Khalid Hosein

What to Look for in Mac File Recovery Software

If you have an Apple Mac computer, then you should know that it isn’t 100% magical, and like other computers, it is subject to the nuances and vagaries of any other complex computing system. For example, you may need to recover a file from time to time. We’ll cover the ins and outs of that [...]

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Weekly Deals: HP dv6t Quad Edition, Dell Inspiron Duo & Apps for Cheap

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Another week, another line up of good laptop deals from two venerable PC manufacturers as Apple slowly siphons away their market share. Ouch! HP recently reported poor quarterly earnings, especially on their consumer side of the business, while on the flip side, Dell’s earnings surprised analysts as their enterprise business is picking up steam. In [...]

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Review: EgoBook – a Glossy Hardcopy Version of Your Facebook Profile

EgoBook sample

Addicted to Facebook? Can’t get enough? Perhaps wondering what happens to all of those interactions and photos and comments if one day Facebook goes away? Or would just like a more ‘permanent’ version of it all? You’re in luck. A 3rd-party developer has created a Facebook app called EgoBook that creates a real hard-copy book [...]

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Review: Angry Birds Squeezable Soft Toy With Sounds

Angry Birds Stuffed Toy with Sounds

When I got the invitation to try out the Angry Birds soft toy with authentic sounds, I just had to say yes. This soft toy about 4″ across fits comfortably in an adult hand, and my 1-year-old loved holding it with both of hers. Although she doesn’t know what the Angry Birds app/video game is, [...]

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Review: NightWave Sleep Assistant

NightWave Sleep Assistant

Here’s another product that joins the growing ranks of sleep aid gadgets. The NightWave Sleep Assistant is a small box smaller than a deck of cards that produces an upward-projected blue light that fades in and out at a certain frequency and is meant to calm your breathing, thoughts and help you fall asleep faster. [...]

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Will Microsoft Spoil the Skype Home User Experience?

Microsoft and Skype

So what will Microsoft do with Skype now that they’ve paid a staggering $8.5 billion for the Internet-based communications company? Are you worried that your free video conferencing service will die at the hands of Bill Gates’ former empire? The Internet is rife with our patents and rumors regarding what Microsoft plans to do with [...]

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Google Lets Us Peek Inside Their Data Center, Highlights Security

Google, specifically the Google Apps division, recently released a video highlighting the security protections they use in their data centers to protect both the facilities themselves and the data stored on their servers.

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Review: Nighty Night! HD iPad Bedtime App for Kids

Nighty Night! HD iPad app

As the dad of a one-year old who seriously dislikes going to bed, I thought I would take this bestselling app for a spin. Nighty Night! HD is essentially an interactive bedtime book for toddlers aged 1-4. The app built especially for the Apple iPad helps kids learn about your run-of-the-mill farm animals as well [...]

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Peter Jackson’s 1st Video on the Making of the Hobbit

The Hobbit Movie logo

Ok, so perhaps a Harry Potter trailer wasn’t your speed. How about a video on the making of the Hobbit movie? This is the first of what we hope are many videos on the making of this much anticipated movie.

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Bestselling Songs at Amazon Music Now Only 69 cents

Amazon Music - Bestsellers now 69c

Well, well, well. Looks like we might have an MP3 price war on our hands. I’m ok with that – it means lower prices for us music fans! Amazon just lowered the price of bestselling new songs to just $0.69/song. Know what they cost on iTunes? $1.29. Ouch.

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