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Kim Dotcom and MEGA: Piracy or Privacy?

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Mega
Kim Dotcom

Kim Dotcom is obviously not his real name, but isn’t that a brilliant name to replace something as ordinary as Kim Schmitz? Well, okay, his real last name may not be that ordinary, but the recall value of Dotcom is just incomparable. Although it’s not as if this guy needs even more recall value.

Together with his name, you probably have been hearing about “MEGA” left and right in the past few months. MEGA is the successor of Megaupload, which was founded by the Finnish-German national who now calls New Zealand home. The takedown of the file hosting service was the talk of the town, and in spite of the massive setback, Kim Dotcom is back – with a vengeance. [Read more…] about Kim Dotcom and MEGA: Piracy or Privacy?

SoShare From BitTorrent Lets You Share 1TB of Files for FREE

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SoShare

Sharing files remotely is something many people take for granted these days. With the use of the cloud being more prevalent, and with services being made available for free, average users have easily incorporated the technology into their daily lives. There is, of course, the issue of file size limitations, especially for those who use the free packages and don’t upgrade to premium models.

Once again, BitTorrent comes to the forefront of the file sharing arena by launching a new service called SoShare. This new tool poses a threat to other players in the game such as YouSendIt simply because of the sheer size of the file bundles users are allowed to share in one go. How does 1TB of data sound? [Read more…] about SoShare From BitTorrent Lets You Share 1TB of Files for FREE

Get Inspired by Googlers’ Resolutions

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Googlers' Resolutions
Googlers’ Resolutions

Google‘s Zeitgeist is something I look forward to every year. While I may not spend as much time poring over the details as other people I know, I do make it a point to take a look back at the year that was – in the eyes of Google.

This year, the search engine giant put out something new: a map of Googlers’ resolutions from around the world. You know – those promises we make to ourselves at the beginning of the year… [Read more…] about Get Inspired by Googlers’ Resolutions

5 Tools to Make Christmas Shopping Easier

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Online Christmas Shopping

Christmas is coming ever so near, and shopping is becoming even more frantic. The bad news is that everyone is scrambling to get their Christmas shopping list done as soon as possible. The good news is that practically everything can be done or bought online. Of course, there may be some things that still require you to actually get up from your chair and to experience the real world.

Still, there are a lot of tools at your disposal which you can take advantage of. Tools that will make Christmas shopping a little easier. Let us help you out with that. [Read more…] about 5 Tools to Make Christmas Shopping Easier

5 Tips to Maximize Gmail

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Maximize Gmail
Maximize Gmail

As of November 2012, Gmail is officially the most popular webmail service in the world. It took Google almost a decade to get to the top in this regard, but finally, Gmail has taken the number one spot, where Hotmail used to be.

I don’t know about you, but it is not a surprise at all. Gmail has been growing in popularity, and while it is simple, it is also powerful. There are a lot of “tricks” which users can employ; tricks that will make the experience so much richer. Long-time Gmail users will have integrated these tricks into their workflow, but if you are not aware of them and want much more out of Gmail, take a look at these 5 powerful tips to maximize Gmail. [Read more…] about 5 Tips to Maximize Gmail

5 Common Internet Words and Their Real-world Connections

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Internet words
Internet words

Internet lingo has evolved over the years. And just like any other language, many of the words used in Internet speak have been borrowed.

Have you ever wondered where Internet words like ping and bugs came from? What their real-world connections are? For your dose of Monday trivia, let’s take a look at 5 of the most commonly encountered/used Internet words. [Read more…] about 5 Common Internet Words and Their Real-world Connections