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Apple just announcement, iPhone OS 3.0 is on the way. Mark your calendars for March 17th, 10am PST (1pm EST). Apple promises sneak peak at the new OS, as well as a look at a brand new version of the SDK for developers. Apple's calling this an "advance preview of what we're building," so you shoul...

Google acquired a company called GrandCentral in July of 2007 and now Google will leverage that technology by launching Google Voice. Google Voice promises one central phone number to rule all your phone numbers and provide the following features. Google number - One number for all your calls and...

Apple released a new, and smaller, iPod Shuffle this morning, changing the design by removing the controllers from the unit itself and placing them into the cord of the headphones. They also doubled the storage capacity moving it to 4GB, which would be appoximately 1000 songs. One feature that's ...

In extreme geeky news Samsungs Marketing team recently linked 24 of the company's 256GB SSD drives together in a RAID in an effort to make the fast SSD drives even faster. The system actually reaches transfer speeds of 2GBps and... • All of Microsoft Office opens in .5 seconds. • 53 programs from...

A person who eats, sleeps and lives computers. Programmers are often refered to as geeks. Geek can also imply that a person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby, and becomes prideful of his/her knowledge in that area of expertise. This defines the Geeks at Apex Effect. We ar...

Since it's release Boxee has generated a fair amount of news, especially lately with the flack regarding Hulu content. In the end Boxee promises that on a laptop or connected to an HDTV, Boxee give you a true entertainment experience to enjoy movies, TV shows, music and photos. It also streams co...

Many people use Outlook and Outlet Express but development of these mail clients have been slow and may cause security issues. There are other mail clients available that have more features and possibly provide more security. Thunderbird - Created by the Mozilla foundation, also the creators of F...

Well, it finally happened. After years of avoiding digital formats the Beatles first releases their music on iTunes and now MTV Games and Harmonix have just announced a partnership with Apple Corps, Ltd. to bring the band's music and instruments to Rock Band. According to the Press Release, the g...

HotSpot is a term used to describe a physical area that provides wireless internet connectivity. Hotspots are typically free and open to the public, several coffee shops and airports now provide HotSpots. Hotspots have become popular for some establishments since it's a way lure customers into th...

Apple today release a product line refresh for their iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro machines. Apples most popular desktop machine, the new iMac has four models ranging in price from $1199 to $2199. The base unit consists of a 20" monitor and a 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo and 2GB memory while on the higher en...