Ah yes, the idea was great; the resulting application (NetShare) good enough to make the App Store cut, but then someone at Apple remembered their partner (AT&T) and the app has disappeared from the store. After all, a tethering app would allow an end user to use their iPhone as a modem, not something AT&T would want. And we mention only AT&T because the error message returned is: The item you’ve requested is not currently available in the U.S. store.Sounds like people in other countries may still

It was only a month ago that we reported how various police departments are setting up systems for receiving anonymous tips via text messaging to help solve crimes. Now the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Commissioner, Ray Kelly, is embracing another social media technology to help police solve crimes: asking people upload “video or photo evidence directly to the New York Police Department.” “It’s a fact of life,” Kelly said. “Everybody has a camera in their telephones. When people can record an event

It was only a month ago that we reported how various police departments are setting up systems for receiving anonymous tips via text messaging to help solve crimes. Now the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Commissioner, Ray Kelly, is embracing another social media technology to help police solve crimes: asking people upload “video or photo evidence directly to the New York Police Department.” “It’s a fact of life,” Kelly said. “Everybody has a camera in their telephones. When people can record an event

NVIDIA is trying to promote the heck out of nVISION 08 and it looks like it will be a great LAN party for those that can make it. I got a package via snail mail today from NVIDIA and inside the box was some interesting things promoting the event. Check out the forums to see what was inside this mystery package that just showed up in the mail.

Taking place on August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, NVISION 08 is a three-day mega-event for professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about visual computing. Thousands of engineers, designers, developers, researchers, artists, enthusiasts, gamers, film makers, business professionals, and consumers from around the world are expected to attend.

The TomTom ONE XL has everything you need to make your trip safer, more relaxed and more fun. With a large choice of route options, complete maps of the US and Canada and millions of useful and fun points of interest pre-loaded for your journey, you’re ready for worry-free navigation from A to B. This deal ends Monday at 12:00pm ET.

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Triple word score! Hasbro can now stop worry about a server overload on its Facebook Scrabble application: only two days after disappearing from Facebook, Scrabulous is back, but with a new name (Wordscraper), and minor tweaks to hopefully eliminate any copyright issues. Obviously the name is a good start in terms of deflecting lawsuits. Besides that, the cosmetic changes to the board should help as well: the board now features circular tiles. But you might think that those seemingly minor changes wouldn’t be

It’s been said that you can find virtually anything you are looking for on the Internet. Sometimes, you stumble upon some things you wish you didn’t find, or at least hope that your children never see. Such are the concerns of the U.K. Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, which just released its report on “Harmful content on the Internet and in video games.” To cut to the chase, the report “calls on Internet industry to sharpen up its act to protect users from harmful content.” It doesn’t

Intel Corp, the world's biggest microchip producer, expects no slowdown in global demand for personal computers despite economic problems in the United States and in other countries, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett said on Wednesday.

He also told reporters in Lisbon, where he was to sign a draft deal with the Portuguese government to make 500,000 cheap portable computers for schools, that the company was upbeat on demand prospects for low-cost computers and broadband wireless systems. “We gave a relatively upbeat business forecast, saying that despite the economic problems in the United States our business is so international that we didn't see any slowdown in the PC market,” he said.

This handsome monitor features 1280 x 1024 resolution, 300-nit brightness, 1000:1 contrast and super-fast 5ms response rate. That means you’ll see crystal clear graphics and smooth, seamless action scenes when you watch movies and play games. This deal ends Friday at 12:00pm ET.