If there were any doubts that Digg users really don’t like the new site, or rather, that they really, really hate it, you just have to look at the current Digg homepage to know. It’s no surprise that users are seriously not happy with the new Digg homepage. Just run a search on Twitter and you’ll get a nice dose of “Digg Displeasure”. Which is why it’s utterly humorous to find that... 

It is almost inevitable for most PC owners to encounter problems such as a slow-running computer. When you encounter all imaginable problems, you usually ask yourself, how do I speed up my PC? How do I speed up my computer? This is what I usually hear from any PC owners who are just frustrated with the slow computer performance they are experiencing. It may sound like a daunting task but with these... 

Google announced yesterday, it is adding VoIP calling to Gmail for U.S. users. Desktop calls to any phone in the U.S. and Canada will be free at least until the end of the year, and international calls will be billed at rates as low as two cents a minute. Using a combination of Google voice and video chat, this new phone calling feature from Gmail will let users dial numbers right from its web... 

LG sent a shockwave through the heart of the internet when, in one of the biggest claims made in recent tech history, its VP of marketing, Chang Ma, told the Wall Street Journal that its upcoming Android Optimus tablet “will be better than the Apple iPad.” That’s like Kia saying their upcoming sports car will be better than the Porsche 911. Or some technology startup claiming they’re making... 

Chip giant Intel has thrown down $7.7 billion to buy and acquire the  security software giant McAfee! According to MarketWatch, Intel will pay $48 a share in cash to buy the firm, amounting to a shade under $7.7 billion. this works out as a premium of 62% over McAfee’s closing price on Wednesday. If you’ve been wondering why Intel bought McAfee for this hefty price, the reasons could be many.... 

Anyone who’s ever had to form a company can very well realize the hardship and difficulty that comes bundled with creating a company name that is descriptive (easy to remember and easy to link with the company’s product and operations) yet unique (stands out among the crowd). However, some famous companies have gone a less-traditional route and used some pretty unique naming conventions.... 

An unidentified, malfunctioning iPod brought a Tokyo subway train to a halt for an eight minutes during this morning’s rush hour, Reuters reports. Around 8:20AM passengers complained about a burning smell, forcing the train to come to a halt while officials went searching for the source. A female passenger then came forward to show that her iPod had burst apart after overheating.  Read More →

Computers are built to be professional, reliable machines to help people carry out their work more efficiently and quickly. But there are times when computers crash and result in data loss and system hangs. Your computer may hang; display funny error messages, or even worse, no longer work at all. For average computer users, troubleshooting problems can be a challenge. But if you know how to fix... 

With literally hundreds of web hosting review sites sprouting on the internet everyday, it is really hard to find a suitable web host that can actually suite your needs. But to make matters worse, while some review sites says this host is good, others say it’s not. With all these confusion it is easy to actually miss the best web host that suites you. A few days back, I was in the same position... 

Having multiple accounts has been a pain for GMail users for a while. You have to log out of one account and log back in the next. Now, Google has introduced a way for you to link up to three accounts to your Google account, so you can sign in and switch between them at will – or even open a different tab for each account. Wow! According to the Gmail Blog, everyone should now be able to... 

Google is constantly been ‘attacked’ by privacy advocates over their Google Street View feature. Apparently people do not like other people taking pictures of the streets they live on. So Google Japan decided to show the public how Google Street View really works (see video below). They wanted to give people the idea that it is just the cutest thing. And, that they are working late at... 

In 2005 Mozilla Firefox changed the nature of web browsing with its tab feature – eclipsing the tried and tested methods of Internet Explorer. However opening dozens of tabs can prove cumbersome, and sorting them out seems borderline impossible. In 2010, Firefox is again  changing the nature of web browsing – by enabling the web user to club together related tabs via a new feature... 

Sometimes things are better off dead than alive. Google introduced Wave, it’s real time collaboration tool with much fanfare at the Google I/O conference last year but has now announced to stop developing Wave “as a standalone project.” Google Wave was one of Google’s most prominent new services. Now it is one of its most prominent flops. The reason for it is quite obvious – not enough... 

If we look around the internet we’ll notice that Blogs are prospering much faster than regular websites; so much faster that I’d not be surprised if blogs out-play the websites and completely take their place, lets say 10 years down the line! This is primarily because, the advantages that blogs have over the more sophisticated websites are literally countless. However, while blogs of ... 

Throughout my online travels I have come across a number of free programs whose goal is to provide a system’s overview. CPU-Z and PC Wizard, created by CPUID, are two of the most popular. However, recently I have come across one which seems even better: Speccy. Speccy is an advanced system information tool designed by the same company responsible for the well known, and well liked, CCleaner (used... 

If Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner is to be believed, Microsoft is getting ready to roll out IE version 9 this September. According to several recent leaks, Microsoft had been targeting August as its beta delivery target for IE 9. This beta is expected to be public (as the test previews have been), and to feature more of the user interface elements. On July 29, Neowin.net reposted... 

Those of you who always wanted to upload videos longer than 10 minutes on YouTube are in luck. YouTube announced yesterday that it has increased the maximum length of uploaded videos from 10 minutes to 15 minutes for all users. 15 minutes will allow amateur filmmakers to post their videos on YouTube without worrying about the time limit. It may seem like a small change, but YouTube is perhaps testing... 

It’s a modern-day version of Marco Polo’s journey halfway around the world — but is anyone at the controls? The answer is NO! Two self-driving robotic electric vans have begun an 13,000 km epic journey from Italy to China that will take them through Siberia and the Gobi Desert in a quest to demonstrate autonomous driving technology. These bright orange vehicles, equipped with laser... 

What if most of the features required to make a perfect photograph are programmed into a camera? At the current state of digital photography, already so much of what makes a good picture no more involves a whole lot of human input–that’s one reason why digital cameras have made superb snapshots so simple. And with this new groundbreaking camera technology, now it will be even simpler!... 

With all the hype surrounding Apple’s iPad, virtually every computer manufacturer is evaluating their own version in an attempt to ride the tablet wave. Deja vu? The tablet market seems to be repeating the history of smartphones, but there is a key difference this time: Apple doesn’t have quite the competitive edge they had when the first iPhone was released. Android has already made a big...