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Google Adds Real-Time Search to the Mix
As if we ever doubted the power of Google, they have proven once again why they are the king. On their official blog yesterday, they announced the advent of the new real-time search functionality. When you do any type of search on Google, your results page will immediately…
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Comcast Buys NBC
On Thursday, it was announced that Comcast will be buying a controlling share of NBC television. Bloggers around the world are speculating as to what this will mean for the future of television – both online and offline. Consumer Right’s groups are protesting to…
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Avast Reporting Too Many False Positives
I was without power for most of the afternoon and evening today. When the power company had everything fixed, the first thing I did was to head over to Twitter to see what I had missed. That’s honestly where I find out most of my news lately. On Twitter, I follow a lot of…
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Windows 7 Christmas Theme Pack
Want to add a little Christmas spirit to your desktop? Microsoft teamed with Sax Fifth Avenue to design the Twinkle Wish Theme, based on the children’s book Twinkle, Twinkle Little Flake.
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Apple Tells Smokers to Go Away
It has recently come to light that Apple is denying some smokers coverage under their AppleCare plans. At least two people have gone on record with copies of emails showing that they were denied service on their Apple computers, solely because they were smokers. In both cases,…
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Forget Black Friday – Hello Cyber Monday!
I used to be one of those women who was standing in line at my favorite store at 3am on Black Friday. I was armed with a list, and nothing was going to stand in the way of my obtaining every last item. To be clear, I never shoved anyone or ran my cart into […]
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What Geeky Gadgets are You Grateful For?
For those of us in the US, Thanksgiving is upon us once again. Like the rest of you, I’ll spend my day going between the kitchen and the television. In the morning, we watch the parades. In the afternoon… it’s football time! During our dinner, we always take…
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False positives – why Geeks to Go gets flagged as dangerous
More and more frequently, we’ve had forum members and even staff receiving warnings from their antivirus program, from McAfee Site Advisor, or some other source of online protection that Geeks to Go is a dangerous site or contains dangerous links. This is untrue – Geeks to Go…
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Protect Against Malware With Your Brain
Earlier this evening, I received an email from my sister. It was a forwarded email, with her words of “warning and caution” at the beginning. She went so far as to say something along the line of how everyone better be extra vigilant. She stated that people need to…
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One Million Xbox Live Users Banned
Microsoft is tired of piracy – and they’re doing something about it in a very big way. In a statement released by the company, they state: All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs violates the…