, the first of the two announced versions, is really focused on delivering enhanced support for audio and


Eclipse on my Java

I’ve been messing around with Eclipse for the past month and I must say that I’m quite impressed using it as a Java IDE, it’s default form. I’ve added it to my Java


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