Comcast forgets about its bandwidth cap, launches online file backup service
With little fanfare, Comcast launched a new online file backup service called Secure Backup & Share for its broadband internet customers. The new service utilizes Mozy, an online backup solution that is currently managed by Decho Corporation, a subsidiary of EMC. Using a tool installed on your PC and soon Mac, the service will backup [...]
dreamcycle26 says "motorola w755 is not a phone i would recommend." about Motorola – W755 Cell Phone
Since I received this phone free from verizon, I have had several problems with it. While logged online, this phone has repeatedly shut down and locked itself. The battery does not have a very long life to it. I have charged it fully only to receive a phone call that lasts for approximately 10-15 minutes [...]
LeonaS says "I love the Nintendo Wii" about Nintendo – Wii Console
I have had my Nintendo Wii gaming console for almost a year and I couldn’t love it anymore. It boggles my mind, how it works. You have a controller and how does it mimike your every move, amazing. It is fun for the whole family. Sometimes you even have to get off the couch to [...]
daver0101 says "Life made easier" about Logitech – Harmony One Remote
I bought this remote to take place of all of the remotes I have in my basement theater area. I was worried about the performance because of the price, it seemed strange to spend so much on a remote. But I have been truly satisfied with the purchase. Programming any universal remote is going to [...]
Best Instant Messenger? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]
Instant messaging is a staple of the modern communication toolkit. Once you were locked into using the client provided by the service you preferred, but these days a variety of excellent cross-platform, cross-protocol tools are available for the job.
Photo by kwanz.
We visited the topic of instant messaging once before in our Hive Five series, but [...]
Email Is the Most Popular Tool for Sharing Links [What You Said]
Earlier this week we asked you how you share links over the internet after having read a dubious claim that Facebook was the most popular. After conducting our own unscientific poll amongst Lifehacker readers, email handily bested the competition with a whopping 30% of the vote. Instant messaging trailed with 23%, Facebook was able to [...]
TiPb iPhone App Store Picks of the Year
One year, 56,000 apps, and over a billion downloads later, Apple’s iTunes App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch celebrates its first birthday.
To mark the occasion, we’re taking our Picks of the Week, where a few of us from team TiPb, bloggers and forum crew alike, bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful [...]
Speeding Up RSS
I’m sorry, but RSS feeds are way too slow. I know this first-hand. As part of my job here at TechCrunch, I monitor a lot of RSS feeds for breaking news. We also produce our own feed and I can see how quickly it propagates to various feed readers and feed-powered news [...]
eBuddy Finally Gives Birth To iPhone App (And It Has Push Notification)
eBuddy, the Dutch startup behind the eponymous mobile communication tool I dubbed the swiss army knife for instant messaging when it debuted an application for the Android platform last May, is announcing one hell of an iPhone application today. For context: eBuddy is a free mobile app that enables users to communicate with others [...]
