Feb 8 2009

7 Websites You Should Go To For iPhone Apps Reviews

iPhone/iPod Touch users – how many times have you bought an app from the AppStore only to find out that it is useless, does not function exactly how you expected or you just have no use for it?

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Feb 8 2009

YouTube Adds Title and Rating to Embeds

YouTube is inserting more of the information you can get on the website into the embedded videos that are spread far and wide across the Web. Embeds now include both the Title and the Rating for each video – information that dissolves once you click play.

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Feb 8 2009

Kaspersky Customer Database Exposed

secmartin writes “A hacker has managed to gain access to several databases via a SQL injection vulnerability on Kaspersky’s US website. He has posted several screenshots and a list of available tables; judging from the table names, the information available includes data on bugs and user- and reseller accounts. The hacker has indicated that no confidential information will be posted on the Internet, but since a large part of the URLs used was visible in screenshots, it will only be a matter of time before somebody else manages to duplicate this.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Jan 30 2009

'Need for Speed' franchise is shifting gears – The Associated Press


The Associated Press

'Need for Speed' franchise is shifting gears
The Associated Press – 3 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Electronic Arts is steering the popular "Need for Speed" franchise in a new direction. The video game publisher announced plans Friday to spin off the 15-year-old racing series into three driving games on different platforms.
Revamped NFS series launches this year News Eurogamer
EA Reveals Three New Need For Speed Games For 2009 Gamasutra
GameSpot – TAWKN.com – XboxAddict.com – Boomtown
all 131 news articles  Langue : Français
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Jan 30 2009

Google Chrome Accesses Hotmail by Pretending It’s Safari

According to weblog Google Blogoscoped, Google Chrome is spoofing its user agent at Hotmail, Microsoft’s popular but much-maligned webmail application.

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Jan 30 2009

Storm brings freezing rain, snow to Atlantic Canada – CTV.ca


CTV.ca

Storm brings freezing rain, snow to Atlantic Canada
CTV.ca – 16 hours ago
Many Atlantic Canadians woke up to snow and freezing rain on Thursday morning, as a major winter storm system made its way through the region towards Newfoundland and Labrador.
NL awaits eye of incoming winter storm system CTV British Columbia
NE Snow Brings Snow, Ice KSFY
AccuWeather.com – Baltimore Sun – NewsChannel 9 WSYR – News 10 Now
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Jan 30 2009

Colors In Corporate Branding And Design | How-To | Smashing

In this article, we’ll take a look at the impact that website color schemes have on the overall branding of a company, and we’ll also look at plenty of examples. We won’t be going into the subjects of color choices for branding or the psychology of colors.

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Jan 30 2009

NASA Wants You to Decide Where It Should Look Next

NASA wants the public to determine where in the universe it will next aim the powerful Hubble Space Telescope. The space agency is encouraging Internet surfers to log onto the Hubble Web site and vote for one of a six astronomical objects for the renowned telescope to examine for the first time.

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Jan 30 2009

More Websites Offending Thai Monarchy Blocked

An anonymous reader writes “Thailand is ramping up their media wide censorship of anything that remotely offends Thai royalty. In the last three weeks, another 2,300 websites have been blocked. Another ~4,000 are soon expected. And not just websites, but books as well as the Economist have been blocked. And anyone caught publishing such material, including foreigners, will get 3 to 15 years in a Thai prison. You don’t want to be in a Thai prison!”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Jan 29 2009

Vertical Descent

Photo snapped at Ptarmigan Cirque located in Kananaskis Country, Province of Alberta, Canada. Photo credit: Phil & Thai (Picasa Web Albums user phil.bakes)

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