Noticed that status updates from your Facebook friends are looking a little more jumbled than usual? Maybe it’s because of a just-added Facebook feature that groups status updates in your news feed by topic—a change that’s raised the hackles of more than a...
Lion Recovery is a clever new tool in Mac OS X “Lion” that sits on your Mac’s hard drive and stands ready to boot your machine, take its pulse, and even reinstall the entire operating system in case anything goes wrong with your system. All well and...
Does Amazon have a touchscreen version of the Kindle up its sleeves? Maybe, maybe not—but for now, at least, bargain hunters can snap up a refurbished, Wi-Fi-only Kindle on the cheap. The factory-refurb Wi-Fi Kindle 3 is now selling for just $99, versus $139 for a new...
Looking to boost your circle—or circles—of Google+ friends? Well, Google just made it a lot easier to invite your buddies to the search giant’s new social network. A new feature on the Google+ invitation system lets you email, post, tweet, or otherwise share a...
Ever innocently comment on, say, the latest baby picture from one of your Facebook pals, only to be hit with one email after another—all of them notifying you of everyone else who’s ooohing and ahhing? Yep, it gets a little nuts after awhile. Well,...
Need to share a hefty 10 MB image file with a colleague across the country? It’s not as easy as it sounds. Sure, you could try sending it over email, hoping all the while that the giant attachment doesn’t bounce on the other end. Or you could try a...
Use Microsoft Outlook or Apple’s Mail application to check your email? If so, you’re probably familiar with the preview pane, which lets you peek at the body of an email without having to switch back and forth between your inbox and an individual message....
It’s bad enough if your MacBook winds up lost or stolen. But if your precious laptop falls into the wrong hands, you could end up losing a lot more than your $1,000-plus investment. That’s because your MacBook’s hard drive is probably packed with...
At first, I thought there was just something wrong with my iPhone’s cell reception. Then my wife couldn’t make calls on her AT&T iPhone, either. And then I checked the news. Yes indeed, it appears that AT&T cellular customers in the Big Apple...
Pop quiz: what’s the quickest, easiest way to calm a screaming infant? Easy: hand her an iPad. Of course, the idea of letting an eager, adorable little toddler drool all over a $500 tablet—you know, the one with all your work email on it—might give even the most...
