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Yahoo has launched its own Web browser called Axis, but this browser is unlike other popular Web browsers such as Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer. Yahoo’s Axis Browser is a browser plugin meant to coexist and aid one’s current...

This week, we take a peek into the mailbag. A reader wrote in asking about how to get content removed from a search engine.  A.G. writes: “Information, at the request of an individual, has been removed from a website I am associated with. However,...

The latest 12.04 Long-Term Support (LTS) release versions of the Ubuntu family of Linux distros were released last week. The 12.04 version of the distros, code-named Precise Pangolin, will be supported until 2017.  One thing I like about the Ubuntu...

PayPal, an eBay company, has introduced its newest payment service called PayPal Here. The service will enable small business users and consumers to accept credit and debit cards, PayPal and checks, no matter where they are doing business.  PayPal...

Good news for all you Angry Bird lovers out there. The latest game in the popular series, Angry Birds Space, was released on Thursday. The new game will be available on Android, iOS, Mac and PC platforms. The game, which features 60 levels of gameplay,...

Changes are pending for Mozilla browser users, as support and security updates for the Firefox 3.6 browsers end on April 24, according to a Mozilla blog post. Firefox 3.6.28 will be the last release in the 3.6 release series. Windows 2000 and Windows XP...

April is National Alcohol Awareness Month. Here are a couple Web sites to help bring awareness to a problem that has touched many of our lives in some form or another. - This year marks the 26th anniversary of The National Council on Alcoholism and...

The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” rings true in the Net world as well. When sending an email or a plain text message, it is sometimes hard to convey one’s emotions. Luckily, we have a way to show our emotions in this...

Change isn’t always good —just ask current Facebook users. Many users are in an uproar over the recent changes the social network has made to its service. Users of Facebook apps on a phone, iPod touch or iTablet have experienced only minimal...

North Korea recently launched a cyber attack on South Korean TV stations and banks. Iran carried out a cyber campaign against U.S. banking sites. The U.S. and Israel released malware that disabled Iranian nuclear centrifuges. Or did they? There's no...

Amid the big and small ideas floating around at a Sunday evening media preview at CES 2013, Lenovo and 3M seemed to hit the sweet spot in terms of bringing a big idea closer to reality while still capturing our imagination.  The two companies...

Hackerspaces are community gathering spaces where artists, hackers, makers and tinkerers share ideas, tools, resources and inspiration while working on their projects. According to Hackerspaces.org there are eight active hackerspaces in Florida. With...