It’s pretty amazing that in the year 2010 when we all spend a significant part of our lives online, that we’re still surrounded by so much paper – books, magazines, bills, records. Lots of official records still exist with the local and federal authorities and with your doctor(s) and hospitals on paper. Arctrieval is a… Continue reading Arctrieval lets you correspond electronically with your health care providers
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Google teams up with Intel, Sony to make Google TV set-top boxes
Google is pushing to get Android into other hardware, such as set-top boxes, and in turn to get their ads into more markets and in front of more eyeballs. To that ends, they have teamed up with Sony and Intel to develop something called, naturally, Google TV. Google TV is pretty much a re-imagining of… Continue reading Google teams up with Intel, Sony to make Google TV set-top boxes
Latest version of Firefox, 3.6, is faster, has new theme feature, Personas
Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, 3.6, and it claims a 20% speed improvement over v3.5. I just installed and startup certainly seems a lot faster. I’ve also noticed an improvement in memory usage. New features include improved security features like anti-phishing and anti-malware detection and warning, improved JavaScript performance, support for new… Continue reading Latest version of Firefox, 3.6, is faster, has new theme feature, Personas
PDFmyURL.com Converts Any Web Page into a PDF File
Ok, this is just plain cool, practical and easy to use: PDFmyURL.com is a web utility that takes any Web page and converts it into a PDF file. Great for those really long articles that you want to read offline or in your eReader. I tested this out with GfG and it came out perfectly!… Continue reading PDFmyURL.com Converts Any Web Page into a PDF File
How To Be Safe When Shopping Online
If you’re a reader of this gadget blog, then there’s a greater than 99% chance that you shop online. A lot! While for the most part, it’s a positive experience for most people – the convenience of home, the speed of checkout and of course, the great prices, there is a darkside – the risk… Continue reading How To Be Safe When Shopping Online
Opera 10 now has Opera Unite built in
We first reported on Opera Unite when version 10 of the Opera web browser was released in September. At the time, Unite was not yet built into the browser, but is now with this latest release. According to Opera: Opera Unite is a new technology platform allowing you to share content directly with friends without… Continue reading Opera 10 now has Opera Unite built in
Webcast of Google’s intro of Chrome OS and open source announcement
No, not a release of the much blogged about Chrome OS, but a webcast given by a VP of Product Management, Sundar Pichai. He starts off by talking about Chrome, the browser, then gets into Chrome OS itself. Perhaps the biggest news of all is that the Chrome OS has been open sourced. Kudos again… Continue reading Webcast of Google’s intro of Chrome OS and open source announcement
Why is Google Dashboard being dubbed a privacy tool?
Google Dashboard is being labeled a ‘privacy tool’ by the media. I don’t understand why.Sure, it’s a nice tool that shows you on one page all of your Google accounts/products and their latest statuses. Ok, so there are links on many of them so you can see the privacy policies, but not really much you… Continue reading Why is Google Dashboard being dubbed a privacy tool?
Mozilla Labs’ Raindrop project aims to cut through e-mail clutter
Do you get too much e-mail, whose volume has grown significantly in recent times due to social networking notifications from the likes of Facebook & Twitter? How do you sort it out and quickly? Filters? Folders? Those methods may be doing the trick right now, but Mozilla Labs is working on a different approach –… Continue reading Mozilla Labs’ Raindrop project aims to cut through e-mail clutter
Yahoo shuttering GeoCities today. RIP GeoCities
In another step towards the future, a page on the past is closed: GeoCities is being shuttered today by Yahoo, which purchased the free website host in 1999. GeoCities circa 1996: In a move that puts more emphasis on the bottom line, Yahoo is nudging new customers to its paid hosting service. Of course, there’s… Continue reading Yahoo shuttering GeoCities today. RIP GeoCities