Well, here we are. More than four years after launching, Switched and DownloadSquad are unfortunately being closed. I’ve been thrilled to work at these two sites that have expanded tech coverage beyond the usual gadgets and social networks to cook…
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Angry Birds Rio for Symbian lands in Nokia’s Ovi Store
Posted by Vlad Bobleanta on April 12th, 2011
Angry Birds is one franchise that sure gives new meaning to the word cross-platform. Angry Birds Rio, the latest installment in the bird-slinging series from Rovio Mobile, is now available in Nokia’s Ovi Store, ready to fly to your Symbian device. Angr…
Kindlebility sends Web pages from your computer to your Kindle
Posted by Vlad Bobleanta on April 12th, 2011
Kindlebility is a bookmarklet that can send any Web page you’re viewing to your Kindle. Kindlebility will format the websites so that viewing them on the Kindle isn’t a pain. Once you’ve set it up (more on that in a moment), Kindlebility only requires …
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Tags: Amazon Kindle, Bookmarklet, Internet, Utilities, Web 
Comments OffAuslogics Disk Defrag 3.2 gets smarter, faster
Posted by Lee Mathews on April 12th, 2011
Auslogics Disk Defrag has been part of my system maintenance toolkit for quite some time. With the release of version 3.2, it’s now even better at tidying up and optimizing your system’s hard disk drives. In addition to a cleaner, easier-to-use in…
Posted in Download Squad, Other Tags: Apps, Auslogics, Defragment, Disk Defrag, Hard Drive, Harddrive, Utilities, Windows Comments OffWindows 8 App Store images leaked?
Posted by Lee Mathews on April 11th, 2011
Windows 8 images continue to leak onto the Internet, despite Microsoft’s wallpaper-based pleas to those with access to the early releases. Today’s installment courtesy CNBeta shows the upcoming Windows App Store, which will likely feature prominentl…
YouTube Live now streaming select partners in real time
Posted by Lee Mathews on April 11th, 2011
Not content with limiting its dominance in streaming uploaded videos, YouTube is now ready to take on competitors like Justin.TV and Ustream. The new YouTube Live service is being rolled out to select YouTube partners and will enable real-time bro…
New Firefox Nightly and Aurora logos unearthed, and how to enable channel switching
Posted by Sebastian Anthony on April 11th, 2011
Later today, Firefox will undergo its biggest developmental upheaval ever. Mozilla-central, the source of nightly builds, will be renumbered to version 5 — and at long last, after years of wallowing around version 1, Mozilla’s rendering and layout …
Google Chrome now uses SPDY HTTP replacement, halves page load time
Posted by Sebastian Anthony on April 11th, 2011
We’re not entirely sure of the time line here, but it looks like Google has now rolled out the SPDY HTTP replacement to its full bevy of Web services, including Gmail, Docs, and YouTube. If you’re currently using Google’s Chrome browser you’re pro…
You can now rent Adobe Photoshop for $35 per month, CS 5.5 available soon
Posted by Sebastian Anthony on April 11th, 2011
Rejoice! No longer will you have to fork over $700 for a Photoshop CS5 license! Adobe has unveiled a new subscription scheme where you can rent the entire Creative Suite, or individual packages, by the month, or for an entire year.
Adobe Photoshop …
Posted in Download Squad, Other Tags: Adobe, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Apps, Creative Suite, Cs5, Nav, Windows Comments OffUltrasn0w 1.2.1 carrier unlock now available for jailbroken iPhones running iOS 4.3.1
Posted by Samuel Gibbs on April 11th, 2011
Anyone who relies on a carrier unlock to use their iPhone on another GSM carrier, can now take the iOS 4.3.1 plunge thanks to ultrasn0w 1.2.1. The iPhone Dev-Team have worked their magic to make ultrasn0w functional once again for the iPhone 4 (GSM), 3…
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