TECH.BLORGE.com Technology news 2009-11-08T02:30:30Z WordPress http://tech.blorge.com/feed/atom/ Dave Parrack http://gamer.blorge.com <![CDATA[From the McLaren F1 supercar to the T.27 electric car]]> http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21472 2009-11-08T02:30:30Z 2009-11-08T02:30:30Z From the McLaren F1 supercar to the T.27 electric carAlmost twenty years ago now, Gordon Murray conceived of and designed the McLaren F1 supercar. Only 106 were ever produced and it is one of the fastest [...]]]> 0 Mike Ferro http://blorge.com <![CDATA[New Apple iPhone app translates why the baby is crying]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/11/07/new-apple-iphone-app-translates-why-the-baby-is-crying/ 2009-11-07T21:14:50Z 2009-11-07T21:14:50Z New Apple iPhone app translates why the baby is crying Taking care of a baby can be difficult especially when you have no idea why the baby is crying. It seems like someone has gone through great lengths to [...]]]> 2 Sean P. Aune http://blorge.com <![CDATA[OpenOffice gets a branded mouse with 18 buttons]]> http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21466 2009-11-07T20:00:57Z 2009-11-07T20:00:57Z OpenOffice gets a branded mouse with 18 buttonsHave you ever looked at your mouse and thought, “I wish someone would over complicate this”? Well, your wishes have come true!

Popular open source office suite OpenOffice has partnered with a company named WarMouse to release the [...]]]>

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Michael W. Jones http://tech.blorge.com <![CDATA[Google tries not to be creepy]]> http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21459 2009-11-07T16:53:26Z 2009-11-07T16:53:26Z Google tries not to be creepyDespite a great deal of consternation by users of their myriad services about the huge amounts of data gathered on users by Google, their founder and CEO says that they are trying hard not to [...]]]> 0 Michael W. Jones http://tech.blorge.com <![CDATA[Droid fizzles on opening day]]> http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21452 2009-11-07T16:01:17Z 2009-11-07T16:01:17Z Droid fizzles on opening dayWhen the Motorola Android smartphone finally went on sale yesterday after a pre-release period full of hype and frenzy, the reaction of consumers at Verizon stores was not exactly red hot.

To be fair, that underwhelming reception makes [...]]]>

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Dave Parrack http://gamer.blorge.com <![CDATA[Spotify curbs music piracy – streaming is the future]]> http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21445 2009-11-07T02:34:03Z 2009-11-07T02:34:03Z Spotify curbs music piracy - streaming is the futureMusic piracy is a huge part of the Internet and, whether you think it’s a major problem as the record labels would have us believe or not, it is [...]]]> 1 Sean P. Aune http://blorge.com <![CDATA[Facebook passes 325 million user milestone]]> http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21443 2009-11-06T22:22:27Z 2009-11-06T22:22:27Z Facebook passes 325 million user milestoneThe unstoppable juggernaut known as Facebook continues leaving a path of destruction in its wake as it adds even more users.

According to All Facebook, the popular social network has now broken through the 325 million registered users barrier [...]]]>

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Sean P. Aune http://blorge.com <![CDATA[Judge orders BlueBeat to halt sales of Beatles MP3s]]> http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21440 2009-11-06T17:17:08Z 2009-11-06T17:17:08Z Judge orders BlueBeat to halt sales of Beatles MP3sA judge has ordered BlueBeat to immediately halt sales of The Beatles MP3s on its site, but the company is coming back with a rather unique defense.

The saga of the BlueBeat website (previous stories here [...]]]>

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John Lister http://blorge.com <![CDATA[One netbook per child out, One tablet per child in]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/11/06/one-netbook-per-child-out-one-tablet-per-child-in/ 2009-11-06T15:10:35Z 2009-11-06T15:10:13Z One netbook per child out, One tablet per child inThe man heading the One Laptop Per Child program says the next technology produced under the scheme will likely be a tablet device rather than a netbook. He has also come up with a new target for the cost [...]]]> 1 Dave Jeyes http://blorge.com <![CDATA[iPhone App Developer caught snooping on users]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/11/06/iphone-app-developer-caught-snooping-on-users/ 2009-11-06T12:38:16Z 2009-11-06T12:38:16Z  iPhone App Developer caught snooping on users Without warning or any need based on it’s applications, iPhone gaming company Storm8 has been snooping on users’ cell phone numbers and storing them on their servers. Left unchecked, what other kind of malware [...]]]> 3