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…
Facebook leads industry in display ads San Francisco Chronicle Google is among a group companies working to develop an e-mail verification system to combat phishing scams. Facebook accounted for 28 percent of online display-advertising impressions in 2011, expanding its lead in the industry, comScore Inc. said. Facebook Pads Its Lead Over Yahoo in Online Display Ads With 28% of Market Facebook widens lead in display ad market share Facebook builds lead in display ads as its IPO approaches |
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 MyFox Houston | House Bill Would Require Cell Phone Owners to be Notified of Tracking Software MyFox Houston (NewsCore) - WASHINGTON -- A new bill before Congress would require cell phone makers and carriers to let consumers know what software, if any, is installed to track their behavior. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said Monday that he had drafted a bill ... Draft 'Carrier IQ' Bill Would Have Carriers Inform, Then Track, Customers Mobile Device Privacy Act Wants To Require Carriers To Notify You Of Any ... Bill Would Make Cellphone Carriers Disclose Tracking Software |
 Wall Street Journal | Email Giants Move to Slash 'Phishing' Wall Street Journal By BEN WORTHEN Email-service providers Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL are backing a new effort by 15 companies to dramatically reduce "phishing" emails. Ben Worthen report on digits. Email-service providers Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. Google Teams With Facebook and Microsoft To Phight Phishing Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook and others companies team up to combat ... Google, Microsoft Say DMARC Spec Stops Phishing |
 AppAdvice | iPhone Quaskidisk app updated for tethering, booted from market SlashGear Those of you sticking so close to the iPhone app streets that you can tell that an app is coming before its developer even develops it knew that there was an app by the name of QuasiDisk out there today, one that allowed you to take advantage of ... iPhone app includes hidden tethering iPhone App Sneaks in Tethering. Act Fast! $1.99 app sneaks into the App Store, allows tethering via Proxy |
 VentureBeat | Five ways data storage is too sexy for your business in 2012 VentureBeat Business owners, chief information officers, and even chief executives are looking at storage with new eyes. They see that storage is a critical component of managing data, “internet-of-things,” Big Data, cloud services, and analytics. IBM and Storage: Top Five Trends for 2012 2012: The year storage becomes a celebrity Storage Administrators: The New Rock Stars of IT |
 TechCrunch | T-Mobile Changes To Domestic Data Roaming Detailed, Confirmed For April 5th TmoNews By David Beren January 30, 2012 5:26 pm EST Comments (84) Well we can now chalk this “rumor” firmly up in the “confirmed” category for April 5th as we've gotten our hands on some more detail for T-Mobile's planned changes to domestic data roaming plans ... T-Mobile customers to get domestic data roaming limits T-Mobile Plans To Limit Domestic Data Roaming On April 5 T-Mobile offers domestic data roaming limits |
 Gaming Union | Will Microsoft Port Kinect To Asus Notebooks? InformationWeek Windows 8 prototype may be among the first to incorporate hands-free control technology originally developed for Xbox 360. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Microsoft is working with hardware manufacturers to bring its groundbreaking Kinect motion ... Microsoft Looking Forward Integration of Kinect into Notebooks. Microsoft Prototypes Kinect-ed Notebooks Kinect Inside: Asus Bakes Motion-Control Tech into Laptops |
 SlashGear | Verizon family data plans may be launching soon SlashGear Verizon may finally be launching its long teased family data plans, according to a tip received by Engadget. The tipster sent in screenshots of Verizon's internal account management application, which were part of employee training material on the ... Thanks, Verizon! Shared data plans are long overdue Verizon shared data plans show up in employee training materials, still on track? Family data plans may finally arrive from Verizon |
Apple Using Lottery System to Deter iPhone Scalpers in Hong Kong PC Magazine By Angela Moscaritolo Apple, in an apparent attempt to deter scalpers, has introduced a new lottery system for customers in Hong Kong who want one of its smartphones. A new page on Apple's Hong Kong store Web site requires users to submit their ... Apple Hong Kong instates iPhone lottery to combat rowdy scalpers Apple: Test your luck! Maybe we'll let you buy an iPhone Apple Hong Kong combats scalpers with iPhone lottery |
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