Windows Mobile 6.5: All The New Features

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 didn’t exactly win any prizes when it was released last week, but it does have some visual changes and new features you can enjoy, while you wait for Windows Mobile 7 to be released sometime next – here’s a list: Features MSN Widget (real-time weather, sports, etc.) Facebook Mobile MySpace Mobile … Read more →

Microsoft Shows “Minority Report” Look-Alike Office Wall

Microsoft Research just showed a prototype of how our office walls might look like in the future, based on their Microsoft Surface thoughts – having surfaces around us become part of our lives. The system is based on cameras, microphones and touchscreens and works a lot like the systems you would have seen in movies … Read more →

Learn How To Launch & Make An Income From Membership Sites

Yaro Starak, my favorite Internet Guru and the guy behind membership sites such as Become A Blogger, Blog Mastermind and Membership Site Mastermind, is soon re-opening the doors for the last time in 2009 to his Membership Site Mastermind program. The last time Membership Site Mastermind took in new students was in May 2009, so … Read more →

WordPress Plugin: What Would Seth Godin Do (WWSGD) – “If You’re New Here…”

I’ve received quite a few questions already from my great techpatio.com readers, asking me how I get that message to appear at the bottom of my posts that (per default) says: “If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!”. I changed mine a bit, so that it … Read more →

How To Use Twitter To Get Through To Customer Support In A Jiffy

I have an online bank account with NetEller that I use for online stuff, much like PayPal etc., except that NetEller also offers you a prepaid MasterCard to use all over the world and in shops. Which is great! But today I found out they had disabled my account (again!) to “protect my personal information”. … Read more →

One Hundred Bad Guys From A Phishing Gang Indicted

Softpedia reports FBI announced that 33 bad guys were arrested in the connection with an international phishing gang that operated out of U.S. (California, Nevada and North Carolina) and Egypt. So far 53 individuals have been charged but the number is expected to rise to 100 in the coming days, as Egypt authorities have identified … Read more →

A Child Can Crack Your Password – Change It Now!

If you can count to 10, you can crack most passwords. That seems to be the case by looking at most of the thousands of leaked Windows Live ID passwords last week – they very often are just simple number combinations such as “123456”, birth dates or names. Passwords that can easily be found out … Read more →

The Pirate Bay Relocates To Dutch “Nuclear Bunker”

The Pirate Bay has been looking to set sail and find a new country to dock at, ever since the Swedish court ruled that their provider, Black Internet, should disconnect The Pirate Bay servers from the Internet. According to TorrentFreak, The Pirate Bay at first tried to settle down in Ukraine but ended up with … Read more →

Windows Mobile 6.5 Released Today – It Doesn’t Look Good

Windows Mobile has received a ton of negative criticism over the years, though there’s still some faithful users of Windows Mobile, the rest of the world seems to have moved over to Symbian, iPhone, Android and webOS. And to be honest, Windows Mobile seems really old and clumsy to use compared to other modern mobile … Read more →