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Guest Post: View Folder Size Of Any Folder In Windows

December 28th, 2011 by dreamsburnred No comments »

Windows Explorer is a great file manager and explorer tool from Microsoft that has always remains as is and has not changed much from Windows 3.1 to Windows Vista. Even Windows Explorer provided in Windows 7 has the same look and feel with minor changes.

I have been testing many file managers and explorer, both free and paid but Windows Explorer has always been my final choice. What I love about Windows Explorer is its simplicity and ease of use. It’s because all of us are used to the same interface from the very beginning when we started using Windows.

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Tags: internet technology

Canadian Tech Blogger moves away from Godaddy

December 27th, 2011 by dreamsburnred 8 comments »

Recently SOPA (stop online privacy act) has made its rounds in the states.

Basically the bill gives power to media company’s to shut down websites without warning. Websites like reddit, Arstechnica, twitter, etc could be shut down in seconds for any reason regarding copyright “misuse”.

So why are we moving away from godaddy? Well be because they supported SOPA, but they still dont oppose the bill. Because of that we won’t support them in anyway.

Recently we moved our web hosting to host gator. Good choice, they oppose SOPA. So now we have moved our domain to name.com. As such we no longer support godaddy. Their commercials are also way to 18a for our liking.

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Tags: internet news sopa

Happy holidays

December 25th, 2011 by dreamsburnred 2 comments »

Happy holidays everyone .

Hope everyone is doing well.

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Enjoy .

Don’t forget to spend time with family.

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Grand theft auto 3 comes to iPad/iPhone

December 16th, 2011 by dreamsburnred 3 comments »

One of the old game counsel games has come to the app store.

Grand theft auto 3 has been ported to IPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPad 1, iPad 2, and iPod touch 4th generation.

Which is some Hefty requirements.

Watch the review .

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Tags: gaming mobile news video

Android security issues go ignored

December 6th, 2011 by dreamsburnred 3 comments »

Android may seem like a popular OS but just like windows it has some serious flaws.

Apparently north Carolina researchers have discovered a serious flaw:

“By exploiting these leaked capabilities,” the paper notes, “an untrusted app on these affected phones can manage to wipe out the user data on the phones, send out SMS messages (e.g., to premium numbers), record user conversation, or obtain user geolocations – all without asking for any permission.”

The problem is because of androids permission system (just like windows), which doesn’t work at times.

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Tags: android news technology

YouTube launches new streamlined redesigned interface

December 2nd, 2011 by dreamsburnred 4 comments »

YouTube today has launched a new redesign. They say it’s a more simpler, easier to use interface. But as usual the YouTube community has launched a revolt…which happens
» Read more: YouTube launches new streamlined redesigned interface

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PSA: Secret app on Smartphones (except iPhone) logs sensitive information

November 30th, 2011 by dreamsburnred 1 comment »

I think Steve Jobs was right, a secret app on Android, Blackberry and Nokia phones logs some pretty serious information.

The app in question is Carrier IQ. It is a app that you cannot terminate, see what it is, see any sort of privacy policy, or etc.

Carrier IQ is suppose to help carriers find out why or where calls are dropped so they can fix there service. However…the app goes way beyond the function and acts like a trojan on the persons device.

The app has complete access too; contacts, button presses, internet, texts, and your specific device location.

Sounds scary right? Well it is. Your privacy is at serious risk.

It automatically and without question sends your unencrypted text messages, what buttons you press, what phone numbers you call (or even press!), encrypted information if you use your browser including but not limited usernames and passwords.

Check out the video below for more information.