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Can’t create new folder in Windows 7

Lai Tran — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:39:39 +0000

Download the following files from the link below make sure you right click and do a “save link as…”. Run with “Administrative privileges. Please click “Continue” when the User Account Control dialog-box appears”. http://www.techlabseattle.com/uploads/noNewFolder.reg Hopefully this fix the issue. Lai Tran

Check out this drip: Samsung says Galaxy S 4 software bloat may be trimmed with new firmware

Lai Tran — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:31:04 +0000

Samsung says Galaxy S 4 software bloat may be trimmed with new firmware http://drippler.com/updates/share/samsung-says-galaxy-s-4-software-bloat-may-be-trimmed-new-firmware Via j.mp/getDrippler

Microsoft Apparently Planning to Unveil 8-Inch Surface Tablet in…

Lai Tran — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:21 +0000

Microsoft Apparently Planning to Unveil 8-Inch Surface Tablet in June
J. Glenn Künzler, mactrast.com

Microsoft has long been rumored to be working on a 7-inch version of its Surface tablet, as numerous previous reports have echoed time and time again. According to a recent report from the sometimes-accurate DigiTimes, however, Microsoft…

Microsoft Apparently Planning to Unveil 8-Inch Surface Tablet in…

Lai Tran — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:16 +0000

Microsoft Apparently Planning to Unveil 8-Inch Surface Tablet in June
J. Glenn Künzler, mactrast.com

Microsoft has long been rumored to be working on a 7-inch version of its Surface tablet, as numerous previous reports have echoed time and time again. According to a recent report from the sometimes-accurate DigiTimes, however, Microsoft…

Microsoft Apparently Planning to Unveil 8-Inch Surface Tablet in…

Lai Tran — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:16 +0000

Microsoft Apparently Planning to Unveil 8-Inch Surface Tablet in June
J. Glenn Künzler, mactrast.com

Microsoft has long been rumored to be working on a 7-inch version of its Surface tablet, as numerous previous reports have echoed time and time again. According to a recent report from the sometimes-accurate DigiTimes, however, Microsoft…

BrandYourself Upgrades Its Online Reputation Tools With A…

Lai Tran — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:39:30 +0000

BrandYourself Upgrades Its Online Reputation Tools With A Full-Service Concierge Feature
Anthony Ha, techcrunch.com

BrandYourself is expanding its efforts to take on the big names in the online reputation market (particularly Reputation.com) with the launch of a new version of its service.

The company started out as a fairly simple self-serv…

BrandYourself Upgrades Its Online Reputation Tools With A…

Lai Tran — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:39:26 +0000

BrandYourself Upgrades Its Online Reputation Tools With A Full-Service Concierge Feature
Anthony Ha, techcrunch.com

BrandYourself is expanding its efforts to take on the big names in the online reputation market (particularly Reputation.com) with the launch of a new version of its service.

The company started out as a fairly simple self-serv…

Android Powers Almost 60% Of All Mobile Devices Sold, iOS Just…

Lai Tran — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:04:23 +0000

Android Powers Almost 60% Of All Mobile Devices Sold, iOS Just 19.3%
Killian Bell, cultofmac.com

Android doesn’t look like it’s about to lose any of its market share to competing platforms any time soon. During the first quarter of 2013, Google’s platform powered a whipping 59.9% of all smart mobile devices sold as total shipments h…

PayPal wants to get rid of passwords in favor of biometric…

Lai Tran — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:00:27 +0000

PayPal wants to get rid of passwords in favor of biometric security
Craig Lloyd, slashgear.com

While passwords are the way of the land on the internet, PayPal’s chief information security officer Michael Barrett says that passwords and PINs are obsolete and we need a new standard for security on computers and the internet. Barrett thinks th…

In 2013, the keys to Android are still held by the carriers By…

Lai Tran — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:01:02 +0000

In 2013, the keys to Android are still held by the carriers
By Dieter Bohn, theverge.com

This year’s flagships, the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4, are locked down

Just under two years ago, HTC’s CEO responded to public pressure by making an equally public promise: “We will no longer be locking the bootloaders on our devices…