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Google adds the ability to search by license within images
If you own a website or blog, then chances are at some point you’ve needed to hit the interwebs to search for an image to use on it. If you’re using an image for commercial purposes, then you need to have the rights to use it from the original creator. Previously Google Image Search would pull all the images on the web up in a search, now its added a filter to help you see only pictures you can actually use.
Where to watch TV on the web
Television as we know it is becoming more and more prevalent on the web. If you miss your favorite program when it originally airs and didn’t set your DVR or VCR to record it, chances are you can still catch it a few days (or insome cases just a few hours) later on the world wide web. If you’re new to watching television on your computer, here are some of the best sites to catch all your favorite television shows.
HP Mini 5105 blurs the line between netbook and notebook
If you’ve been holding out on purchasing a netbook, now may be the time. HP has just announced a new HP Mini 5105, that takes the term netbook to the next level, and provides a lot specs that make it stand out from the competition.
Wikipedia expected to start adding video
It looks like Wikipedia, is going to start to allow users to add video clips to Wikipedia pages in addition to text. The new video option will allow users to find video of things they might be looking for an edit and embed clips on the site for others to view later on.
Activision may stop supporting Playstation consoles
It looks like Activision may stop making games for the Sony Playstation unless prices start to drop for the console. With the high price of consoles consumers are picking up versions of games for the cheaper Xbox and Wii instead of springing for the high-priced Playstation and games.
Amazon releases the Kindle DX
Amazon’s Kindle is getting bigger. Amazon released a new larger version of the popular e-reader this morning, the Kindle DX, just four short months after the release of the Kindle 2.
Posted in Internet, Lead article, New products
Tagged Amazon Kindle, e-books, e-reader, Kindle DX
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YouTube XL makes watching YouTube on your TV easier
If you like to watch YouTube on your television then a new version of the popular video sharing site YouTube XL is bound to be just what you’ve been waiting for. As you can imagine, the new XL site is extra large and has a new television-friendly interface to make browsing videos on your television a snap.
Posted in Internet, Lead article, Technology news
Tagged online video, youtube, YouTube XL
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Microsoft wants to change what we call a netbook
Netbooks have rapidly gained in popularity over the past few years, finding their way into the hands of business professionals who want a small notebook for travel purposes, and budget consumers who only have a few hundred dollars to spend on a new computer. Now that we’ve all become accustomed to calling them netbooks, Microsoft has suggested that our tine new friends need a new name all together.
iPhone 3.0 pictures surface on the web
A Hong Kong blog has posted what may be the first images of the new iPhone 3G interface. While the images are a bit on the blurry side, they all look to be very authentic in design and are being regarded by many to be the real deal.
Posted in Lead article, Mac
Tagged iphone 2009, iphone 3.0, iphone 3g, iphone pictures
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Wii Fit plus to add a competition element
Video game fitness programs have in a way taken the world by storm, allowing users to turn working out into a game. One popular video game fitness program by Nintendo: Wii Fit is expected to release a new version of the game this fall that turns working out not only into a game, but also into a competition.
Google Maps offers Alternate Routes
Don’t like the route Google Maps has given you to get somewhere? Now the map program will not only give you what it considers the “best” route, it will also let you drag and drop the suggested route to create your own customized alternate route as well.
Posted in Internet, Lead article
Tagged alternate routes, google maps, suggested routes
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