Article Archive for November 2007
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 19, 2007
One of the designers of RSA software has warned about the theoretical existence of mathematical flaws in widely used processors which could make the RSA public key algorithm vulnerable and lead to global e-commerce disaster.
Posted from PHOTO.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
The Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 is a is a the latest model in Sony’s DSLR camera aimed at both photo enthusiasts and serious hobbyists
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
Facebook is offering $85 million to the huge Chinese social networking site Zhanzuo.com. Why? Probably because Zhanzuo.com is home to over 7 million Chinese user accounts, and would be a huge stepping stone into global social networking.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
Should you be scared of the people you meet on MySpace? Well, I guess that depends on whether you value your safety or not. As you’ll see, MySpace isn’t just “a place for friends”, it’s also a place where murderers and criminals hang out, and sometimes find their victims.
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
One of the top reasons people won’t commit to switching to Macs is price. Though Mac technology isn’t any more expensive than Windows-based technology when considering long-term value, here are a few great ways to break into the Mac world without buying a brand spanking new iMac or Macbook.
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
It’s Sunday again, meaning it’s time for another edition of Free Mac Software Sunday. In today’s edition of Free Software Sunday, we’re going to show you Genius.
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
Amazon.com are stopping just short of offering gamers winning Lotto tickets, but are offering the closest thing to console-buying heaven with systems at significantly less than half price. It’s the Amazon Customer Survey, and it’ll be interesting to see if their site survives the inevitable rush.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
While Firefox is touted as the safest web browser in the marketplace, even it has its vulnerabilities.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
As Facebook’s popularity is climbing to new heights every day, MySpace is doing what it can to salvage its own image. Rumor has it the social networking site will be reworking itself from the ground up to become the spitting image of Facebook.
Posted from VISTA.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
Windows Vista doesn’t come preloaded with a particularly useful CD/DVD burning application. Of course the industry standard is Nero, it is the best, bar none but some of you may not need all of the features of Nero and a good number of those features can be found in CDBurnerXP.
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
The days of counting our Internet dial up connection speeds in kilobits has long passed, and we now speak about out broadband in megabits instead. But new research in Japan could lead to terabit class connections soon becoming the standard.
Posted from PHOTO.BLORGE on November 18, 2007
Shelton Muller discusses the principles once used by all photographers to determine flash exposure…
These days, flash photography has been made so easy with TTL flash technologies that mean photographers don’t need to think at all.
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 17, 2007
Ok: there have been a lot of murmurings around this site and others that perhaps being a Mac fan is about buying into an image and overlooking flaws for the sake of “coolness.” I want to clear up a few misconceptions about my own stance with Apple as well as the proprieties and improprieties of buying into Apple’s brand image.
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 17, 2007
In a recent interview, Nintendo of America’s marketing chief George Harrison let it known that while production factories are making about 1.8 million units per month this isn’t enough to cover this seasons expected demand.
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 17, 2007
Those of you who are regular readers of Blorge and the Gamer site especially should know that I am no fan of the Wii. But, in somewhat of a roundtable discussion we had today, I discovered how Nintendo could make the Wii more attractive to those who are currently “turned off” to it.
