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The mobile phone business is one that moves rapidly with updated models coming out frequently. People can have the latest gadgets, the latest upgrades, and the latest new model, but it won’t last for long because only months later a newer version will have already been released. For those people who want to stay on the cutting edge of technology, this can be quite costly.
You may have recently noticed just how many companies are offering to trade-in or recycle old mobile phones, giving you a cash sum in return for your old phone – both in working or broken condition. If you are wondering why these companies can offer this service, the answer could lie in the amount of gold found in a mobile phone.
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Basics of SEO are the same they were a few years back. Looking at the basics not much has changed, but out of the many things that remained the same one sticks out, and that is the failure to learn proper SEO implementation, which is one of the most important parts when starting up a website. Tips that we will cover in this post can be used by beginners planning to start a website or already established brands looking to improve their online presence.
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When purchasing a new mobile phone we are faced with the dilemma of choosing between a post-paid service (such as a contract or cap plan) or a pre-paid offer.
This article is part two of two covering blog hacking for Security Month, a month-long look in the importance of security. You can read the previous part (one dealing with prevention) here. Part Two covers what to do after your blog just got hacked. Enjoy!
This article is part one of two covering blog hacking for Security Month, a month-long look in the importance of security. Part two covers what to do when hacked, while this will focus on covering how to prevent your blog from getting hacked.
ANALYSIS: Talking about the decline of any product would be as hard as talking about its success in the market. There cannot be any product in the market that is launched predicting its downfall. Every new launch is made after a thorough study, design, testing and other necessary routines.
This article is part of Security Month, a month-long TECHGEEK.com.au initiative to have a look at the security industry and the entire subject as a whole.
This guest post was written by Catalin Cosoi, BitDefender senior antispam researcher.
Today Skype announced a remarkable step up in the world of video calling. The latest version of Skype is going to suport HD video calling which can be received at up to 720p, Skype has also announced plans to embed the software into televisions that are ‘internet-ready’. Surprisingly this significant upgrade doesn’t come with much of a cost to the end-user, the new FV TouchCam N1 HD webcamera being available in early Feburary 2010 at just $69 without a microphone and $99 with. Skype estimates that the software will run fine on a computer with atleast a 1.8GHz processor & Skype 4.2 BETA. All webcams will be available to purchase in the Skype Shop shortly after release.
The team over at TECHGEEK.com.au wishes everyone a Happy New Year for 2009, and a welcome to the end of a turbulent year of 2008. If you haven’t noticed; TECHGEEK.com.au has had several Year In Review posts during the past six hours, and I hope you do read them. If you missed them, here are the links:
This post was written by Tom Wood (you know, the guy who cracked the porn filter last year). Orignally posted on his blog, The Wood Verdict, I have been given permission to repost it here on TECHGEEK.com.au. This content has been edited style-wise, and all (well, most) of the content has been preserved.
A teenage girl in India has killed herself on Wednesday after fearing that the LHC in Switzerland would bring the end of the world. She drank pesticide after watching the doomsday predictions son Indian news programs. She later died in hospital.
The Galactic Throne is a custom built seat made from steel and leather, and it is obviously looking like a sci-fi command chair, with padding like the Dark Lord. And you can have it for US$5,500. But hey, you can act like a total wacky space dictator controlling the Seven Stars of crap.
It is Sunday and it is time to bring you the news from TECHGEEK, The Journal and GamesArena in one whole blog post. If you haven’t realised by now, TECHGEEK has a brand new design – called Crystalline (Blue). You can read more by Terence Huynh, the Editor in Chief and Lead Designer for the ambitious project.
This week has been a very slow news reporting time again – since GamesArena feels abandoned. If you like GamesArena, you should save it by writing news!!!! (Looks at Jay)
Anyway, here is what happened in our network this week: