Ian Paul - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 16/07/2009 Twitter hacked, secrets to be revealed?

Alleged internal documents and sensitive information from Twitter and its employees might be posted today on news sites and other Web outlets. The sou...

Article | 14/07/2009 Verizon's app store plans likely to irk phone makers

Verizon wants to use its muscle as a major U.S. carrier to pull smart phone applications into its own online application store. To that end, Verizon i...

Article | 14/07/2009 Is Your Office Wary of Windows 7?

Windows 7 pre-orders may be burning up the charts, but many users are apparently still reluctant to switch over to Microsoft's newest operating system...

Article | 14/07/2009 Microsoft Office vs.Google Docs: A Web Apps Showdown

The future may be the cloud, but it also may be Microsoft that ushers us into that realm of possibility and imagination. Today, Redmond unveiled as a...

Article | 11/07/2009 Does Google know too much about you?

Do you trust Google? If you use its multitude of online services on a daily basis you might, but is that assumption wise? For some, Google is a wonde...

Article | 8/07/2009 Medical marijuana dispensary thrives on Twitter

Twitter has been used to fight tyranny, deliver tragic news, follow politics, and now some California residents have found another innovative purpose ...

Article | 7/07/2009 Twitter travails: pranks and deleted account errors

Twitter's "Trending Topics" is a popular feature that allows you to see what are the most popular subjects being discussed on Twitter in real time. Y...

Article | 7/07/2009 AT&T says iPhone 3GS is hot in a good way

The iPhone 3GS is hot according to AT&T. No, I'm not talking about the overheating issues, but a alleged leaked memo from the iPhone's exclusive U.S. ...

Article | 3/07/2009 Has China's Green Dam burst?

China did a sudden about-face late yesterday and decided to delay its controversial requirement that all computers sold after July 1 must come with We...

Article | 2/07/2009 The Pirate Bay promises to share the loot

The Pirate Bay's new owners envision the site as the model for the next generation of file-sharing, where users can earn money by legally sharing cont...

Article | 3/07/2009 Microsoft pulls gross-out ad for IE8

It looks like the image of a woman throwing up after inadvertently viewing pornography was too controversial for Microsoft.

Article | 1/07/2009 5 traps the (new) Pirate Bay must avoid

Ah, the Internet cafe, home to yuppies, flavored lattes, and The Pirate Bay? If you haven't heard, Swedish Internet cafe operator, Global Gaming Fact...

Article | 27/06/2009 iPhone 3GS is jailbreakable. Does it matter?

The hack masters at the iPhone Dev Team earlier today announced the iPhone 3GS is officially jailbreakable. The news comes less than a week after Appl...

Article | 17/06/2009 Will the Feds force Apple to break up with AT&T?

Are you fed up with exclusivity arrangements between cell phone carriers and handset makers? If so, you may have allies on Capitol Hill.

Article | 16/06/2009 Palm gets friendly with Pre hackers

Palm appears to be giving tacit approval to groups trying to hack the Palm Pre and Palm's new handset operating system, WebOS. et access.