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Google wants to give you internet from a balloon

When I read the most recent news from Google I had to check my calendar -- sure enough it is not April 1st. However, what the search giant announced sounds fantastical. What more can you say about getting internet from a high altitude balloon? Well, that is the dream the company has announced. "But for 2 out of every 3 people

Vine Comes to Android: Get Your Wil Sasso Lemon Skits On…

Vine is the Twitter service that will let you push a six second video to your Twitter and Facebook fans. For a long time you could do that on your iOS devices. This morning, Twitter's Blog announced Vine will be available for Android devices. One interesting feature Vine has is the stop-motion option. You only record when your finger is

Google Hangouts Easter Eggs Bring Jocularity, Ponies into Hangouts

Right after Google announced the separation of Hangouts from Google+, users found a bunch of Easter Eggs in the system. Simple commands will bring out Ponies, change the background color, dinosaurs and even a KONAMI Cheat. Google Hangout Easter Eggs /ponies - watch a pony run across the chat /pitchforks - brings and angry mob to the screen /ponystream -

What is Klingon for “Bing”?

tHantlhS to bing, laH mugh vo' English Hol tlhIngan. Let's translate that: Thanks to Bing, I can translate this from English to Klingon. Bing has announced that for the upcoming release of Star Trek: Into Darkness, they will add the translations of Klingon and Klingon (Kronos) - the Klingon alphabet. You can translate from English to Klingon or Klingon to English.

Has CNET Lost all Credibility due to CBS Rules?

CNET the once independent tech news service is now being told what they can, and cannot report on by parent company CBS. The once darling of the tech space is now just a pawn of the CBS owners who are not allowing CNET to be a independent news arm. First was the fiasco at CES where CNET had to rescind

Pogoplug Mobile Review

The cloud is definitely where it's at right now, but what if you don't like the idea the idea of Google, Dropbox et al looking after your data? Then you might be interested in a Pogoplug, which allows you to create your own cloud storage that's only limited by the size of the hard disk. A Pogoplug is a hardware

FreedomPop Hits Beta

Perhaps you have heard about a service called FreedomPop that aims at freeing you from paying for internet service, on a limited basis at least.  The service was launched by Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom and has been in the works for some time now.  Today, they quietly began sending out emails for a private beta test. "FreedomPop is LIVE and we're accepting