Luxury retailer Stuart Hughes is offering a specially designed iPad for a whopping $8 million. Dubbed the “The iPad 2 Gold History Editions” it’s is covered in 24K gold, 12 carats of diamonds, a special stone called Ammolite, and even part of a T-Rex dinosaur bone. The thing weighs an incredible 4 and half pounds. Can you imagine toting that around? There’s no word on how many of these special iPads have sold, but I’m willing to guess they aren’t exactly flying off the shelves!Read [StuartHughes] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
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! EA Sports brings 300 jobs to Austin, puts Texas governor in NCAA Football 12“We’ve had a lot of stories in 2011 about game industry employees losing jobs and probably… MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Lawmakers in Missouri have passed a bill that would make it illegal for teachers and students to be Facebook friends or otherwise connect through most forms of social networking. The sole exception is Facebook groups or fan pages. Teachers are still allowed to create these types of groups for their classes, but all forms of one on one networking will be forbidden starting on August 28th, The reason for the law is to protect students from sexual misconduct by teachers. Critics say it unfairly labels all teachers as bad guys and others say it would be difficult to impossible to… Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Security experts are warning about a sinister new type of malware that attempts to trick people into falling or bogus refund requests. Once the malware infects a PC, it stays dormant until the user logs on to an online banking account. As soon as that’s detected the malware goes to work. First, a fake message from the bank appears, informing the user that they were accidentally credited a large sum of money and requests they return it immediately. The sinister part is the malware actually changes their account balance to reflect the phony credit. The scammers are hoping people will… Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
We may not cover Apple 24x7… but we know someone who does! Here’s a few of this week’s hottest from Appletell to get you started…Microsoft introduces its Lion-compatible Explorer Touch mouseMacBook Pro refresh with faster core i7 CPUs likely for fall releaseTimeCommand app-enhanced alarm clock docking station reviewZenus e’stime and Prestige leather iPhone 4 case reviewsThe polycarbonate MacBook is not dead…yet Full Story » | Written by NEWS for . | Comment on this Article »
 
The phone hacking scandal that has Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp under fire is widening and may include computer hacking. UK officials are creating a new investigative team to look into the new allegations, which claim the company breached privacy by hacking into computers as well as phones. “Operation Tuleta is currently considering a number of allegations regarding breach of privacy, received by the MPS si nce January 2011, which fall outside the remit of (phone-hacking) Operation Weeting, including computer hacking,” the statement by the London police force said. “Some aspects of this operation will move forward to a formal investigation.”… Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
PCWorld has an article about Facebook that makes some really great points, namely that if they want to stay competitive against Google+, they’ve got to stop treating their users so poorly. The site is constantly changing things. For example they decided to force some groups to upgrade to the new group format or be “archived” while other groups were archived and not given the choice to upgrade. They also keep rolling out so-called improvements to their chat tool, profile pages, and privacy tools. The problem is that they can’t be bothered to explain the changes or the reasons behind them… Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
No need to scour the interwebs for hot gaming news, Gamertell‘s already done that for you! Here’s a look at this week’s top stories…EA Sports brings 300 jobs to Austin, puts Texas governor in NCAA Football 12Amazon’s July 26, 2011 Gold Box is filled with 7 video game deals (update 4)iPhone and iPod Touch gaming update for July 24, 2011GameStop’s July 27 - August 2, 2011 ad has Activision and Xbox 360 dealsBest Buy’s July 24 - 30, 2011 ad has 3DS, DS and Wii deals Full Story » | Written by NEWS for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Even though Facebook hasn't been the poster company for privacy, it's still an important issue. It's so important, Facebook is willing to pay good money to anyone who points out crucial security flaws that could jeopardize user privacy. Each credible find is worth at least $500. To qualify for the bounty, the finder has to adhere to a list of requirements set forth by Facebook. For one, the finder has to give Facebook a reasonable amount of time to examine and confirm the security flaw before making their findings public. They also can't currently live in a country that's under… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
A company called AptiQuant, which bills itself as a psychometric consulting firm, said they conducted a study that revealed that Opera users are the most intelligent while IE users are well, stupid. (Firefox and Chrome users fall somewhere in the middle). Before you get insulted though, the study says only IE 6 users are dummies. IE8 users ranked higher. “The study showed a substantial relationship between an individual’s cognitive ability and their choice of web browser,” AptiQuant concluded. “From the test results, it is a clear indication that individuals on the lower side of the IQ scale tend to resist… Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Another day, another patent infringement lawsuit. This time, Microsoft was on the losing end. A jury in San Diego ordered the company to pay Alcatel-Lucent $70 million for infringing on several of their patents in popular applications such as Outlook. “Today’s verdict reflects a positive trend in the law of patent damages stemming from the Federal Circuit’s earlier opinion in this and other cases,” Microsoft said in a statement. “However, we continue to maintain that current law requires a genuine apportionment of damages when the infringement is directed to a small feature of a feature-rich product, and we are reviewing… Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Amazon announced that it has made a deal with NBCUniversal that will give it access to part of the Universal Studios movie library. This includes movies such as "Elizabeth," "Babe" and "Billy Elliott." The company reached a similar deal with CBS last week that gives it access to 2,000 episodes of older CBS TV series’. This new content will be enjoyed by subscribers to the site’s $79 a year Amazon Prime service, which provides free two-day shipping and unlimited streaming. Amazon is trying to compete with the likes of Netflix and Hulu.Read [NewYorkTimes] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
 
It goes without saying that blindly clicking on the links that show up in your Twitter timeline isn’t a very good idea, but not just because of the risk of being sent to a spammy or malicious site. Ever clicked on a link and found yourself at a site with “not safe for work” (NSFW) or downright gross/disturbing content? Twitter has the answer. They’ve announced a new feature that will warn of potentially offensive content lurking behind an URL. Users can flag their own and other users’ URLs to warn others of content they may not want to see. So… Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
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