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Add a Windows 8 user tile to your Windows 7 taskbar

Admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:30:33 +0000

Now that Windows 8 images have begun leaking out, it’s only a matter of time until developers start releasing mods for Windows 7 which mimic upcoming features. Over at Into Windows, they’ve spotted one such mod already. In the earliest Windows 8 images, we saw Windows Live integration on the taskbar. In the far right...

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Windows 8 welcome screen revealed, looks very Metro

Admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:30:28 +0000

It’s not really a secret the Microsoft had planned on bringing bits of Windows Phone 7′s Metro UI to Windows 8, but we haven’t seen a lot of really telling evidence. However, with the Windows 8 milestone 3 build now available to Microsoft Connect partners, it was really just a matter of time before we...

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AT&T and T-Mobile file request for FCC approval of spectrum transfer

Admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:30:27 +0000

It looks like AT&T is ready to uphold its end of the bargain. As promised, the GSM giant is poised to hand over spectrum to T-Mobile valued at $1 billion as a result of the proposed merger failing, and once again the FCC is the gatekeeper that holds the keys to the success of the...

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Grass Flip Flops Make Every Day a Walk In the Park [Shoes]

Admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:30:25 +0000

Krispy Kreme (of all companies) created a similar kind of sandal as part of a promotion a few years ago, but Kusa’s grass flip flops have two distinct differences. They’re made with artificial turf, and you can actually buy them. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/65hmN8Z96yk/grass-flip-flops-make-every-day-a-walk-in-the-park SRA INTERNATIONAL SPSS SPANSION SONUS NETWORKS Related Blogs

Sand Trap is a fun and difficult physics maze game

Admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:30:22 +0000

Sand Trap is one of those games that at first seem too hard to bother with, but when you try to stop playing it you discover you’re hooked. The goal is to get as much sand as you possibly can out of the maze and into the bucket at the bottom of the screen. You...

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Google Chrome and Chromium add protection against malicious downloads

Admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:30:26 +0000

Google Chrome already sports a number of security-minded features, from Incognito mode to a software sandbox which makes exploiting the browser a Herculean task. Now, Google has announced additional protection for Chromium and Chrome users. Built upon the Safe Browsing API, the new feature introduces protection against malicious downloads. If a download link appears in...

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Daily Crunch: VR Drone Edition

Admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:30:19 +0000

Giant VR Helmet Is Very 90s, Yet Way Cooler Europe Launching Gigapixel Probe To Map Milky Way Effectology: Paranormal Spooooky Sounds Do A Barrel Roll: AR.Drone Challenges You To Become A Great Drone Pilot Kid-Tested, Grant Imahara Approved: Hexbrite Open Source Flashlight Source: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/07/07/daily-crunch-vr-drone-edition/ HEWLETT PACKARD CO HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS GOOGLE GOOGLE Related Blogs

Toshiba Portege M930 prototype hands-on (video)

Admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:30:43 +0000

And the hybrid devices keep on coming. Sitting high on a shelf in Microsoft’s booth, hidden among the earthly clamshell laptops, is the Toshiba Portege M930, a prototype whose 13-inch screen slides down to completely cover the keyboard. All told, it’s awfully reminiscent of the ASUS Eee Pad Slider — complete with a propped-up display...

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Yahoo! Messenger now censors the links you share

Admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:30:27 +0000

We’ve all thought it, but never dared think it could be true: what if Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL actively monitor our instant messenger chats? What if mentions of ‘bomb’ and ‘underage’ are tracked and sent to law enforcement agencies? What if chat providers don’t agree with the things we say, or the links we share,...

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Google holds back on open-sourcing Honeycomb, heralds massive shift for Android

Admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:30:23 +0000

Google, in an interesting but not entirely unexpected twist, will not be open-sourcing Android 3.0 Honeycomb for the foreseeable future. Historically, Android is usually open-sourced via the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) a few days or weeks after the code is finalized. While this departure from the norm won’t affect OEMs like HTC and Motorola...

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