Huge data breach hits Google, Hotmail, and Yahoo
According to a report by CNET UK, thousands of login credentials for Hotmail, Yahoo, and Google accounts have been stolen and posted online. Since Google accounts also allow access to Blogger, YouTube, Google Docs and Google Talk accounts, the potential data breach is huge as are the possible repercussions. Google… Continue Reading »
Google blames misrouted traffic for outage; how to weather future ones
According to their official blog, Google says this morning’s outage was caused by a “system error” that rerouted some traffic through Asia, causing a traffic jam. The bottleneck resulted in GMail, Blogger, and Google itself loading slowly and in some cases being totally unavailable. Anyone on Twitter knows it caused… Continue Reading »
Gadgetell Resolution: Get heard with a blog
Tired of being a consumer of content? Maybe this year you want to produce content. How do you want to get your voice heard? This could be your time to start blogging. There are lots of options out there, so here’s an overview of some of the easiest ways to… Continue Reading »
Who’s On Crack in tech: 11.14.08 edition
This is where we call out the tech moves that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin’ crack. This week sees posturing, positioning and flat out insanity. Can you hear the drum beating for Black Friday? It is getting nuts in here! Here is what caught… Continue Reading »
Be famous! (aka: blog for Gadgetell)
We are looking for a few new writers and figured that there may be no better place to look for gear-heads than on Gadgetell itself. With our recent rapid growth we are in need of additional writers to provide regular, high quality, content for the site. To make the cut… Continue Reading »
Despite high price tags Cubans line-up to purchase first legal computers
It was just a little over a month ago now that the Cuban Government decided to begin easing up on restrictions with electronics, namely computers, and as we have already seen Cuba citizens lining up for cell phones, the same is happening with computers. Reports of “more than a dozen… Continue Reading »
Tightly controlled Internet access does not stop Cuban bloggers
The Internet access while tightly controlled does not seem to be stopping Cuban bloggers from telling their story. Computers have just recently became legal for Cuban citizens to own and even with the hard to come by Internet access many are turning towards the web to share their story. Some… Continue Reading »
Recently blocked Cuban blog wins Spanish digital journalism prize
Its always nice to see a happy outcome, a Cuban blogger, who recently had her own site blocked by the Cuban government has won an award for that very site. Yoani Sanchez who writes the Generacion Y blog as a journal of her daily life in Cuba was given the… Continue Reading »
Cuban blog gets blocked by Cuban authorities, Internet access is still very much limited
It was just a few short weeks ago that the good news came about how the Cuban government was beginning to ease up a little by allowing their people sales of computers and video players. While they may be allowed to purchase (assuming they can afford one) a computer, it… Continue Reading »
Blogging company, Performancing, is entering the advertising market
Performancing, the popular blogger portal, is now offering an all new services to add to its existing line of services that include job board, blog posting add on for Firefox and a forum for people to discuss blogging at large. They are now set to offer advertising through their existing… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.


