Archives for July 23rd, 2007

Flying Car Ready to Take-Off?

How would you like to fly through traffic, literally? No sitting in your car during rush-hour, no long drives home from work, simply fly! One company called Moller International is working on a series of Skycars which would allow you to do just that.

July 23rd, 2007
Flying Car Ready to Take-Off?

Firefox Password Manager Exposes Passwords – Most Secure Browser?

We’ve shown you how easy it can be to retrieve passwords stored in your browser, provided that someone has access to your computer. Well, that’s not the only way for a hacker to gain access to some of the information stored in the Firefox Password Manager.

July 23rd, 2007
Firefox Password Manager Exposes Passwords – Most Secure Browser?

Top 10 Worst Technology Achievements over the last 40 Years

Technology is something that has greatly evolved over time, but in order to find the good stuff we had to go through the bad stuff first. Computer World put together a great article today that details what they believe are the 10 biggest technology flops of the past 40 years.

July 23rd, 2007
Top 10 Worst Technology Achievements over the last 40 Years

2nd Generation Zune Coming This Year?

Rumor is coming from the WhizByte blog that a 2nd generation Zune will be coming this year before the holiday season. This, they say comes from a Microsoft representative when asked if they could confirm details regarding Scorpio, the 80GB model, or Draco, the Flash based Zune.

July 23rd, 2007
2nd Generation Zune Coming This Year?

Would You Pay $5 to Enter an Apple Store?

As I was skimming through my feeds today, “Apple Store to Begin Charging Entrance Fee” caught my attention. I immediately clicked to read the article because I couldn’t imagine that Apple would be that absurd to start charging a fee to enter their stores. This is what I read:

July 23rd, 2007
Would You Pay $5 to Enter an Apple Store?

Maxthon 2 Released as they near 100 Million Downloads

The IE-based Maxthon browser released a much anticipated version 2 today. This comes just 3-months after Google invested an astounding $1 million into the browser, and that raised a lot of eyebrows because of the close relationship Google has with Firefox.

July 23rd, 2007
Maxthon 2 Released as they near 100 Million Downloads

iPhone Vulnerability Discovered

While Apple spent a lot of time and money making sure that the iPhone was safe and secure, there was really no way for them to come out with a product that was 100% hacker-proof.

July 23rd, 2007
iPhone Vulnerability Discovered

CyberNotes: Using Basic Paint.NET Features

Paint.NET is one of my favorite free options for editing photos because it’s got a lot of great features, yet it is simple and easy to use.  We’ve mentioned it on the site before, and some of you may already use it.

July 23rd, 2007
CyberNotes: Using Basic Paint.NET Features