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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120911_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Did you notice that quite a few websites were unavailable during the day on Monday? You weren’t alone.  GoDaddy, one of the largest web hosts and the largest domain registrar, was hacked, allegedly by a member of the hacker group Anonymous.  GoDaddy hosts millions of websites, and Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120910_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Is big brother watching too closely? Privacy groups fear it might be, with improvements and use of facial recognition technology on the rise. As part of a long overdue update to the national fingerprint database, the FBI has started to roll out a 1 billion dollar facial Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120907_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Amazon has announced a slew of new Kindles and there’s one for every need. First there’s the cheapest Kindle ever, the updated basic model, which has improved text, new fonts and at 69 bucks is ten dollars cheaper than its predecessor. Next, there’s the Kindle Paperwhite, which Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120906_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] And so it’s begun… the wave of Fall product announcements kicked off with new phones from Nokia and Motorola.  Together with Windows, Nokia unveiled the Lumia 920 and it’s cheaper sibling, the Nokia 820. The phones will be the first with the new Windows 8 operating system. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120905_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The hacker group AntiSec has released 1 million Apple unique device identifiers, or UDIDs. It says it has 11 million more, and correlating personal information, ripped from an FBI computer.  In most instances it’s pretty harmless for someone to have your UDID. The concern is the information Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120904_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] In just a few short days, Apple will announce the iPhone 5. You know what that means: it’s time for a rumor roundup. Here’s what’s been said about the device so far: it will almost certainly have a larger, higher resolution screen then previous iPhone models. The Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120903_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] I don’t like to discuss religion or politics in polite company. It’s pointless. Both subjects provoke passionate lectures espousing personal worldviews, and minds are seldom, if ever, changed. But … after watching some of the speeches at the Republican National Convention last week, and switching between pundit Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120831_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Brands on social media platforms are trying harder to get your attention every day and Twitter and Facebook have announced some new products to lend them a hand. Twitter has unveiled “interest targeting” a product that lets advertisers get promoted tweets out to a larger audience.  In Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120830_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The IFA consumer electronics conference is in full swing and Samsung and Sony have made some huge product announcements. Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note II, which has a 5.5-inch screen, making it the largest smartphone ever released and one of the most powerful. It also announced the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120829_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google’s home page is the world’s number one visited website. That also makes it the number one place in the world to advertise. Despite this, Google is usually kind enough to leave its home page blank and uncomplicated save for the search bar and a Google Doodle.  Continue Reading →