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  • WikiLeaks Inspires Online Oversharing
    published on Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:00:00 GMT
    WikiLeaks wannabes take aim at everything from Russia's oligarchs to porn stars. Just how good are they? ...
  • App-Searching App Re-Imagines Mobile Search
    published on Mon, 23 May 2011 20:05:00 GMT
    A new search app for the iPhone rejiggers search so your queries go to apps that are relevant, rather than to a general search engine. It's clever and might just be useful enough to become your default search on a mobile...
  • Yes Virginia, That Is Linux Running on JavaScript
    published on Wed, 18 May 2011 15:10:00 GMT
    Thanks to today's web browsers, JavaScript has become a very powerful language. Powerful enough to run Linux inside your web browser. ...
  • BoxyTunes App Streams DropBox Music to iOS
    published on Tue, 17 May 2011 14:07:00 GMT
    BoxyTunes does one thing: It plays music stored in your DropBox folder. It is arguably what Google Music Beta should have been, and it is also a native iOS app. ...
  • Angry Birds Attacks Web; Web Wins
    published on Thu, 12 May 2011 15:19:00 GMT
    Rovio brings the popular Angry Birds to the web, letting you smash pigs in your favorite browser. And it didn't take long for someone to figure out a way to unlock every level for free. ...
  • App Helps You Limbo Under Your 3G Data Cap
    published on Mon, 09 May 2011 19:56:00 GMT
    Mobile providers are clamping down on how much data smartphone and tablet owners use -- and charging a lot for a little data. But a new app called Onavo is here to help by compressing your data to stretch your data budge...
  • Find iPhone Location Data on Your Computer
    published on Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT
    Apple's iOS 4 allows your iPhone to store location data constantly without you activating the feature. The unencrypted file where the data is stored was discovered and brought to light by software hackers. The data is st...
  • Grooveshark Fires Back at Google, Apple, RIAA
    published on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:54:00 GMT
    Grooveshark, a YouTube for audio, strikes back at Google and Apple for banning its app from their marketplaces based on the complaints of a few record labels. ...
  • Microsoft Shows Off Internet Explorer 10
    published on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:08:00 GMT
    Just a scant four weeks after the launch of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft is back with a preview of Internet Explorer 10. IE10 is already slightly faster, and it has even more support for web standards like HTML5 and CS...
  • Speed Improvements 'Turbo' Charge Opera 11.10
    published on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:30:00 GMT
    Opera software has released Opera 11.10. The latest update to the company's flagship web browser uses Google's new WebP image format to make Opera's "Turbo" browsing mode up to four times faster. ...