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This exciting new idea from Google means that you can customize your homepage to exactly what you want to see each time you use their search engine. They have provided a gallery with pictures you can choose from or you can select a favorite picture that you already have. It is a really simple process to set up the image you want to see each time you visit Google. Simply head to Google.com and in the bottom left hand corner there is a link that says, “Change background image.” From here you can select a couple of different options to find ...

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Have you ever noticed that although people always give great advice in forums, emails and blogs, the things they tell you to do in order to make some real money online never seem to work? At least, not like they say they would? The truth is, there are 2 common misconceptions about making money online. Once you understand these misconceptions, you'll see why the "theory" doesn't always equal windfalls of cash. Misconception #1 Pay for traffic with PPC, send it to a page that promotes a high gravity or hugely popular Clickbank product and you're guaranteed to make oodles of cash every day. Sure, ...

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Indian Electronic Voting Whistleblower Arrested

Many countries across the globe are seriously exploring the concept of electronic voting. Rather than a paper ballot, or any sort of mechanically punched cards, using an electronic voting machine can reduce the risk of a voter accidentally voting for the wrong person, or having their vote go missing. In theory electronic voting machines are a great idea. Unfortunately, no one has found a way to create one that can’t be misused. One such exploitable e-voting machine was recently discovered in India by researcher Hari Prasad.

Cable Subscriptions Down

Cable companies, and pay TV in general have been fighting an uphill battle in recent years. With the advent of online video streaming services, and increased competition from fiber providers like Verizon Fios, cable companies have been forced to work a little harder to keep their customers happy. It seems that those efforts haven’t gone so well, as the second fiscal quarter of 2010 was not very good for cable companies.

Market research firm SNL Kagan’s research showed a drop in cable TV subscribers. The drop was a steep one too. The number of cable subscribers dropped by 711,000 … read more

Verizon To Offer $99 Unlimited Everything Plan?

Sprint turned heads back in February when they offered a $99 plan that included unlimited voice, data, and texting. At that time, AT&T and Verizon were offering $99 plans that just provided unlimited voice, and T-Mobile was offering voice and SMS for $99. That made Sprint’s $99 plan an incredible value for new customers. It seems like Verizon may not be content to sit back and lose customers to Sprint anymore, as they are testing out an all inclusive $99 plan of their own.

Verizon is test marketing a $69 plan that provides unlimited voice and texting. Couple that … read more

Microsoft

The New Windows Live Hotmail Launched Across the Globe

MSN Hotmail has been replaced and the new version called Windows Live Hotmail has been launched across the globe in 36 different languages. With testing in the Beta period by more then 20 million users, the new version is safer to use, can be accessed via mobile devices and more powerful than the old version. MSN was launched in 1996 and since that time no significant upgrades have occurred until this release. Customers will be able to access this new version using Office Outlook 2003 or 2007 through the new Outlook Connector. Previous users of MSN can upgrade their account … read more

Critical Patches in Microsoft Bug Updates

Microsoft has released 4 security updates for 5 known dangers in Windows and Office. Systems and programs affected by the Microsoft Bug Updates are: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Office 2003 and Outlook 2002 to 2007.

Three of the Microsoft Bug Updates were rated by Microsoft as critical, while the fourth had a rating of important. All of the Microsoft Bug Updates were to resolve remote code execution issues, one of which had been know about for over a month.

Microsoft to Announce Outlook Facebook Integration

With a move that’s set to bring the news-feeds of millions of Facebook fans to inboxes around the world, Microsoft will announce the Outlook Facebook integration and Windows Live Messenger.

The development last year of the Outlook Social Connector plug-in gave users the ability to sync social networking feeds to Outlook contacts. The LinkedIn integration worked well but the new plug-in will be a huge step up, bringing Windows Live Messenger, as well as Facebook, to your Outlook inbox.

Apple

New iMacs Inbound

Rumors have been swirling for some time now about a refresh for Apple’s iMacs line of computers. The last time the iMacs product line got a real update was during the fall of 2009, when Apple introduced Core i5, and Core i7 processors to their iMac line up, and since then, there has been a lot of speculation about when the next set of upgrades would arrive, and what they would include. Apple has finally announced the features available in the latest batch of iMacs, and the iMac’s future is looking bright.

The new line up of iMacs brings … read more

Apple Reports Massive Third Quarter Earnings

On July 20th, Apple announced their earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2010. Apple posted a record breaking revenue of $15.7 billion with a net profit of $3.25 billion. Apple sold 3.47 million Macs, 8.4 million iPhones, and 9.41 million iPods during the third quarter.
“It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple’s history with iPhone 4,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. People lined up for hours, and in some cases days just to get their hands on the new iPhone, and Apple reaped the benefits. … read more

The iPhone 4 Launch Statistics are Astounding

The sales figures for the iPhone 4 sales have been released with over 1.5 million sales on the first day. A total of 600,000 of the phones were pre-ordered in the United States. 100,000 of the phones were sold at the Apple stores on the day of release and 50,000 of them were released into Best Buy stores the same day. The total in the US (750,000) is then released in the UK with equal sales and pre-sales for a total of over 1.5 million units moved.

About 76 percent of the purchases were upgrades from a previous … read more