How Old Google Thinks You Are (And How To Be Anonymous)

You know Google, right? Yeah, that big internet company that delivers the best online advertising service in the world. Well turns out they're good at it because they're even better at monitoring you and everything you do online.  They use cookies to monitor your web usage to see what sites you visit. That way they know what ads to show you based on what you may be interested in.  This is copied from straight from my Ads Preferences section in my Google account: Your demographics We infer your age and gender based on the websites you've visited. Age: 25-34 Gender: Male Looks like Google is doing a pretty...

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Grooveshark : Does It Have Byte?

Pandora, Slacker, Spotify, Google Music...these are just a few of your many options out there to stream music to your ears wherever there is an internet connection. Grooveshark is just another player to add to that list of services...or is it? I've been an avid user of Pandora with some Slacker thrown in there for good measure. The second I received an invite I registered for Google Music and Spotify. Google Music I used once just to test it out and haven't used it since (primarily because there isn't an iPhone app yet). Spotify I've used many times just for the pure fact that it was exclusive for a while in the U.S. and I was part of a select...

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Upgrade Your Home Office This Weekend

Chances are you're reading this article right now at your desk (others may be reading from their mobile devices, but this can still apply to you!), and your desk may or may not be cluttered (mine is - BUT I'M WORKING ON IT). The folks at Lifehacker are always showcasing their readers' desks and providing unique ideas to spruce up your desk and provide a clean and refreshing work environment for us "users". Here is an article provided by them that gives an overall look at many ways you can make your workspace a"funspace"; or at least a clean workspace. If you have a neat setup, I'd love to see what you got. Post it in the comments or email...

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iOS 4.1 - 4.3.2 Jailbreak methods Summarized

I know many of you out there are thinking "Man, I love having a jailbroken iPhone/iPod/iPad but I hate having to keep updating it and then re-jailbreaking it over and over." So we often just sit and wait on one iOS through a few updates and then update to the latest one and jailbreak. I'm currently on 4.2.1 (jailbroken) on my iPhone 4 and 4.3.2 is out (with 4.3.3 on the horizon). So I did a little searching and found that a great figure in the jailbreaking scene has summarized up many different methods to jailbreak the last few iOS updates, and that great figure goes by the name GeoHot. Here's his list with the corresponding iOS firmwares with...

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Now This is the Droid We're Looking For | Popular Science

Now This is the Droid We're Looking For | Popular Science PopSci reader Brian De Vitis's R2-D2 cooler, converted into the ultimate mobile gaming 'droid with eight consoles, a projector and a sound system. Read more @ source....

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It Doesn't Get Much Gnarlier Than a Bullet-Time Surfing Video Shot With 52 Cameras [Video]

It Doesn't Get Much Gnarlier Than a Bullet-Time Surfing Video Shot With 52 Cameras [Video]: " After ten years of bullet-time, you'd think the effect would be completely played out. But you haven't seen crazy surfing shot in bullet-time with 52 Canon Rebel T2is. More...

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How to Create a Portable Hackintosh on a USB Thumb Drive [Hackintosh]

How to Create a Portable Hackintosh on a USB Thumb Drive [Hackintosh]: " There are tons of awesome live, bootable Linux systems, but what if you need to run OS X? Reader Will shows us how to put a portable version of OS X on a thumb drive and boot it on (most) Intel computers. More...

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KinEmote: Kinect gesture control for Boxee and XBMC media centers now available (video)

KinEmote: Kinect gesture control for Boxee and XBMC media centers now available (video): " We've seen plenty of Kinect hacks over the last few weeks -- trouble is, beyond the initial wow factor they're just not very useful on a daily basis. That situation just changed, however, with the release of KinEmote, a free public beta that lets Windows users navigate XBMC and Boxee menus using nothing but hand gestures. Better yet, the software is built around OpenNI and NITE middleware from PrimeSense, the company behind the Project Natal reference gear. It certainly looks impressive in the video after the break. Good enough that we suspect many of...

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AirPlay video streaming from iOS devices hacked into Macs (video)

AirPlay video streaming from iOS devices hacked into Macs (video): " Hey Mac home theater users, listen up -- your AirPlay wishes have come true. TUAW's very own Erica Sadun has developed a free (ad supported) 0.01 AirPlayer alpha hack that lets your Mac play host to AirPlay video streamed off of iOS devices. Right, just like an Apple TV and without requiring a Jailbreak. But as long as you're skirting official support anyway, why not install the free AirVideoEnabler app onto your jailbroken iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone to stream video from even more applications than Apple currently allows. Works for us. Everyone else can check the video after...

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Drop Your Cell Phone Minute Plan, Start Using Google Voice

Many have wondered Google's end game when it comes to their Google Voice (GV) venture, and how will it integrate itself with all of their many other services, such as the Android mobile phone platform, Google Docs, Gmail, their Google Apps suite, and finally their core business, search. I myself have contimplated this very subject many times, all with different conclusions spawning from what new product or service was released that given week.However, recently my thoughts have been focused more on GV and how it will incorporate and embed itself further into their mobile phone platform all in the next few years. The instigation of this theory...

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