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It has been a few weeks since Roku officially announced the Channel Store, but it looks like that wait has come to an end. Well, almost to an end. The official availability is that the Channel Store will come as a free update and be rolled out to “all existing… Continue Reading »

AT&T has, by way of Facebook, made the white BlackBerry Bold 9000 official.  Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to find anything in terms of a press release to accompany the Facebook announcement which means the details are pretty non-existent as of now. So far what we have is;… Continue Reading »

Facebook’s messaging system is widely used and very convenient, but it’s also got some serious security flaws as far as privacy is concerned.  Let’s take a look: Even non friends can message you. The site’s default is to allow anyone, even those not on your friends list, to message you. … Continue Reading »

If you are a developer, you better watch the content you post on Facebook or else you could be on the receiving end of a Secret Service investigation.  This has occurred after a third party application was pulled that allowed users to create Facebook polls.  A recent poll that was… Continue Reading »

A TechCrunch 50 finalist, Threadsy is a compelling way to consolidate communication.  I’ve been using Threadsy for the past week instead of GMail and the results have been impressive.  Here is how Threadsy might make your life easier.  Let’s take a look at “Inbound.”  In the left pane, email is… Continue Reading »

There have been quite a few security issues in the news this past week.  Let’s take a look at some of the top stories:  Hackers wasted no time in exploiting the release of the much anticipated MMS functionality for the iPhone.  AT&T finally made it available on Friday (September 25,… Continue Reading »

Hackers don’t just break into networks to steal.  Sometimes their intent is much more sinister, as an Arizona woman found out.  While Debbie Lee was camping 100 miles away from home someone hacked into her Facebook account and began flooding her status updates with suicidal comments such as “I don’t… Continue Reading »

Facebook has finally admitted what it users have known for awhile now: the site’s broken.  Complaints about logins being denied, status messages being wiped, chat not working, cryptic “endpoint” errors and disappearing content abound.  Until Monday, Facebook had been ignoring bug reports and comments posted to its official page and… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover HP’s new line of computers including the DreamScreen, a digital book outsells hardcover version, Facebook tops 300 Million users, Microsoft fumbles with the Zune again, and Android is picking up steam. Continue Reading »

The lure of Facebook has once again proven to get the better of someone.  That said, I do want to point out that you could really switch “Facebook” for any other big name site and this deals more with the stupidity of the person involved, but it is still a… Continue Reading »