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Entries for August, 2011

HP’s exit from webOS devices left suppliers with piles of TouchPad parts

Hewlett-Packard’s component suppliers are none too happy right now according to a report from DigiTimes. Following the company’s decision to discontinue all webOS device efforts, which ostensibly kills off the platform itself, HP’s component suppliers in the East are now sitting on a pile of TouchPad parts that had reportedly been on order for the [...]

10 iPad Apps for Home Organization

Organizing your home is never easy, but there are ways to simplify the process. Until they invent technology that will actually do the work for you, these apps will help you get everything done. Original post by Soulskill

Battery Videos

On The Science Channel’s “100 Greatest Discoveries,” learn how the experiments of Humphry Davy became a breakthrough in electrochemistry. Original post by Soulskill

Stuff You Should Know’s Riot Quiz

Riots can break out in an instant, if the right trigger hits at the right time. Trained riot control specialists do a lot more than crack skulls. Grab your shield and take this riot quiz — if you know what’s good for you. Original post by Soulskill

Can you play an instrument without touching it?

That eerie-sounding music in old sci-fi flicks may come from theremins, instruments you play without touching. How’s that possible? Original post by Soulskill

Wacom’s Inkling lets you draw without a tablet

Most Wacom tablets have to be connected to a computer for it to work.  But what if you prefer drawing on physical paper with a pen?  That’s where Wacom’s Inkling comes in.  It works similar to the Livescribe but the Inkling doesn’t require special paper. The Inkling uses a clip-on receiver that you attach to [...]

HP TouchPad Now Edits Office Docs and More Free Apps

About a week ago when I wrote a review of the HP TouchPad I mentioned that while HP had positioned the tablet as a “professional” device it lacked the capability to edit Microsoft Office documents. Well, that appears to have been corrected as HP announced an update to Quickoffice that will allow for the editing [...]

Oracle brings new claims against HP in Itanium case

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Oracle accused Hewlett-Packard of fraud for concealing facts during negotiations between the two companies, according to a court filing. Original post by timothy

Limelight sells EyeWonder unit for $66 million

(Reuters) – Content delivery network provider Limelight Networks Inc sold its EyeWonder rich media advertising unit to DG Fastchannel Inc for about $66 million in cash, sending its shares up 8 percent in pre-market trading. Original post by timothy

Iranian government said to be using MITM hack to spy on Gmail, other Google services

Hacker groups like Anonymous and LulzSec capture the bulk of mainstream media’s attention when it comes to hackers these days, but it looks like the Iranian government may have recently pulled off an attack that trumps both hacker groups and then some. According to reports, Iranian hackers with ties to the government have managed to [...]