For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality. I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies like QNAP and Thecus came to my storage rescue. However, the day has come where the cost of storing all the extra garbage that comes along with these movies has opened my eyes to benefits conversions. With that, I have began converting my movie collection to a format that allows me to lose all the excess fat, but keep my movie loss-less. Read More…
![]() CNET | 'Star Wars' Meets SOPA In Hacker Space Program Forbes Hot news from the Internet activist community: Good guy hackers plan to launch satellites to fight the Stop Online Piracy Act and create a censorship-free Internet. They also want to put a man on the moon. What they will probably get — if anything — is ... Hacking confab conjures visions of space-borne 'SOPA Wars' Hackers to launch satellites to block Internet censorship Hackers plan satellite network to bypass Internet censorship |
![]() CNET | Galaxy Nexus, on Android Ice Cream Sandwich, review [Video] Los Angeles Times The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is one of the best smartphones on the market and in my opinion, it's the best all-around Android phone out there. Just about everything you could want from a smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus has -- and that's a really good thing ... Samsung ships 1 million Galaxy Note devices in two months My Android nightmare Samsung Shipped 1 Million Galaxy Note Devices in Two Months |
![]() Digitaltrends.com | Skype Offering Free New Year's Wi-Fi in NYC PC Magazine By Chloe Albanesius Are you already waiting in Times Square for the midnight ball drop? Why not tap into some free Wi-Fi from Skype to help pass the time, or video chat with a loved one when the clock strikes 12? The VoIP provider is teaming up with ... Skype offering free WiFi in NYC on New Year's Eve Skype gives New York City free Wifi in preparation for the New Year Skype plans on providing free Wi-Fi in NYC on New Year's Eve |
![]() New York Times | Defining Words, Without the Arbiters New York Times TRADITIONAL print dictionaries have long enlisted lexicographers to scrutinize new words as they pop up, weighing their merits and eventually accepting some of them. Not Wordnik, the vast online dictionary. No modern-day Samuel Johnson or Noah Webster ... 2011 in Words |
![]() TIME | Verizon Reverses on $2 Fee for One-Time Payments TIME By AP | December 31, 2011 | + Verizon employees prepare to open the company's San Francisco, CA store where the iPhone 4 went on sale Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. NEW YORK (AP) — After a customer backlash, Verizon Wireless on Friday dropped a plan to start ... Verizon forced to reverse decision to charge $2 convenience fee Verizon Withdraws $2 Fee After Just A Day Of Protest Verizon Cancels Plan to Charge $2 Fee for Online & Phone Bill Payments |
![]() French Tribune | GM Recalls Chevy Sonics for Missing Brake Pads Wall Street Journal (blog) By Jonathan Welsh General Motors Co. is recalling certain Chevrolet Sonic subcompact cars from the 2012 model year because some of them may be missing a front inner or outer brake pad. In a document filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety ... GM recalls 4873 Sonic cars in US, Canada GM recalls 4873 Sonic cars in US and Canada Chevrolet recalls its Sonic small car for brake issues |
![]() CNET | Apple has a good Christmas, then gets a lump of coal from Italy CNET by Josh Lowensohn December 31, 2011 4:00 AM PST Follow @Josh Were you one of the lucky ones on vacation this week? Then you might have missed a story or two. We've got you covered in this week's edition of Apple Talk Weekly. The big news this week was ... Apple to appeal Italian warranty fine Apple to Appeal $1.2M Italian Warranty Fine Apple fined $1.2 million in Italy over warranty practices; Appeal planned |
![]() thegadgetsite | Apple TV 4.4.4 firmware gets untethered jailbreak, devs close to porting iOS apps The Verge By Sam Sheffer on December 31, 2011 06:03 am 0Comments Ever wanted to run third-party software on your 2nd generation Apple TV? You can, but the current tethered jailbreak process means you have to rehack the device if it's rebooted or powered off. ... Hackers Manage To Port iOS Applications To The Apple TV Seas0nPass untethered jailbreak for Apple TVs on 4.4.4 detailed, iOS apps ... Untethered jailbreak for Apple TV 4.4.4 with Seas0nPass, iOS app compatibility ... |
![]() Hindu Business Line | Facebook gets ready for massive New Year's Eve sharing Vallejo Times-Herald By Mike Swift / MediaNews Group As 2011 gradually checks out this New Year's Eve in time zones from Sydney to Mumbai to London to New York and on to the Bay Area, people will pull out their phones, shoot a photo and -- probably more than 1 billion ... Facebook gets ready for New Year's Eve Twitter crashes after 16000 New Year tweets per second Twitter crashes after New Year wish overload |
![]() The Mac Observer | Apple's Share of Mobile Hardware & Software Market Rising The Mac Observer In the latest 3-month data from comScore, Samsung is the leading manufacturer of mobile phones in the US while Android is the leading OS for smartphones. Apple's second-ranked share of the OS market grew during this time period, while Symbian, ... Report: Android dominates US smartphone market Apple could collect $10 for every Android device sold, expert says Is It Time for Apple's Patent War to End? |











