You Can’t Trust Comparison Charts: Part 1

Never trust comparison charts created by the company you're buying from. They're hardly ever accurate and are usually contain wrong info.

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LastPass vs 1Password Part 2 of 3 – LastPass

Unlike 1Password, LastPass is SaaS or Software as a Service. Instead of being stored on your computer, your passwords are stored with LastPass in an encrypted form. This certainly has its advantages and perhaps disadvantages depending on how you feel about it. There are multiple ways to access your LastPass vault. The most common method would be to use your in-browser extension to access your LastPass vault.

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How to: Quickly reach your 32GB bonus space for Dropbox for next to nothing.

Dropbox offers 2GB of online storage completely free. The free plans have a referral limit of 8GB resulting in a maximum of 10GB of free storage plus 250MB if you complete the getting started steps. If you convert to a paid plan (starting at $9.99 a month) then the amount of extra space you can get from referrals doubles to 16GB. In addition, instead of receiving 250MB per referred user, you gain 512MB. The increased bonus is retroactive so your bonus space will double once you make the switch.

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http://www.skullsecurity.org/blog/2011/locks-that-can-re-key-themselves

Locks that can re-key themselves?

Awesome article that shows the internals of a lock with the ability to re-key itself.

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Free & Better Alternatives To MobileMe

MobileMe is Apple's attempt to help users keep their data in sync. However, there is one problem with MobileMe: It costs $99 a year. While many users may be able to justify spending $99 a year to keep their data synced between their devices, others may find it outrageous and, as it turns out, there are free alternatives.

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LastPass vs 1Password Part 1 of 3 – 1Password

This is the question that has been plaguing me for quite some time: LastPass vs 1Password. Two very similar applications with two very different methods of execution. They both have their strengths as well as their weaknesses. Before I begin, a brief summary on these two great applications.

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Solving Sudoku in Seconds (With Google Goggles!)

Just when you may have thought Google Goggles couldn't be any more amazing, Google goes and throws in some new features.

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Ryan,

I've asked my colleagues who deal with Apple if they knew why Opera was approved while Google Voice was rejected.

I've discovered that some of the higher-ups at AT&T did have a high amount of influence on the two applications being accepted and rejected.

AT&T decided to reject Google Voice due to the fact that users would have no reason to keep their texting plan since they would be able to send/receive all their text messages through the Google Voice app which would make use of their data plan. This would cost AT&T to lose $20/month per user who got rid of their texting plan.

Opera Mini, on the other hand, compresses web pages before they are sent to the device as a way to speed up their web browsing experience on slower networks (EDGE). Because Opera compresses the web page before it is sent to the device, it results in less data transfer on the device. This would result in AT&T saving money by charging users the same amount every month for using less data.

I hope this has cleared some things up. ~ Anonymous

Why Apple Approved Opera And Not Google Voice

Ever since Opera for the iPhone was released, I asked myself over and over, why did Apple approve Opera and not Google Voice? Well today, I finally got my answer. The following statement was emailed to me from a friend and employee who works for AT&T.

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Google To Offer 1Gbps Fiber Optic Internet To Homes

Yep, you heard it right, 1 Gigabit per second. You can read the official details from Google here. Google is beginning to roll out fiber optic lines right to peoples homes in hopes to make the internet better and faster for everyone. Be sure to nominate your area by filling out the form here! Most [...]

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iPad vs HP Mini Netbook

When you compare, there’s no comparison - AT&T Ultimatrix pointed out where Steve Jobs compared the iPad to a Netbook, so you can stop posting comments about comparing two completely different devices. Skip to 1:30 The problem is, Netbooks aren’t better at anything - Steve Jobs Well Steve, let’s see what the Netbook is better [...]

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