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Reliable sources have informed the people at macenstein of ongoing Snow Leopard training sessions for Apple’s Support staff. The respective sources also tell the site that Apple is most likely launching the software this week, on the 28th, as previously rumored. Citing “reliable sources out west,” m... |
24 August 2009
06:14 GMT |
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No matter what you are studying it seems that there is never enough time to do it. And, as if you were not in enough trouble already, the object of your interest is always too complex and you cannot grasp any logical connections or you just consider it to be extremely boring, even though you must learn everything abo... |
10 August 2009
01:00 GMT |
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Blizzard Entertainment has released an update to the Mac version of World of Warcraft. The World of Warcraft PTR Updater provides new features and changes that are applied to the test environment (realm) in order to more effectively test new features, making their way into the official WoW game. The test realm patch ... |
13 July 2009
10:31 GMT |
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The people at Medialets decided that similarities between the way the iPhone, the G1, the Palm Pre and desktop computers browsed the web could be put to good use. The Internet veterans put the handsets to the test to reveal that Apple was more than right about its new iPhone’s speed, and more. “The common... |
25 June 2009
09:43 GMT |
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Apple's most popular Mac, the White, 13-inch polycarbonate MacBook, has been benchmarked by the fine folks at Macworld, who revealed that the laptop is more than a good choice for power computing. Not only is it up to the task of handling Photoshop's graphically intensive processes, but it did so even bette... |
4 June 2009
09:37 GMT |
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Snoring is often something most of us are ashamed of. However, it also holds the key to our health, in that it can determine if we suffer from a condition called sleep apnea, which, in turn, considerably increases the chances of a heart attack. Women’s Health puts forward a simple test we and our bed partner ca... |
25 February 2009
16:11 GMT |
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The “learn through play” technique is a very efficient way to memorize almost everything and I am sure everyone needs a little help when it comes to all those geographical facts that represent common knowledge. That is why GeoEdu is one of the nicest ways to improve your orientation skills. GeoEdu has act... |
15 January 2009
12:01 GMT |
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About 20 percent of the adult population of the United States, and many other millions worldwide, are suffering from IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, a condition that, while non life-threatening, can be as annoying as it is painful. At the same time, IBS is also very hard to diagnose because its symptoms tend to ove... |
23 December 2008
06:17 GMT |
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There haven't been too many pieces of good news related to the Constellation project, and especially to the Ares I rocket as of late. At some point, even its ability to fly or to be completed on schedule was questioned and some NASA internal turmoil linked to the subject ended up with some resignations and skept... |
8 December 2008
03:03 GMT |
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Interesting findings are being reported in regard to Apple's new unibody MacBooks. Apparently, the new devices perform better while running on battery power, rather than on AC power. According to an Apple Support document, this is normal behavior, but Apple also recommends that users allow the battery to dischar... |
24 November 2008
08:30 GMT |
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A few days ago, the well known vulnerability tracking company Secunia released the results of a test aimed at comparing vulnerability exploit detection rates of Internet Security Suite-type products from several anti-virus vendors. The results were surprisingly disappointing, with a single product scoring a rate high... |
16 October 2008
09:13 GMT |
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How much does your brain weigh? Find out with Big Brain Academy, the DS title that makes mental exercise incredibly fun. Big Brain Academy is a series of minigames (called Activities) that are designed to exercise the brain. Players can "weigh" their brain in Test mode, earn medals for individual activities in Practi... |
3 October 2008
13:41 GMT |
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Scientists from CERN stated on Saturday that the Large Hadron Collider may be shut down for at least 2 months, following the leak of a large quantity of helium – used in order to cool one of the proton-guiding magnets – into the collider tunnel. This is the last and the worst out of a series of unfortunat... |
22 September 2008
04:07 GMT |
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Human memory has been previously tested, but not to the extent of this experiment developed and performed by people from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). They managed to prove that the 14 people involved in the test were able to remember specific details about almost 3.000 pictures they were presented. &n... |
9 September 2008
10:16 GMT |
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For a high school student, Geography may seem a difficult subject due to the large amount of information that needs to be assimilated. Unlike many, I actually liked studying Geography and the main reason was probably the fact that I found a logical way to memorize the names and locations of all the countries, cities ... |
30 June 2008
14:30 GMT |
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Gmail rocks and all of you knew it already, but even so, users always want to see more features from Google's mail service. Regardless if we're talking about folders or a different UI, people have always requested new functions. Because of that, Google has recently rolled out Gmail Labs, a special testing p... |
8 June 2008
06:54 GMT |
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Probably you all remember the numerous tests you have taken in school - multiple choice, yes/no answers, cause/effect, fill in the gaps, and many more types of exercises have been used to evaluate your knowledge. And I don't know about you, but I've always wondered when teachers found the time to come up w... |
6 May 2008
07:50 GMT |
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Criminals have no chance. A new human identification test relying on antibodies seems to be faster and cheaper than DNA testing, besides requiring minimal training in the field, improving the arsenal of detectives, forensic experts and the military. Our antibody signature is as unique as our DNA, and antibodies, prot... |
29 April 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Folks at Popular Mechanics thought it would be great to see which between the Mac and the PC runs Vista better. Using similarly specced systems, benchmarking tools and user feedback PM were able to prove that Macs indeed run Vista smoother in real-world scenarios, the Inquirer reports.Generally, testers throwing Macs... |
18 April 2008
03:04 GMT |
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Once upon a time when the Internet was young and hackers wanted to draw attention to just how capable they were, the usual form of manifestation was causing as much trouble as possible with a single attack. Security companies refined their detection and fight-back tools, so now the fight has been taken to the next le... |
3 March 2008
10:12 GMT |
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Just as the two upgraded Apple MacBooks were released, uncertainty started hovering over the new laptops' performance and battery life. Intel Core 2 Duo - Penryn sports a 45nm refresh which, surprisingly (to some), doesn't improve performance as much as it does battery life.Blokes over at AnandTech have ca... |
29 February 2008
09:11 GMT |
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Last November saw the launch of the 999 bucks DNA service in the U.S. from a firm that has Google as a founding father. It was an instant success and requests for it started pouring in from all across the world. After polling them together, the managing wing of the 23andMe company decided that Europe and Canada were ... |
22 January 2008
09:36 GMT |
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A new research conducted by Verizon revealed that most consumers were not sure if their computer was protected, although they might have more or less powerful technologies. According to the findings, 92 percent of the respondents said they are safe on the web, but a test with Verizon's Security Advisory revealed... |
5 December 2007
10:37 GMT |
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Today's news that the Chinese government banned all the web RSS feeds made me search for a utility able to verify whether a certain website is blocked or not in certain regions of the world. After a few minute researching process, I discovered WebSitePulse, a pretty nice utility which checks if your page is bann... |
10 October 2007
04:06 GMT |
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Nowadays, most people only think about the performance of a certain product, because the safety part is addressed by organizations that assure you that everything you buy will comply with certain standards. This is also the case of computer parts and one of the standards they have to be in accordance with is the Elec... |
29 September 2007
11:50 GMT |
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Some time ago, the Mountain View company Google started a powerful campaign to improve the firm's image and what's most important, the privacy of the users. First of all, the search giant wants to do that by releasing a special technology able to attract the users' interest and, at the same time, to wo... |
13 August 2007
02:55 GMT |
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A test flight of the SpaceShipOne went terribly wrong, resulting in an explosion that killed two people and critically injured four others, at the test site in the Mojave Desert, California. The ship, belonging to Scaled Components, is the first private manned rocket to reach space.The airport site was used by the p... |
27 July 2007
04:26 GMT |
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Russia performed a test fire of its newest Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) this week and officials say it was a complete success. Capable of carrying multiple independent warheads, it's also able - according to government officials - to penetrate any defense system in the world.An intercontinental ba... |
30 May 2007
02:50 GMT |
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Can't you enjoy certain foods or do they cause adverse reactions? Do they induce you headaches, digestion problems, flatulence, arthritis and overweight?In this case, the ALCAT test could help you. This is an analytic probe, which investigates how each organism metabolizes the food. It is based on the blood ana... |
28 May 2007
11:21 GMT |
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Google China started a new test that might represent a new flavor of the company's search engine. Because the search technology is in Chinese and no official statement describing the product was released, there isn't much information about the Google Life Search. As far as I can see - after I translated the... |
21 May 2007
06:18 GMT |
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YouTube already started showing pre-clip adverts although the new service was scheduled for the summer of this year. Yesterday, Motiono managed to see the first advert included in a YouTube clip posted by the music company RCA Records that uploaded a considerable number of music videos on the Google product. Although... |
14 May 2007
04:52 GMT |
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Today, I discovered a new Google test on the News product, the search giant trying to implement financial information for some queries entered by the users. As you can see in the picture attached to the article, after I searched Google News for "Google", the product returned me several results displaying the stock na... |
27 April 2007
08:25 GMT |
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It's hard to tell the difference nowadays between "the real driving simulator" and the arcade we love to play if we're in the mood for purposeless racing. In my personal gaming universe there are two titles that shine the most when it comes to racing games: Need for Speed and Gran Turismo. Test Drive joins ... |
30 March 2007
10:44 GMT |
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A few hours ago, I searched Google looking for some updates for a certain application installed on my computer. So, I entered Google.com and I typed "update" in the search box. When the search engine results page was fully loaded, some new changes were more than obvious. As you can see in the picture placed after the... |
14 March 2007
10:10 GMT |
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Windows Live OneCare, the security tool provided by the software giant Microsoft, failed another antivirus test, AV-Comparatives reported today. Some week ago, the security company reported that OneCare was the weakest antivirus in the tests because it managed to identify only a small percent of the threats. Today, t... |
10 March 2007
03:21 GMT |
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Overclocking is very trendy for some time now. Skilled computer users will often resort to this technique in order to extend the performance of the hardware equipment on the computer or to reach the standards of the newest technologies on the market. It is also a common practice among users that plan to buy new hardw... |
5 March 2007
10:55 GMT |
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Windows Live OneCare is the security tool designed by Microsoft meant to enhance the security of the computers equipped with Microsoft's operating system. The product was released on May 31, 2006 and is currently Vista compatible to make the application even more secure. It seems like the product is more vulnera... |
5 March 2007
09:58 GMT |
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Although the company sustained it would never advertise its products on other websites than Google, I recently discovered multiple ads created by the Gmail team and posted on the YouTube video service, also owned by Google. The adverts were made by the company's employees and were based on some puppet action but... |
2 March 2007
08:10 GMT |
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