Author: Evan Wondrasek
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Infographic: Study Shows Email is Still Our Favorite (with poll!)
Good news, anyone! If you’ve ever been worried about communication services like Twitter or Facebook eroding the usefulness of your beloved email, a recent study by ExactTarget shows that email is still the king of our digital lives. The study they conducted asked users “What is the first place you go online in a typical…
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Enter Social Networking Nirvana with Flotzam (Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and more)
Look, we all knew it was just a matter of time until some bold developer crammed Facebook, Twitter, Digg, YouTube, Flickr, and blogs together into a single application. Surprisingly, the universe didn’t collapse under the weight of this tremendous concept, and what came out of the reaction was a pretty cool application called Flotzam. Flotzam is a…
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Time to Upgrade: Microsoft Ending Support of Windows XP SP2 July 13th
Windows XP, our beloved operating system of the last decade and a savior from previous operating systems such as Windows 2000 and ME, will no longer be supported by Microsoft on July 13th, 2010. This doesn’t mean that your computer will suddenly stop working that day or you’ll immediately be swarmed by viruses, but it…
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Important Adobe Update Available, But There’s a Catch – You Might Need to Update Manually
It’s only been a few weeks since I wrote my last article about an update that patched 32 critical security holes in Adobe software, but here I am again. Since you’re all my internet buddies, I’d like to let you know that Adobe just released a new patch for their software but it might only…
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Amazon Releases Kindle for Android App
In another big step towards expanding their grip on the E-Book market, Amazon recently released a version of their Kindle software for Android. The Kindle was originally a hardware device for reading digital books, and Amazon has since made the software available on other devices like the iPhone and iPad. The Kindle software is free…
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Unlock REAL Multitasking on Your Android Phone with QuickDesk
Android does multitasking. Not some watered down, limited-functionality-API-while-the-application-is-suspended multitasking like other phones (cough), but real, 100% Grade A multitasking. One big problem with Android’s multitasking, though, is that even though you can run everything simultaneously, it’s hard to jump between applications without returning to your home screen. Sure, you can access a list of your…
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Your Computer Is Giving You Insomnia, But I’ve Got the Medicine: F.lux
If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time looking at a computer’s LCD screen, especially after the sun has gone down. Now this is great because we’re all doing important things like watching YouTube videos and blogging, but there’s a downside: it’s turning you into an insomniac. That’s right, an insomniac, a person with…
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YouTube Launches Online Video Editor, Lets You Quickly Edit Videos Without Installing Software
In the last several years we’ve seen a tremendous move in software development away from the desktop computer and into the internet’s “cloud”. Standard desktop applications like email and word processors have effortlessly made the jump to your browser instead of your desktop, freeing you from installing software and many of them are often available…
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Time To Update! Adobe Flash Player Patch Fixes 32 Security Holes
Do you like websites that utilize Adobe Flash Player technology like Hulu and YouTube? Do you simultaneously dislike having your computer hacked without your knowledge? Well, do I have some important information for you! A patch for Adobe Flash Player was recently released which patches 32 security vulnerabilities in a recent version of the application,…