With the rapid adoption of USB flash drives as a convenient and portable way to store and transport data, technology geeks and users have found the need for a secure and reliable way to protect their USB drive data.
It’s really easy to misplace your USB drive (it does happen) or what about the worse [...]
The BlackBerry 8820 is RIM’s first foray into integrated Wi-Fi (802.11 a,b,g) and sometimes it even works.
The 8820 is nearly identical in every way to the well-received 8800: same form factor, same 4.8-ounce weight, same OS, same trackball navigation system.
The only real difference is the iPhone-like addition of a Wi-Fi radio, which offers [...]
This Day in Tech - 1937: Before there is the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there is The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel is first published on this date.
Often thought of as the precursor to the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit was Tolkien’s first book.
It tells the tale of a simple hobbit cajoled by a [...]
What makes those canned peas so green? Chlorophyll, you say? Nope! It’s actually Green No. 3, one of the modern world’s most plentiful food colorings.
The COLOUR lovers blog gives the history of this and six other colorings, and it’s a fascinating peek into what we consume every day without knowing it.
I was surprised to [...]
This Day in Tech - 1952: Geneticists Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase publish the findings of their so-called blender experiments, which conclude that DNA is where life’s hereditary data is found.
Prior to these experiments, so named because they were conducted using a regular kitchen blender, it was generally believed that proteins — not DNA — [...]
Is The Walt Disney Co. about to kill its MVNO play?
Surely Mickey and the crew will not meet the same fate as the ESPN MVNO and Amp’d Mobile, right?
Nothing is definite yet, but according to Dan Frommer at the Alley Insider, Disney CFO Thomas Stagg is far from impressed with the MVNO’s performance:
Disney CFO [...]
