Windows 7 Phone Gets Jailbreak Tool

ChevronWP7 allows users to load any application onto their WinPhone7 device. The tool will allow corporations to develop and deploy custom apps for their employees without having to put them on Microsoft’s Marketplace.

Posted on: November 30, 2010 9:00 am

How to kill your computer

While this article offers several ways to kill your computer, the methods could be applied to virtually any electronic device with equal effect. Well, okay, maybe locking your cellphone in the file cabinet won’t result in the battery combusting.

Posted on: November 30, 2010 9:00 am

Feared ransom Trojan returns with $120 demand

GpCode, while still fairly rare, is back. The malware holds your system hostage by encrypting all your files until you pay for a key to unlock the encryption.

Posted on: November 30, 2010 9:00 am

New article: I’m on the History Channel on Wednesday night

The President’s Book of Secrets takes viewers on a journey inside White House history to unveil staggering information about secrets known only to the President.

Read this OutlookPower article.

Posted on: November 30, 2010 9:00 am

Computer identifies the most boring day in history

A computer program, called True Knowledge, was used to scan newspaper reports of events from 1900 to the present to identify the "most boring day". The winner, when nothing of note was recorded, is reportedly Sunday, April 11, 1954.

Posted on: November 29, 2010 9:00 am

Kernel for PowerPoint Version 10.11.01

Lepide Software has released Kernel for PowerPoint 10.11.01 to help you recover data from damaged files. The new version provides an enhanced data recovery engine to repair .ppt, .pps, .ppsx, and .pptx files created using MS PowerPoint 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000, and 97.

Posted on: November 29, 2010 9:00 am

How secure is Windows Phone 7 app code?

People at The MobileTechWorld Web site recently found a glitch in Microsoft’s download servers. They were able to download, and unpack, code for other developers’ apps.

Posted on: November 29, 2010 9:00 am

Microsoft patents shape-shifting display

Touch-screens are great except… The lack of tactile feedback leaves many of us unsure if we successfully "entered" information. Microsoft has filed a patent for a touch-screen that will give you the sensation of clicking a button.

Posted on: November 29, 2010 9:00 am

UCVHOST Renews Partnership with SmarterTools Inc.

UCVHOST, a Windows VPS hosting company, UCVHOST will continue to offer the SmarterMail mail server packaged with its Windows Hosting services at no additional cost.

Posted on: November 24, 2010 9:00 am

Navigosphere, THE Internet browser sphere

Navigosphere is a new way to do searches. It’s a sphere connected to a 2D browser which allows connecting up to 48 Internet links to only one search bar. Designed to be used on touch screens, Navigosphere runs on Windows XP, Vista or 7 (32 or 64 bit).

Posted on: November 24, 2010 9:00 am