Consumers saddled with old cellphones, TVs and computers are flocking to electronics recycling events, which have sprung up in more than 1,000 communities over the past four years. But don't be fooled, activists warn. Items collected at free events are sometimes destined for salvage yards in developing nations, where toxins spill into the wate  More...
Many people are wondering what to do now that their bank has been acquired in the wake of the lending crisis. Well, whatever you do, don't click on links in e-mails purportedly sent by your bank. Security firm SonicWall said Thursday that it has been seeing e-mails that attempt to lure people to fake bank Web sites, where they are asked to re-ve  More...
On Thursday, Panda Security released its report for the third quarter stating that adware is responsible for one third of all new malicious software. In particular, the security company cited increased use of fake antivirus scanners.  More...
Warning: If you’re not a computer nerd, you may not fully appreciate this post. Proceed with caution (and set your phasers on stun).  More...
A new software application for tracking carbon footprints is being developed by a start-up in the UK that uses GPS on mobile phones to figure out whether you’re walking, running, driving, flying– you get the picture– and then estimating the impact this has on the environment.  More...
The Club E Network recently opened the website for the Club E Factory. They need article writers to post weekly on there.  More...
One crazy idea that I’d like to suggest, as a way for the average computer consultant to find a niche and stand out from the hundreds of other companies out there, is by targeting consumer electronics.  More...
The Big Money, Slate's new business site, hosts a blog, "Feeling Lucky," that is entirely about that transfixing company, Google.  More...
For many small businesses, the prospect of adding a new way to collect payments, with a possibly unfamiliar technology, can seem intimidating. Here are the answers to all their questions.  More...
Apple just presented a line of colorful, revamped iPods at a San Francisco press event, featuring the iPod Nano which underwent the most changes, followed by the iPod Touch, with just a thinner cut to it and finally, iTunes’ new version revealing a key intelligence system called Genius which recommends what to buy based on the user’s playlists.  More...
Idée is the cool visual search company behind the infinite images and videos found online. You could even consider it the Google for images rather than words.Leading imaging firms such as Adobe Systems has used it as its video and image supplier. Idée has become quite popular and vastly used in the stock imagery industry  More...
A new search tool to be launched by Google, Google Suggest, will be revealed throughout the course of the week. Such feature will offer real-time keyword suggestions every time you execute a search query, however, it is still under Google Labs for the final tweaking here and there.  More...
Initially, pre-during-post iPhone’s 3G launch, we were being constantly bombarded with publicity which went off on how great the revamped version was and how wonderful its functions were; which resulted in massive, massive demand for the cool apparatus. Now, much trouble has arisen due to sporadic application removals from the AppleStore.  More...