Tiny URLS are often used in e-mail, Twitter, and other places to shorten a long URL into a much more convenient, short version. They’re those little URLS that say tinyurl.com/pkp9cl or bit.ly/pTe77 or some such thing. http://cnettv.cnet.com/8301-13415_53-10249597-11.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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Getting Mac OS X up and running on a computer without an Apple label has always been a bit of a hassle. You needed customised Mac OS X disks, updates would ruin all your hard work, and there was lots of fiddling with EFI and the likes. Ever since the release of boot-132, this is [...]

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By combining a Wi-Fi router and powerline equipment, you pair the convenience and mobility of wireless with a dependable way to stream video or save files to a network drive. Our tests reveal the best of both kinds of gear. http://www.pcworld.com/article/164241/better_together_wifi_and_powerline_networking.html

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Being safe while you surf the Web is extremely important, yet safe surfing sometimes seems like an oxymoron. For users of the Firefox browser, downloading security extensions can help increase your level of protection from worms, hackers, phishers, and the like. I should note that even with these extensions installed, you won’t be perfectly safe. [...]

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The Chapter 11 filing will temporarily suspend Apple’s copyright infringement suit against Psystar, which is currently before the U.S. District Court of Northern California. But once the bankruptcy protection is sorted out, the copyright case will resume. Apple had no comment on Psystar’s bankruptcy filing. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10249202-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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These new features continue to round out Box, which is smartly trying to break out of being perceived as a place for users to dump their files. With tasks, branding, and the recently released Web document editor, it’s getting much closer to being a do-everything-in-the-cloud service. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10248228-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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It’s summer time. And you know what that means: Harrowing international travel with your cell phone. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10248239-94.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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If that sounds an awful lot like the Finder to you, you’re right: it’s essentially just another place for you to store any and all sorts of data. However, EagleFiler differs from the Finder just by not being the Finder–the fact that it’s a separate application, one that you use to store information that doesn’t [...]

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With the US Memorial Day holiday behind us, IT vendors can get down to business for a month or two before everyone prepares to go on summer holiday and try to forget the economic downturn for a while. Server maker Unisys is the first out of the chute with new iron today, launching three new [...]

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You won’t get an email saying Pope Benedict added you as a friend and you can’t “poke” him or write on his wall, but the Vatican is still keen to use the networking site Facebook to woo young people back to church. http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSLM93712820090522

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