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Apple gives the thumbs up to four third-party iPhone browsers

By Shawn Farner on Wednesday, Jan 14th 2009 2 Comments

Apple has given the go-ahead, and now four third-party browsers will appear in its iPhone App Store. It remains to be seen whether this move signals a shift in Apple’s App Store philosophy or not, but it is quite out of the ordinary.

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Pogoplug allows users to remotely access their external hard drives

By Staff Editor on Friday, Jan 9th 2009 1 Comment

The Pogoplug by Could Engines provides users remote access anywhere in the world to their external hard drive through the Internet. This small plug also allows you to access your external drive even from your home computer as a local drive.

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The FTC puts an end to anti-virus “scareware” scams

By Staff Editor on Friday, Dec 12th 2008 2 Comments

We have all gotten those annoying ads that use a “scareware” scheme to try and convince you that your computer is infected with a virus. You navigate to a page only to find a popup that appears to be scanning your computer and finding multiple problems. FTC has gone and put an end to this scam and the five anti-virus programs that were involved.

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Google Chrome Gets Out of Beta Really Soon

By Satsuki Then on Thursday, Dec 11th 2008 No Comments

It was great to see Firefox’s success in the browser war. While IE still dominates the market, Firefox has been chipping away IE’s shares. Now come Google Chrome which many have reported it would be hitting gold release soon. According to TechCrunch, the reason why Google is pushing Chrome to final release milestone is to be able to get PC Vendors to bundle the browser in their systems – as many of them would not accept incomplete software.

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Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

By Staff Editor on Monday, Dec 8th 2008 No Comments

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As we suspected, Mozilla announced the availability of the new Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 this afternoon. This version is available on Mozilla’s Beta download page in 55 different languages. The 3.1 Beta 2 exceeds any previous expectations that we had as far as added features.

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Firefox 3.1 Beta released

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Oct 14th 2008 2 Comments

All of you Firefox junkies out there will be pleased to hear the Firefox 3.1 beta has been released to the public. The good news is this update sports quite a few changes and interesting updates.

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