Google has finally taken its online news service out of beta, and has added a feature that automatically recommends stories to subscribers of its personalized search offering. Google News, launched in September 2002, is a computer-automated system that lists related articles in groups, which the search engine calls “clusters.” The service, which does not use… Continue reading Google News out of beta
Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
Learn these Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts and before long you’ll be able to forget all about the little rodent sitting next to your keyboard.
Elegant new browser – Flock
Flock is a free, open source web browser, built upon on the Mozilla codebase. It is lightweight and superbly elegant. Flock also offers full integration with sites like Flickr and del.icio.us. And not just a bookmark bar button that adds links to your del.icio.us homepage, but a button in the toolbar which adds the current… Continue reading Elegant new browser – Flock
Track the location of a cellphone
Forget those piddly wiretaps. The next frontier in warrant-free surveillance is upon us, and it’s open to everyone. A UK service called World Tracker apparently uses cell tower data (or GPS, when available) to track the location of just about any GSM cellphone. Just enter the number you want to track into the service’s handy… Continue reading Track the location of a cellphone
5G Ipod Destroys Right Earphone
Lately lots of people have been reporting that the 5G Ipods are damaging the right earphone. It seems that after prolonged use the right earphone starts to crackle and after a while ceases to work altogether. However its not just the famous white ipod earphones that gets damaged, the new ipod seems capable of destroying… Continue reading 5G Ipod Destroys Right Earphone