Google Cloud Storage? Get Ready For Drive!

With companies like Dropbox, iCloud and Skydrive snatching up cloud-based storage market share, I was wondering how long Google was going to sit idly by. Looks like they’re finally revving up to launch Google Drive soon. It’s about time!

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2012: The Year Of The Hacker?

I was delighted to stumble upon an article this morning listing 4 signs “hacktivism” has gone mainstream. I’ve already dubbed 2012 as “the year of the hacker” so this couldn’t have come at a better time.

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Deleting A Facebook Photo—That’s What You Think…

We’ve all had some embarrassing photos posted to Facebook (or had them posted by others). If caught quickly enough and deleted, everything is good, right? Wrong. The photos are still there and can be accessed through the original direct URL links. Facebook has known about this for three years. Oops?

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Beware Facebook IPO Scams

In one of the biggest news stories in recent years, Facebook announced its initial public offering last week. While the news has everyone buzzing about how much profit they can make buying Facebook stock, there’s one group who will cash in without even buying any—scammers.

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New iPad? Would You Upgrade?

Since word hit the street that a new iPad will be announced at Apple’s event in San Francisco this March, the rumor mill has been going wild. Will we be dazzled with an iPad 3 or let down with just an iPad 2S? Whatever it is, will you upgrade?

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RIM’s Superheroes: The Bold Team?

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…a team of goofy cartoon superheroes here to save RIM from disaster? Yes you read that right. In a bold new marketing strategy for BlackBerry, RIM unveiled The Bold Team. Can these four superheroes save the day for a company headed for disaster?

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Symantec Reports pcAnywhere Vulnerability

Yesterday Symantec surprised many of us with an announcement to disable its’ pcAnywhere software. It seems the irrelevant source code that was stolen in 2006 wasn’t so irrelevant to hackers. Now the anti-virus software you use to protect yourself from threats is what hackers are using to attack you.

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Google Says Goodbye To User Privacy

Just because a multi-billion dollar company has a “don’t be evil” philosophy, doesn’t mean it has your best intentions in mind. Yesterday Google announced the company’s new privacy policy. If you thought Facebook liked to ignore your privacy, Google just +1ed them.

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Let’s Get Digital: Goodbye Textbooks, Hello iBooks!

It was only a matter of time after the iPad was released that I expected to hear news that it would revolutionize the textbook industry. While it took a little longer than I had thought, that day finally came last week. With 350,000 digital textbooks sold in 3 days, it looks like an A+ for Apple!

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