Newshosting Upgrades Binary Retention to 650 Days

Press Release: ASHBURN, Va., August 30 — NEWSHOSTING.COM, the world’s leading provider of premium Usenet newsgroup service, today announced that it has upgraded retention across all of its 107,000+ newsgroups to 650 days. This upgrade comes at no added cost to Newshosting subscribers. Newsgroup retention rates indicate the length of time that a binary or … Read more →

Flash Coming to iPhone in Skyfire Web Browser?

Apple is usually rather strict about which apps to let into their App Store, especially if they duplicate features of built-in iPhone apps. Nevertheless, Opera Mini was (surprisingly) approved some time ago and also Atomic Web Browser has been approved. Now there’s a new browser just around the corner, called Skyfire. According to MobileCrunch, it’s … Read more →

Open Source Facebook Competitor, Diaspora*, Launches in Two Weeks

Diaspora* is an open source project that was launched a few months ago where they initially tried to raise just $10,000 via Kickstarter.com so that these four guys could develop their Facebook competitor. They ended up getting around $180,000 instead – including some money (apparently) from Facebook’s own Mark Zuckerberg. The deal with Diaspora is … Read more →

New Text (SMS) World Record? iPhone 4…

The current world record holder, Melissa Thompson from United Kingdom, wrote the paragraph (below) in 25.94 seconds on a Samsung Galaxy S using the Swype input method: The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human. Blogger Brian Sweet … Read more →

Usenet Server Launches New Website (Free Trial Available!)

Press Release from my favorite Usenet provider: Ashburn, VA – USENETSERVER.COM, the recognized leader in affordable Usenet access, is pleased to announce the launch of its new internationalized website. The new UsenetServer.com website launch is part of UsenetServer’s commitment to bring premium, affordable Usenet to end-users throughout the world. In addition to more streamlined content … Read more →

Back from vacation – some hotel reviews!

Click here to read the first part of this two-part series post: Back from vacation – and a big thanks to the guest posters! Yep, so I was on vacation. Basically it was a road trip on the east coast in the United States. Spent a few days in New York City, then drove up … Read more →

CommentLuv – A Link Builders Dream Or The Latest Waste of Time?

First off I’d like to say I have never used comment spam, and I never plan to, I will admit that I have partaken in some forum spamming in my early days, before I seen the light. Matt Cutts and Google decided that they wanted to put a stop to this spam and the nofollow … Read more →

Cameron Diaz – The Most Dangerous Celebrity Search Query

One year ago, Jessica Biel was the most dangerous celebrity online. Now, it’s Cameron Diaz. What’s making celebs so dangerous? Viruses! Celebrities are very popular decoys for the bad guys to lure non-tech-savvy people into virus-spreading websites. According to McAfee, Cameron Diaz is currently the most dangerous, because if you search for her, there’s a … Read more →

iPad Wins EISA Award

The well-known iPad from Apple has won an EISA award this year. EISA stands for “European Imaging and Sound Association” and behind it are 50 tech magazines from 19 different countries. Why did iPad win the “European Tablet 2010-2011 award”? This revolutionary new product marks the beginning of a new era for publishing. Magazines and … Read more →