FROM GAMERTELL - Haven’t caught all of the Gamertell news this week? Here's your chance to catch up on this week’s top 10 articles! Xbox Live Zune Marketplace down for 24 hours” If you try to access the Zune Marketplace on Xbox Live later this evening (January 25, 2010), you’ll notice the service… MORE »
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A pair of recently announced Lenovo notebooks are now available for sale, which means interested customers can head on over to the Lenovo website and grab either the G560 or G460.
Just to recap the specs and mention the official pricing.
For the most part, both models are pretty close and they both come with starting prices of $799 and free standard shipping.
Spec wise they both offer a 2.13GHz Intel Core i3-330M processor, 4GB of RAM, a 320GB 5400RPM hard drive, dual-layer DVD drive, Intel HD graphics and Windows 7 Home Premium 64.
The difference here comes in the size of the display, which is 14.0-inches on the G460 and 15.6-inches on the G560. Both however offer a resolution of 1366 x 768.
As of this posting, the G460 is noted as being ready to ship within 13 business days, with the G560 noted as 17 business days. Basically, you will not be getting either right away, but you can at least place your order.
Just the other day, we learned that the Kindle is selling well. Of course, Amazon made this announcement without releasing any firm sales numbers. And now, in a similar vague manner we also learn a little bit about the Sony Reader. The information regarding Sony comes courtesy of an interview from Tech-On.
According to Fujio Noguchi, who is the Deputy President of Sony’s e-book division, the Sony Reader series is “selling very well.” He also went on to state that the Reader has become “the best seller for the Sony Style, our (online) outlet store in the US.”
Other tidbits of information include that the Reader Touch Edition is the current best selling device out of the Reader lineup and that Sony is “considering making color e-book readers” however the electronic paper quality is not currently up to Sony standards.
I guess those holding out for a color-screen Sony Reader will have a while longer to wait.
Fake anti-virus programs were a huge problem in 2009. Scammers poisoned search results, used banner and pop up ads, and compromised legit websites to spread them to unsuspecting users. They pretend to scan your system, pretend to find all sorts of infections, and then insist you must fork over the cash to buy the full version in order to clean them out. You pay, the program deletes the fake infections, and the scammers walk away with your money. It's digital snake oil, and scammers have made millions from it.
Now in 2010, fake anti-spyware programs are popping up. One of them, Malware Defense, works in the same way as the fake anti-virus programs did, but is distributed via fake flash updates or video codecs. Another, called Rapidantivirus, is distributed in much the same way as the fake anti-virus programs, using poisoned search results, banner and pop up ads, and spam.
These programs may do more than just take your money. Like the fake anti-virus programs, they often drop other kinds of spyware on your system or provide a backdoor that hackers can use to take control of it and use it to send spam.
To protect yourself, never click on pop ups or banner ads informing you your system is infected, or on any links you get via spam. When using search engines, stick to results from well known websites. I highly recommend using an anti-virus program like AVG, which has a very useful toolbar and link scanner. When you do a search, the results have either a green checkmark next to them, meaning they are safe, or a yellow (questionable), orange (risky) or red (malicious) mark so you can see at a glance what links are okay to click on. Very valuable tool and it's free!
Twitter's popularity continues to grow as more and more people discover what a fun and useful tool it can be. Many companies now use it for both promotion and customer service, while individuals use it to network and stay in touch. To get the most out of Twitter, here are some tips and tricks to follow.
Use discretion when following
It's always great to see your follower count rise, but it's important not to fall into the habit of following everyone that follows you. Take the time to check out their profiles before clicking that follow button. Anyone that is following far more people than are following them, tweets only URLs, or seems to post the same things over and over or many tweets in a short period of time should be blocked and reported as they are almost always spammers. Some of these spammers use bots that post tweets every few minutes or scan tweets for specific keywords and respond with spam.
Another reason to be picky when choosing people to follow is your newsfeed. The more people you follow the more unmanageable your newsfeed can become. Follow only those people whose tweets you truly value and find useful and/or entertaining.
When it comes to tweeting, quality is better than quantity
No one wants to know what you ate for lunch or that you're bored. Make your tweets interesting and/or useful. Share your opinions on news stories, humorous quotes, links to interesting sites, etc.
Post links in moderation
Sharing links is an important part of Twitter, but don't go overboard. Be sure to post some link free tweets as well and when do you post links, always post an explanation along with them. Most links on Twitter are shortened using services like bit.ly, which makes it impossible to see where they link to unless clicked on. Spammers and malware distributors love this. Letting your followers know where your links lead to is courteous and lets them know it's not spam or malicious in nature.
Tweet with care
It's important to remember that unless you chose to protect your tweets, they are completely public. While you may be tempted to vent about your boss or brag about a drunken exploit, think twice. Everything you tweet about can be easily re-tweeted so that even people who aren't following you can read it. People have been fired and even sued over things they posted on Twitter, and if you are one of the many people looking for work these days, beware. Many potential employees now search Google, Twitter, and sites like Facebook as part of the application process. A good rule of thumb is to never post a tweet you wouldn't want to see on the front page of a newspaper.
Twitter is fun and useful, and by following these tips you will get the most out of it!
Out in Davos, Switzerland, snow floats from the sky like every other day. But this particular day, someone special is treading through that snow; this day, CrunchGear managed to get a one-on-one with Dell’s CEO, Michael Dell, outside of the World Economic Forum. And what else would the CEO of Dell have in his hands but the new Dell Streak. Or is it the Mini 5? He gave them a run-through of the menus and a quick flash of the back of the device, but avoided all of their questions about the price.
Though he did confirm a few things that had only been rumored before, possibly unintentionally. First thing, previously known as Dell Streak, Mr. Dell calls it the Mini 5. And he does it with plenty of confidence in the name too. So it is safe to say that this will be the Dell Mini 5. On top of that he also states, quite a few times, that this thing will be out in a couple months.
Wow. Going from concept last month, to “hey here it comes” the next. I’m excited.
FROM GAMERTELL - Amazon is now stocking and carrying the Japanese version of the Wii Classic Controller Pro controller. Each one costs $34.99, $15 more than the US versions will cost when they’re released in a few months. MORE »
If you’re looking for a distinctive style, huge capacities and great speed in an external hard drive, the Sarotech Hardbox will not let you down. The Hardbox boasts capacities of 1TB all the way to 3TB, coupled with USB 3.0 giving you incredible transfer speeds to better utilize your massive hard drive capacity. To top it off, it comes in a sleek, book-style design, ensuring that it won’t be out of place when you put it on your book shelf. The Sarotech Hardbox should begin shipping in February, no words on the price, though.
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Despite using Google Voice on a daily basis I totally missed the addition of this little SMS perk—you can now send an SMS messages to multiple recipients. I guess I must have gotten so used to not being able to, that I just never think to do it anymore.
But rest assured Google Voice users, now when you have a 160 character (or shorter) message that you need to blast out to your friends and family—you can do it in one message instead of having to send it individually to each person.
Sure the big major features of Google Voice are nice, but the bottom line is that its the small things like this that keep me so interested in continuing to use Google Voice.
A pair of recently announced Lenovo notebooks are now available for sale, which means interested customers can head on over to the Lenovo website and grab either the G560 or G460.
Just the other day, we learned that the 
Fake anti-virus programs were a huge problem in 2009. Scammers poisoned search results, used banner and pop up ads, and compromised legit websites to spread them to unsuspecting users. They pretend to scan your system, pretend to find all sorts of infections, and then insist you must fork over the cash to buy the full version in order to clean them out. You pay, the program deletes the fake infections, and the scammers walk away with your money. It's digital snake oil, and scammers have made millions from it.
Twitter's popularity continues to grow as more and more people discover what a fun and useful tool it can be. Many companies now use it for both promotion and customer service, while individuals use it to network and stay in touch. To get the most out of Twitter, here are some tips and tricks to follow.
Despite using Google Voice on a daily basis I totally missed the addition of this little SMS perk—you can now send an SMS messages to multiple recipients. I guess I must have gotten so used to not being able to, that I just never think to do it anymore.
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