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  • gettyImages Launches ThinkStockPhotos.com

    Stock Photography giant gettyImages.com launched a new Stock Photography site called ThinkStockPhotos.com ThinkStock will consolidate content from gettyImages other sites (iStockphoto.com, Jupiterimages.com, gettyImages.com etc..) and become the primary Subscription site for the company.  Looking at the site, it appears they will be starting off offering both Annual and Monthly subscriptions starting at $250 a month…

  • Apple Releases a HUGE iPhone – Introducing the iPad

    Although I watched the release of iPad this afternoon, I really didn’t pay much attention to it being that I won’t be able to get my hands on one for at least another 60 days.  Overall looking over the list of features, the iPad really looks groovy. One thing is for sure however…  apparently none…

  • Microsoft Releases a TON of Updates Today

    If your subscribed to the microsoftPost Download Center Feed, you might have noticed that Microsoft dumped over 40 new Updates to Microsoft Download this afternoon.  Looking through the various KB articles it looks like these are mostly stability updates along with a few new utilities: System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Server 2008 (KB947821) [January…

  • Bing Could Become The New iPhone Default Search Provider

    According to a recent article from BusinessWeek, Apple and Microsoft are in negotiations.  Current rumors have it that these talks are focused on replacing Google with Bing as the default search provider for all iPhones and Safari desktop applications. Currently there are only two iPhone search provider options; Google, and Yahoo.  Yahoo leaves much to…

  • Techcrunch Was Hacked!

    The mass media tech site TechCrunch.com was hacked at 10:20pm PST.  The entire site went down leaving a blank page with links to random rapidshare or bit torrent downloads.  The overall page which was shown depended upon which browser you were viewing it with.  While you think this may be related to recent hacking attacks…

  • Add More Options To “Copy Link Location” In Firefox

    When you’re writing emails and documents, it can get frustrating trying to copy in links.  The default “Copy Link Location” context menu option in Firefox not only copies the URL, but brings all of the formatting with it.  Rather than manually edit your pasted link every time, why not let Firefox do it for you?…