Yes, Google, Apple’s Siri is a serious threat – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

Yes, Google, Apple’s Siri is a serious threat – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home: "The search industry is in the early stages of a disruptive period of change,” Kevin Kelleher writes for Fortune. “It will look more like Siri than Google does today — that is, it will have a more intuitive AI feel to it"

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Waiting for Firefox 8? It's Already Here | PCWorld Business Center

Waiting for Firefox 8? It's Already Here | PCWorld Business Center: "It's been six short weeks--less a day--since the official release of Firefox 7, but already the next version of Mozilla's popular Web browser is available for download."

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How to Hide a Drive in Windows So that No One Will Know it’s There - How-To Geek

How to Hide a Drive in Windows So that No One Will Know it’s There - How-To Geek: "When you add a drive to your PC, by default it gets a drive letter, whether it is a removable drive or even a fixed hard drive inside of your PC. Lets take a look at how we can hide these drives."

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Build a Modern Warfare 3 PC for under $250 | ExtremeTech

Build a Modern Warfare 3 PC for under $250 | ExtremeTech: "Unless you’ve been hunkering in a bunker for the last 12 hours, you are aware that the biggest game of the year — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — was released this morning. "

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Yahoo Gives the iPad the Power to Understand TV - Technology Review

Yahoo Gives the iPad the Power to Understand TV - Technology Review: "A new iPad app from Yahoo can recognize any TV show by listening to the audio, and automatically serve up related Web content, such as news stories related to a news broadcast or play-by-play stats for a ballgame."

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E-Mail Is Broken; Here's How To Fix It

E-Mail Is Broken; Here's How To Fix It: "Don't get me wrong. The industry has done a swell job of managing spam--although it's not cheap. The Radicati Group, which provides messaging research, estimated last year that a typical 1,000-user organization can spend upward of $1.8 million a year to manage spam."

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Apple iPhone 4S Review - TechSpot Reviews

Apple iPhone 4S Review - TechSpot Reviews: "It's been 15 months since Apple released the iPhone 4. This has left many iPhone, and would-be iPhone customers, anxious for what the company planned to bring next. As we learned recently, the iPhone 4S it is: same body, same screen, same construction, same look as the iPhone 4. To say that some people were disappointed with the 4S announcement would be an understatement"

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Motorola Droid Razr Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

Motorola Droid Razr Review - Watch CNET's Video Review: "When the Motorola Razr first debuted in 2004, it made headlines for its stunningly thin profile. Indeed, the Razr was the impetus behind the slim phone trend that dominated the industry for years."

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Nook Tablet: Hands on with Barnes & Noble's Fire-eater | E-book readers - CNET Reviews

Nook Tablet: Hands on with Barnes & Noble's Fire-eater | E-book readers - CNET Reviews: "That's the message of the just-announced $249 Nook Tablet, the successor to 2010's Nook Color (which remains on the market for $199). The new 7-inch color tablet equals many of the basic specs of the Kindle Fire, but justifies its $50 price premium over Amazon.com's model by offering several notable upgrades."

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Beginner Photoshop: Black and White and Red Photo Effect in Ten Seconds - How-To Geek

Beginner Photoshop: Black and White and Red Photo Effect in Ten Seconds - How-To Geek: "It’s a classic effect: the black and white photo with the stark, isolated red. Here’s how to knock out that effect in Photoshop in ten seconds with our (GIMP friendly!) method."

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