So it’s Saturday night and you’re out with friend. Are they the inconsiderate jerk who can’t stop checking their smartphone? Or is that you
Those of us who have been following the social gaming industry already know that Zynga makes up a big portion of Facebook’s revenues. But lots of public investors only seem to have gotten the memo on Wednesday evening, when Facebook’s S-1 filing revealed that the developer accounts for 12% of its total revenues , or $445 million. In the two days since, Zynga’s stock has gone up more than 26%, to close at $13.39 this evening.
I just donated $40 to Wikipedia, because I promised myself I would every time I poked fun at its holiday donation drive and then just never got around to it. Did you know that you could actually donate during the off-season (Via the covert “Donate to Wikipedia” link at the far left of each individual entry page)? I didn’t, before I asked Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales whether it was possible to donate in the off-season.
In interesting but ultimately not very shocking news, Google has signed on as a major sponsor of the Conservative Political Action Conference , which is more or less what it sounds like. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
A spam botnet brought down four months ago, which was once capable of pumping out almost four billion spam messages a day,?remains very much dead, two of the companies behind the takedown said. That determination, announced late Friday by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab representatives, contradicted published reports, including one from Ars , that claimed the network of infected computers had been resurrected. There’s no evidence that control of Kelihos, which also went by the name Hlux, has returned to the control of its creators, the companies said. Read the comments on this post
It’s a sad fact of life that over time, all of our computers get a little bit slower. Before you start shelling out for a new machine, take some time this weekend to perform some maintenance tasks, upgrade a single piece of hardware, or even overclock your machine for a little speed boost.
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It’s never been hard to use Google’s search engine from your iPad or Android tablet — but the experience is about to get significantly nicer. Today Google has announced that it’s rolling out a new, touch-friendly version of Google search that makes some key changes for the tablet form factor. The biggest is the change in navigation. Gone is nav bar at the left hand side of the screen (which has pretty dense menus, and is thus prone to accidental taps)
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We often have the tendency to talk slowly and robotic when using voice recognition apps, but you’ll get better results if you speak more naturally. More??
If you’re anything at all like me, then you update your apps as soon as possible; after all, new is always better right? Well those who rely on certain apps and widgets that tie into Gmail may want to hold off. The latest update for the Gmail Android app packs some performance fixes and battery improvements, but we’re hearing that there’s more to the update than meets the eye.
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Google’s refined their search page a lot over the years, but today they’re launching a version of their search page designed for tablets. The text and buttons are a bit larger, and other things have been turned into more touch-friendly buttons.
Yet another feathered dinosaur has joined the throng of those discovered in recent years, but this one bears some bad news for the beloved Archaeopteryx , which may not occupy a pivotal location in the?transition from?theropod dinosaurs to birds after all. Archaeopteryx , for those without a replica hanging on their wall, is an iconic feathered dinosaur which caused quite a stir when it was discovered in 1861 in Germany. It was especially remarkable because it arrived just two years after Charles Darwin finally published On the Origin of Species
Outraged at the decision to sue a Czech high school student for €5 million for running a site linking to pirated material, the Czech Pirate Party has launched Tipnafilm.cz , a linking site of its very own. With the new site, “we unequivocally declare open war on the Anti-Piracy Union,” said Czech Pirate Party Vice President Mikuláš Ferjencik. The new site links to, but does not host, pirated films, just as the student-operated site did. However, Ferjencik is claiming at least one difference: the new site has ten times more links.
Casir, which stands for Common and Stubborn Infections Remover, has been specifically designed by its developer to remove virus infections on a system that many regular antivirus software programs have troubles disinfecting. These types of malware often manipulate the system to make their removal more difficulty, for instance by disabling Safe Mode, preventing the installation of popular antivirus software or disabling other built-in tools like the Windows Task Manager. When a system gets infected by nasty trojans or worms, like those of the Trojan Downloader or Win32.VB family, then it is often to late to use conventional security tools to remove it. Casir is a click and run tool that does not require expertise or advanced tech knowledge to run.
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