September 2009
Q: Years ago, PC Magazine offered a utility that listed all files written to the hard drive in descending chronological order. With my advancing years, I sometimes forget where I…
They say the first billion is always the hardest. It took Apple just under a year to hit one billion downloads for its popular app store. Now, roughly five months later, the company is quietly…
Yahoo unveiled part one of its “Y!ou” campaign Monday, a one-minute commercial known as “Anthem” that’s intended to highlight all the things Yahoo can do for you.
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Q: I’ve been told that one can retrieve files that have been deleted. Could you show me how? - Tom Dender
A: If you’re lucky, the file is still in the Recycle Bin. Double-click…
SiteAdvisor started out as a really good idea. Whenever you went to a site, the SiteAdvisor label would turn green (safe), yellow (shady) or red (dangerous) to indicate the safety of that…
Using my location, phones can pinpoint a user’s location…
Take a deep breath—Gmail is fine. It went down for roughly an hour this morning, but came back soon after. An issue with Contact persisted, but has also since been resolved. Gearlog reached out…
Q: I am a police officer in my hometown. As you might expect, not everybody can have a day off at the same time, so there are “manpower requirements” that have to be met each day. If…
Prospective computer buyers won’t have to wait until October 22nd to pick up a system with Windows 7 pre-installed. Washington State-based custom computer manufacturer Puget Systems is set to start…
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams tweeted recently that there was “Lots of sh*t hitting my fan right now,” but if the Wall Street Journal is to be believed, Williams might have $100…
There was nothing subtle about the statement Google was making with the launch of Frames. It was the latest—and arguably boldest—moves against arch-nemesis, Microsoft, essentially offering to…
Google today announced the launch of a Data API for its collaborative content creation tool, Google Sites. The API offers a number of features, letting users upload and download file attachments;…
Good news: You never have to leave Google again! The search engine giant announced Friday that it is starting up Place Pages for Google Maps, which are essentially Google-hosted Web pages…
