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Google Employee Releases “Facebook Disconnect” For Chrome

If you’re tired of being inundated with websites that want you to connect via Facebook, or you feel like you’re being asked to “Become A Fan” of too many websites, then you now have an option to actually turn off all Facebook connect elements within a website. Google engineer Brian Kennish has figured out a […]

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Facebook Technology

How To Skype Your Facebook Friends

Facebook has a new integrated relationship with Skype. So as of today, when you upgrade to the latest Skype 5.0, you will be able to login via Facebook Connect and start Skype’ing your Facebook friends. Facebook made the announcement via The Facebook Blog today. However, in their update, there wasn’t really any “how to” to […]

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iPad Tablets

Biblio Leaf SP02 E-Reader, It’s Solar Powered Too…

There is a new competitor to the Amazon Kindle e-Reader called the Biblio Leaf SP02. So what’s unique about this e-reader amongst all the e-reader and tablet competitors? Well, to start with it maintains par for the course with it’s 6-inch E Ink display (800 x 600 resolution), 2GB of internal data storage and a […]

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Android iPad

Android 3.0 “Gingerbread” Tablets Here By December

Google announced to its partnering manufacturers that the Android 3.0 OS (aka Android “Gingerbread release) is just about finished and Android 3.0 tablets will be hitting the market by December. Google has previously stated that the current version of Android (Android 2.2) is not compatible for tablet devices, even though tablet manufacturers are rushing forward […]

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iPad

Steve Jobs Dismisses All Other Tablets As “Tweeners”

Tweeners…? Not exactly sure what that means, but suffice it to say coming from Steve Jobs in comments about the slew of Android bases tablets, it’s not a positive comment! Steve Jobs is not pleased whatsoever with the onslaught of Android 2.2 OS tablets that are heading to the market place. For one thing, steve […]

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Technology

Diaspora, The “Privacy Aware”, Open Source Social Network

Diaspora: Profile Diaspora, a new social networking platform, has been making quite a buzz in the tech community recently. The official project website describes Diaspora as “The privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network.” It is designed as an alternative specifically to social media giant Facebook, although it really aims to replace any social network […]

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What Is Up With Microsoft’s Grammar?

Ok, I’ve gotten over the whole “grammatical flow” issue I had (and still have) with the Windows Phone 7. I mean, isn’t that just awkward to say? It sort of hurts my mouth muscles a little bit each time I say – and my brain tweeks whenever I read it. To add to the discontent […]