Tag: NEW

Slowly whittling down the number of things it can't do to make your life easier, Google has just added a new feature to its Gmail powerhouse -- namely, the ability to view TIFF and Microsoft PowerPoint documents in your browser, without having to save the files on your computer and reopen them in another application. The addition comes just a few months after the company added support for ...

If you're looking to add a little flair to your new netbook, French brand be.ez (be easy) has just come out with a line of netbook protection gear. The LArobe Netbook sleeves come in 10-inch and 9-inch sizes to fit a range of computers and you have nine colors to choose from. While not exactly reinventing the wheel, these sleeves do give a little love to your ultra-portable... and, if you pick ...

Google Labs is Google's experimental playground for new programs, and, thanks to the company's fabled '20-percent time' (employees are encouraged to spend 20-percent of their time creating new projects and brainstorming new ideas), there is always plenty of innovation to be found. Some of our favorite Google products -- Google Maps, GOOG-411, Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Video and iGoogle -- had ...

Do you find the iPhone's stock widget a bit anemic on features? Tired of shuffling through multiple apps for finance news, stock reports, and keeping track of personal portfolios? Then we highly suggest you download the just released DailyFinance (iTunes link) app. This one-stop application culls the best features of various finance apps, and presents them in an exceptionally handsome interface ...

Clearly, having access to your Netflix queue on your iPhone just isn't intimate enough, and now the company is expanding its reach once more by announcing Facebook Connect integration. Officially, the integration "seamlessly links a Netflix member's account with his or her Facebook account," though with Facebook changing its layout every three month, you probably won't be able to find the ...

Last week, Microsoft officially unleashed Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) upon the world, and most of us gave a mild shrug. Despite our indifference, we decided to put the new browser through its paces. Truth be told, IE8 has a lot going for it -- in theory. New features like WebSlices (which drops down regularly updated parts of a site from the bookmarks toolbar) and Accelerators (which let you ...

Long before people lined up for the launch of new cell phones, they lined up for the launch of new video games. And in fine fanboy tradition, Los Angeles' hardcore showed up for the midnight launch of Konami's long-awaited Metal Gear Solid 4 -- all for the chance to buy the game the minute it went on sale, and to have it signed by some of the game's creators. The 400-odd person line stretched ...

Do you ever wish you could find out how an offer you've received at a new job compares to other salaries in the company? Or what what other companies are paying for the same position? Wouldn't you like to hear about management styles and working environment before you sign on the dotted line? The just-launched Glassdoor.com offers you the chance to see what salaries at various companies are like ...

Today, the Tech Wizard of Oz lifted the curtain to unveil the new T-Mobile Samsung t819 cellular phone. Equipped with wireless, stereo Bluetooth technology, the t819 sings its own praises with features like a 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture capability, an MP3 player and a micro SD slot for a maximum of 2-gigabytes (GB) of removable memory. A slider phone that weighs in just shy of 3.5 ...