Archive for July, 2010

Never be without your files again! Free Software

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Dropbox is Great. Haven't heard of this tool yet?  It offers some of the best backup features and sharing features available, including an iPhone tool, that I have seen.  They offer a free version of 2GB and Pro versions for 50 and 100GB for only $9.99 and $19.99 per month. They also offer referral incentives [...]

Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track Clothing

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to roll out sophisticated electronic ID tags to track individual pairs of jeans and underwear, the first step in a system that advocates say better controls inventory but some critics say raises privacy concerns.Read Full Article Here I wonder how much people think their lives are private. We openly post our [...]

‘Google Me’ Is Real, And It’s Gunning For Facebook

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Digg CEO Kevin Rose tweeted that he’d heard a “huge rumor” that Google was planning to launch a Facebook competitor called “Google Me”… Here is what I’ve pieced together from some reliable sources: This is not a rumor. This is a real project. There are a large number of people working on it. I am [...]

Android spanks Apple’s iOS 4 in JavaScript race

Monday, July 12th, 2010

The JavaScript engine in Google’s Android 2.2 running on a Nexus One phone soundly spanks Apple’s iOS 4 incarnation running on an iPhone 4. When running the industry-standard SunSpider benchmark (which you can run here), Android 2.2 was nearly twice as fast as Apple’s offering. And learn more About Mozilla’s FireFox 4….not as fast as [...]