Damn... I need to become a painter. WOW!!! 

Updated for the masses.... 

With Skype’s free software – by the way, it works seamlessly with your internet connection – you can chat away with free Skype-to-Skype calls and never worry about cost, time or distance. Share the love and get your friends to download Skype so you can talk, chat or make video calls for nothing. You can also make local, long distance and international calls to phones and mobiles at great rates too. 

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Not a FF fan, but my kids are and they read this site from time to time so this is for them. 

The next great installment in the Final Fantasy series has dropped to the press, and the reviews are in. First, there’s no great update here, folks, or at least that’s what they’re saying. On the other hand, should a person jump in on the series from this point without having played such classics as Final Fantasy VII, there may be some enjoyment to be had. Have a peek at the opinions dropping across the web on this Square Enix-made game, and decide for yourself whether it’ll be worth your cash to pick a time-traveling RPG with the big FF on it again! 

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Gmail Man? WTH is Gmail Man? Lets all learn together. 

Google's new privacy policy hasn't gone unnoticed, since sparking some controversy about how much the search giant will know about you.

Microsoft has seen this as a prime opportunity to pounce on the offensive, kicking up some dirt towards Google's way in a new ad campaign. Through its social media channels, however, Microsoft has catapulted mud straight towards Google. 

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Bitchen... right? 

Windows Phone 8 will be based on the same kernel as Windows 8, and will support multicore processors, NFC, and full device encryption according to a leaked video seen by PocketNow. This in turn inspired Paul Thurrott to reveal a little more about the software too. In the video intended only for internal consumption by Microsoft and its partners, Joe Belfiore, director of the Windows Phone program, describes the extensive features that Windows Phone 8, codenamed "Apollo," will contain.

Addressing widespread concerns about Windows Phone's mid-range hardware specification, Apollo will support processors with up to four cores, four different (and unspecified) screen resolutions, NFC for contactless payment, and removable microSD storage.

In a move that will make Windows Phone a better option for enterprise users, Windows Phone 8 will include full device encryption, based on the same technology as desktop Windows' BitLocker encryption. Apollo will sport richer support for Exchange ActiveSync policies, and Systems Center inventorying and management. There will also be greater support for private deployment of custom line-of-business applications. 

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About time... 

Google engineers have unveiled a cloud-based service that scours the Android Market for malicious smartphone apps.

Bouncer, as the scanner is called, automatically checks each title in the Google app bazaar to make sure it doesn't match signatures of known malware, Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice president of Android Engineering, told Ars. It also looks for clues that apps contain surreptitiously abusive behavior by running them through a system that simulates an Android device. The scan happens when developers first upload an app to the Market and then periodically after that. 

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During a commercial airline flight an experienced Air Force Fighter Pilot was seated next to a young mother with a babe in arms. When the baby began crying during the descent for landing, the mother began nursing the infant as discreetly as possible.

The pilot pretended not to notice, and, upon disembarking, he gallantly offered his assistance to help with the various baby-related items.

When the young mother expressed her gratitude, the pilot responded, "Gosh, that's a good looking baby, and he sure has a good appetite!"

Somewhat embarrassed, the mother explained that her pediatrician said that the time spent on the breast would help alleviate the pressure in the baby's ears.

The Air Force Pilot sadly shook his head, and in true pilot fashion exclaimed, "And all these years, I've been chewing gum."

A botnet that was crippled by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab last September is spamming once again and experts have no recourse to stop it.

The Kelihos botnet only infected 45,000 or so computers but managed to send out nearly 4 billion spam messages a day, promoting, among other things, pornography, illegal pharmaceuticals and stock scams.

But it was temporarily corralled last September after researchers used various technical means to get the 45,000 or so infected computers to communicate with a "sinkhole," or a computer they controlled.

But the computers that comprised Kelihos were still infected with its code. Researchers knew that it would only be a matter of time before its controller used the botnet's complex infrastructure of proxy servers and communication nodes to regain control.

In fact, it happened shortly after the researchers intervened. Sinkholing the botnet was only a temporary solution.

PC World has the article HERE!

Microsoft has now officially extended its Kinect motion gesture and voice control to the PC. After releasing PC beta SDKs that worked with the Xbox 360 version of the device, Microsoft today launched the official Kinect for Windows product along with the 1.0 version of the Kinect for Windows SDK and runtime files.

As previously announced, the Kinect for Windows device is priced at $249, which is $100 more than the current Xbox 360 version. Microsoft has already said the lower price of the Xbox 360 model is "subsidized by consumers buying a number of Kinect games, subscribing to Xbox LIVE, and making other transactions associated with the Xbox 360 ecosystem." Microsoft will later sell the Kinect for Windows version for $149 but only for qualified educational organizations.

The 1.0 SDK and runtime files for Kinect for Windows have a number of improvements compared to the previous beta versions.

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