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Comcast Outage Due to DNS Problems Still Reporting

December 1, 2010 By Ethan William Leave a Comment

Comcast’s cable Internet service on the East Coast was hit with problems late Sunday that left many users unable to access the Internet. Complaints began to surface on Twitter late yesterday evening and appeared to be relegated to subscribers in Boston, Washington, DC, and the surrounding areas. “Our engineers are working very aggressively to fix [...]

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“Google hack”- leaked US documents finger Chinese Government

November 29, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

Early we had reported about hack on Google’s computer network and occurred major problem in mailing services, now the News is that the all plan behind this hack is reportedly alleged on Chinese officials. According to “a Chinese contact” who told the U.S. Embassy in Beijing about “a coordinated campaign of computer sabotage carried out [...]

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Apple AirPlay Hack – now Allows iOS apps to Send Videos

November 27, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Apple recently released their iOS 4.2 update, and it came along with some great features. One of those features was AirPlay, which allows the user to stream videos from their device to an Apple TV connected television. Unfortunately, it only worked with Apple-approved apps, which meant no YouTube, or VLC. A developer by the name [...]

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“Nokia Situations” announced: make your mobile behave according to situations

November 27, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

Nokia has launched new app forNokia users called Nokia Situations, which you can use to define how you want your phone to behave in different situations, like “In a meeting”, “Sleeping”, or “Playing with the kids” The applications smartly will determine a certain condition based on a variety of parameters like time, GPS location, network [...]

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BlackBerry “PlayBook” -Starting price $399?

November 26, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

The BlackBerry PlayBook is RIM’s answer to Apple’s iPad, as well as to a nice range of tablet PCs that run under Google’s Android operating system, and every one expects for the company to price the slate accordingly. There is a fresh news of the Blackberry Playbook price from MobilityInsider who claims that there will [...]

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7-inch Ziio tablet made by Creative hits the FCC

November 26, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Creative announced their plans for a pair of Android based tablets a few months back, but since then we haven’t heard much of the device’s details. The European devices are set to launch with 7-inch and 10-inch models, and the 7-inch model has just hit the FCC. complete with user manual and lovely snapshots of [...]

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Skyfire 3.0 adds Facebook Social Graph to web browsing

November 24, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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There are many alternative browsers to choose from in the Android Market, but Skyfire has remained one of the most popular choices (over two million users) for its ability to view movies on phones that don’t support Flash Player. I expect a lot more people will download it today, thanks to the new social features [...]

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Buffalo launches Link Station Pro LS-VL series network storage

November 24, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Buffalo Technology is a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions. Buffalo Technology recently announced LinkStation Pro LS-VL series network storage. Buffalo Technology recently announced LinkStation Pro LS-VL series network storage. Users can effortlessly share their important data and access files over [...]

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VoX Mobile VoIP App for Symbian Now Available on Ovi Store

November 24, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

Pervasip Corp. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, VoX Communications Corp., a leading provider of wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services and smartphone applications, has a downloadable mobile VoIP app on the Ovi Store by Nokia for use on Symbian mobile phones. Symbian Smartphone users will be able to download the VoX mobile [...]

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New Verizon FiOS Internet 150/35 Mbps Broadband service launches

November 23, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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If you’re a Verizon FiOS residential broadband customer, with a need for Internet speed, listen up. Big Red has just announced a new plan that boasts some ridiculously fast, Verizon is launching 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet service – the fastest mass-market broadband service in the nation – over the company’s all-fiber-optic FiOS network. [...]

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Google hacked;Major security problems in e mail service

November 22, 2010 By Jerry 1 Comment

According to the Techcrunch reports Google has a major security hole that allows a person?s email address to be accessed. The breach allowed the emails address of anyone already signed into Google? to be accessed. A few days ago McAfee published a detailed report which showed that Google has been hacked due to a serious [...]

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Google launches interactive e-book;It’s time to learn about “Web”

November 20, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Today the world is moving from eBooks to interactive ebooks. But there are several users who aren’t fully aware of the technical terms and functions of the browsers and Web, in an attempt to teach the average person about the fundamentals of browsers and the web, Google has released an interactive online book that explains [...]

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