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  • Top 7 Internet Scams of the Decade

  • Best Ways To Save On Energy Bills

  • Japanese Men Wine, Dine Virtual ‘Girlfriends’ [Video]

  • Jazz Bug Invades Google

Top 7 Internet Scams of the Decade

Panda Security Unveils the Biggest Internet Scams of the Past Ten Years

internet scams

We’ve all gotten an email requesting money. For some of us, it may have been from a deadbeat brother, but for the majority of people, it was a scam. These scams come in all shapes and sizes, use various techniques, but they are all after one thing. Your money. Panda Security has just released a Read more »

Best Ways To Save On Energy Bills

Not What You Might Think

light switch

People appear to be too focused on flipping off light switches and not focused enough on much larger energy hogs, according to recent research coming out of Columbia University that surveyed people’s perceptions about the most effective ways to save energy. Read more »

Japanese Men Wine, Dine Virtual ‘Girlfriends’ [Video]

Neglecting Real Life Women?

Anime Girl

Lonely Japanese men are wining and dining their virtual “girlfriends” by taking them to a seaside resort near Tokyo that used to be a popular destination for real life newlywed couples. Read more »

Jazz Bug Invades Google

Annoyed customers flood Gmail support

Gmail Priority Inbox

It’s been more than 12 hours since the “jazz bug” first popped up in Gmail, and Google are still working on a fix. The bug causes 1920s jazz music to play whenever a Gmail page loads in – funnily enough – Google’s Chrome browser. The bug doesn’t affect users of other browsers, so Google’s suggested Read more »

Apple Announces Smaller Apple TV for $99 and 99 cent Rentals

ABC and Fox participate in HD rental program

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a new Apple TV tiny compared to the original box, all HD (if available), in the cloud and Netflix and YouTube friendly, all for the low, low price of $99 – (in your best Billy Mays voice) BUT WAIT, there’s more: Rental programming will drop from $2. Read more »

AMD to Phase Out ATI Brand Focuses on Radeon Graphics

New branding scheme aimed to promote AMD's Fusion

AMD new branding for GPU

For as long as we can remember, there were only two major graphics cards to choose from whenever we put together a top-notch new PC or pick up a new laptop – nVidia or ATI. Read more »

Xbox Offers New Treat [Video]

Gamers Get Revamped Tool

Xbox 360 wireless controller

Microsoft is offering gamers a new treat for Xbox 360. This fall, players will be able to get a wireless controller that has a new style of adjustable directional-control pad, D-pad. The new controller was unveiled by Xbox Live programming director, Larry Hryb (who’s gamer name is Major Nelson). Hryb can be seen on a Read more »

Google Gmail Priority Inbox

Knows about your email habits

Google is reading your email. And watching to whom you reply. They insist they are watching  to give Gmail a way to sort through chaff and get to the wheat. Google Gmail priority inbox is a reverse spam filter. Gmail will watch the way you react to email; if you open an email it will Read more »

Glenn Beck launches The Blaze

Is Huffington Post quivering?

Glenn Beck The Blaze

Glenn Beck is challenging to be the Huffington Post for conservatives. Glenn Beck’s media empire has now expanded to include a news website called  TheBlaze.com. TheBlaze.com editor Scott Baker told Mediaite… Our hope is that everyone who comes to The Blaze finds original reporting, insightful opinions and engaging videos about the stories that matter most. We Read more »

Google & AP Renew Licensing Agreement for News Content

Google News will continue to host reports from AP

Associated Press

Google may have a rocky relationship with news organizations, but not with the Associated Press in particular. In a recent blog post, it was announced that the licensing agreement between Google and AP has been renewed. Josh Cohen, Senior Business Product Manager for Google made the brief announcement: We’ve extended our existing licensing agreement with Read more »