In a major update to its privacy policy and the addition of “Search Plus Your World“, Google has managed to attain the consensus from the tech-enthused world that it is way beyond the innocent baby days of “don’t be evil”. Matt Honan of Gizmodo signalled the privacy shift as the end of Google’s “don’t be evil” promise, which [...]
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Poll: What’s your local back-up solution like?
February 3rd, 2012 
admin A reader asked me what my preferred storage medium for local backups. I would have said I always do HDD but the options only mentioned optical disk drives (DVD, CD-R and CD+RW). My choice would be DVD but I really don’t like to use optical disks as back-up. In any case, I wanted to throw [...]
New BlackBerry devices coming out this 2012
February 3rd, 2012 admin A recently leaked roadmap from RIM reveals that the company is preparing to release new Blackberry devices for this year which include two mid-range Curves, a revamped PlayBook tablet, and their first Blackberry smartphone to run BB OS 10. Let’s take a look. Meet the Blackberry Curve 9320 and 9220. I don’t see anything new [...]
Nikon CoolPix P310 Compact Digital Camera
February 3rd, 2012 admin In addition to the CoolPix P510, Nikon also announced the arrival of the CoolPix P310 Compact Digital camera which is the successor to the CoolPix P300 that was released same time last year. The CoolPix P310 comes equipped with a Nikon EXPEED C2 image processor to deliver quality images and it supports high-speed continuous shooting [...]
Will you pay for Facebook?
February 3rd, 2012 admin Are you ready to pay for Facebook? You just may. Analyst Foad Fadaghi of Telsyte, an Australian technology research firm, tells news.com.au that premium accounts are an option to increase revenues. As I argued on Wednesday, Facebook now must answer to shareholders. Being a public company is a completely different world from life as a [...]
Nikon CoolPix S9300 and S9200 Compact Long Zoom Cameras
February 3rd, 2012 admin Nikon introduces the new CoolPix S9300 and the CoolPix S9200 compact digital cameras as the the successors to the S9100. Though with a slim and compact form factor, both cameras are equipped with a thin 18x optical zoom NIKKOR lens that covers a wide range of angles of view from wide-angle 25 mm to super-telephoto [...]
One password to bring them all and on Windows 8 bind them
December 15th, 2011 admin Microsoft has long looked lovingly at identity, and providing the “one” that binds consumers and businesses to Windows. Users benefit by being freed from managing multiple identities and passwords across the web and, presumably, by improved privacy and security as a result. Microsoft gains by controlling a master identity system that keeps some of its [...]
Kingston DataTraveler Micro Tiny USB Flash Drive
December 14th, 2011 admin Kingston Technologies has introduced its new and smallest ever USB Flash Drive that has been dubbed the DataTraveler Micro (DTMC). The drives are available in 8GB or 16GB capacities, they utilizes the USB 2.0 interface and comes with a micro and lightweight form factor which allows the user to leave the drive in a slim [...]
Verizon 4G LTE reaches 200 million Americans
December 14th, 2011 admin Verizon Wireless says that network expansion planned for tomorrow will bring 4G LTE to 200 million Americans. That’s not the news we were waiting for. Google-branded, Samsung-manufactured Galaxy Nexus, a LTE phone, is rumored to be launching tomorrow. How about a peep or two about that, Verizon? Wassup with these delays? On December 15, Verizon [...]
Samsung snark sours iPhone perceptions
December 14th, 2011 admin The shoe is on the other foot. I hope Apple wears it well, because I expect it’s a tight fit. Samsung is doing to Apple what the “Get a Mac” marketing campaign did to Windows a half-decade ago: Change perceptions, for the negative. Apple’s ad campaign is one of the best conceived for tech products, [...]
