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Mashable.com Gets A PR8

I’m surprised I didn’t catch this earlier, and if someone from Mashable is reading this they are probably laughing at me.  But I just noticed that Mashable.com now has a PR8 (PageRank of 8). What’s PageRank you ask?  According to the meta data of the PageRank button on the Google toolbar, PageRank is “Google’s view […]

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Entertainment iPad

Walmart Launches Vudu For iPad Today, But Not As An App

Walmart is launching video streaming service Vudu on the iPad today which will bring 20,000 instant movies and TV shows available for downloading and viewing.  What’s unique about Vudu launching on the iPad however is that it’s not launching as an app.  Instead, Vudu is launching as a mobile website that is compatible on the […]

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iOS 5 Beta 5 ‘Over The Air’ Update on iPhone 4 & Preview (Video)

On Saturday, Apple released the iOS 5 Beta 5 update to developers that, according to Apple, contains bug fixes and improvements.  Below is a video of the update occurring in real time and preview of what iOS 5 Beta 5 contains.  A cool thing with the video is that the iOS 5 Beta 5 update […]

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Business iPad iPhone Tablets

Apple Is Killing iPad Competitors In The Courts, Samsung Looks Doomed

Apple is ok with competitors who try to design and innovate their way into legitimate competition with the iPhone and iPad.  What Apple is not ok with is when a competitor outright copies the look, feel, and UI of one of their devices. The most blatant culprit so far seems to be Samsungs Galaxy Tab […]

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Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich Android Release Coming in October

The next Android release called Ice Cream Sandwich is looking like it could be here by October, according to BGR. The upcoming Android OS Ice Cream Sandwich is supposedly Google’s strategy to combat the massive psychological hold that Apple’s iPhone 5 is going to take on customers. Google expects – and rightly so – that […]

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Ebay Mac App Now Live In the U.S.

If you are a Mac owner, and you love Ebay, then today might a great day for you. Ebay launched the Ebay Mac App today and is now available for free download on the Mac App Store. The Ebay Mac App gives you all of the main content from the standard Ebay website, but in […]

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Technology

How To Block Facebook (Or Any Websites) From Your Computer

Have you ever wanted, or needed, to block an entire website from loading on your computer?  Perhaps you’re having problems with your kids getting on Facebook, or maybe you have other websites that are being loaded on your computer that you simply do not want people to access. I faced this problem last night for […]