Oh my God! It’s here and it’s out to get us all! Run for your lives! Uhm, okay. I’m exaggerating. But Google’s latest move, is it really a bad thing? Well, if you have been living under the Internet rock for the past couple of days, then you might have missed the big announcement – [...]

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Ever had problems with mouse accuracy because of mouse motion speed. Used to have that in the days before optical mice and other pointing devices. I think I do encounter problems when handling click-accuracy reliant tasks like graphics and illustration (Probably why I’m buying a pen tab in the near future). While you can slow [...]

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As far as gadgets go, I prefer to segment mine so that I minimize getting redundant functions. I have my trusted lappie to work with everywhere I go. My mobile phone’s primary function is still for calls and SMS. I have my prosumer camera to take snapshots (I always considered mobile phone pics crummy). And [...]

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Well you look at that. Many months after Google bought out Feedburner, they only got to fully implement AdSense for Feeds just now. They piloted it last May but it’s only now that the rest of the world can actually get to use it. And that took quite a while too, with the Feedburner Ad [...]

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A must install when working on shared and public terminals (provided that you can install Firefox add-ons). Keyloggers often target web browsers since it’s that particular interface where a lot of user authentication happens. Well sure, some jealous husbands and wives install them to check whether their respective spouses are cheating on them but if [...]

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So previously, we’ve seen that the Minority Report-ish interface was possible. Now how about web technologies that push the envelope. Adaptive Path has made available a video of their Aurora UI concept. It features how a conflict between two users is resolved through interactive browsing. Quite interesting how, through Aurora, web content can manipulated through [...]

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When we all thought that the iPhone multi-touch screen or Microsoft Surface was the closest technology can get to that cool interface Tom Cruise was using in Minority Report, Obscura Digital just unleashed their VisionAire technology. With the video below, it demonstrates its capability of sensing where a presenter is located and allow him or [...]

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Speaking of sensitive data that you have in your computer. If you feel that you need some protection to your private files and data, then do encrypt them. Most of the time, when I hear about someone who got his/her laptop stolen, the first thing they worry about is the data. Only the expense and [...]

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Would you look at that? Microsoft suddenly came up with their own take on tweaking Windows Vista. As if we need their help now after all of this time all the other OS gurus have been helping us figure out a thing or two to make their darned OS do our bidding without flashing its [...]

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This newsbit actually freaked me out. If you’re a paranoid-delusional, then this is something you’d rather not know. But then again, anyone who would be reading about this would become paranoid-delusional as well. Remember how Google apparently tracks everything that you do with them? Well, get ready for this – they’re making public how they [...]

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I’m a die-hard Google-user and when Cuil Inc launched that they have launched a rival search engine called Cuil (pronounced “cool”), I only shrugged. But as with any new web technology out there, I was compelled to give it a shot. First thing about the announcement that struck me (aside from the fact that they’re [...]

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I always prefer to connect and log-in to websites via https. They’re a lot more secure and is highly recommended for those leeching off free Wi-Fi connections, using Internet cafe terminals, and to those who are just plain paranoid. Previously, you can only do this by manually entering the https://mail.google.com in your URL bar, or [...]

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Hey hey hey, take a look at what Google just rolled out. Google Docs unveiled a new feature that would probably be to the delight of everyone who uses it – templates. If you’re the type of person who would want to start typing on an already-laid-out page, then you might want to thank the [...]

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My friendly neighborhood Vista Update Manager has prompted me again to update my system. But one thing caught my eye – What was that 56 MB update that is considered important? Better be good. Microsoft, apparently, has language issues and if you’re one who is pissed off that “Obama” isn’t recognized by Vista’s dictionary then [...]

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Quite some time ago, we featured Cooliris Previews as a must-have add-on for Firefox. Knowing what the linked page contains before actually clicking it does have its perks. From the same company comes PicLens – another browser add-on (though not just exclusively for FF, you can get with for IE and Safari) that redefines how [...]

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