<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Software - Communications Software]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:27:43 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Software - Communications Software]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[Rival Publishers Collaborate on iTunes-type Store]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iTunes-TIME-Publishers-Magazines-Digital,news-5204.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iTunes-TIME-Publishers-Magazines-Digital,news-5204.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:40:00 CET Various publishers are coming together to create an online, iTunes-like company that will sell digital magazines to multiple devices.]]> <![CDATA[Godfather of Spam Slapped with 4-Year Sentence]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/godfather-Spam-Ralsky-Stocks-Detroit,news-5191.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/godfather-Spam-Ralsky-Stocks-Detroit,news-5191.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:10:01 CET The self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam" was sentenced to over four yeas in prison.]]> <![CDATA[Facebook Worm Sends Users to Porn]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Worm-Porn-Wall-AVG,news-5192.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Worm-Porn-Wall-AVG,news-5192.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:10:01 CET Facebook is infected with a porn worm, and apparently it's spreading rather quick.]]> <![CDATA[eBay Finally Closes Skype Deal]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/eBay-Skype-Sale-Close-Final,news-5159.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/eBay-Skype-Sale-Close-Final,news-5159.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:00 CET eBay has officially sold Skype.]]> <![CDATA[Electronic Pen Gets Its Own App Store]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/livescribe-pulse-smartpen,news-5149.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/livescribe-pulse-smartpen,news-5149.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:40:00 CET Straight from the "We wish we were kidding" department.]]> <![CDATA[Google Latitude Reports Where You've Been]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Latitude-Alrts-Location-Internet,news-5101.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Latitude-Alrts-Location-Internet,news-5101.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:10:01 CET A new feature in Google Latitude keeps a history of where you've been.]]> <![CDATA[Second Life ''Enterprise'' Now Testing at IBM, Navy]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Second-Life-firewall-IBM-Intel,news-5034.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Second-Life-firewall-IBM-Intel,news-5034.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:40:00 CET Linden Labs announced an Enterprise, "behind-the-firewall" version of Second Life.]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft: Speech Will Be The Next ''Touch'']]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Speech-Touch-Windows-PC,news-5010.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Speech-Touch-Windows-PC,news-5010.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:40:00 CET Microsoft thinks that the next evolution of the PC will incorporate "voice."]]> <![CDATA[Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6 Beta]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Mozilla-Firefox-Beta-Internet-Browser,news-5009.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Mozilla-Firefox-Beta-Internet-Browser,news-5009.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:30:02 CET We're really digging the new Firefox 3.6 Beta!]]> <![CDATA[Play RPG Games Using Google Wave?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Wave-RPG-Games-Shadowrun,news-4989.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Wave-RPG-Games-Shadowrun,news-4989.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:20:01 CET Gamers are already using Google Wave to play role-playing games.]]> <![CDATA[Google Adds Turn-by-Turn Navigation for Android]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-android-navigation-maps-gps,news-4974.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-android-navigation-maps-gps,news-4974.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:31:01 CET Google today announced Maps Navigation, a turn by turn navigation application for Android 2.0. ]]> <![CDATA[Public Firefox 3.6 Beta Expected Tomorrow]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Firefox-Mozilla-Internet-Browser-Beta,news-4967.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Firefox-Mozilla-Internet-Browser-Beta,news-4967.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:30:00 CET The public version of the firefox 3.6 beta hit the Internet tomorrow, bringing new features and a huge speed boost.]]> <![CDATA[Comcast Entering 3G/4G Wireless Data Market]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Comcast-wireless-Data-4G-3G,news-4934.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Comcast-wireless-Data-4G-3G,news-4934.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:00 CEST Comcast has launched its 3G/4G wireless service, covering users both local and nationwide.]]> <![CDATA[The CIA is Monitoring Your Tweets]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/CIA-Social-Media-Monitoring-Internet,news-4911.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/CIA-Social-Media-Monitoring-Internet,news-4911.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:00:00 CEST The CIA has dumped money into a firm that specializes in monitoring social media.]]> <![CDATA[Adobe: Jobs Don't Know His iPhone]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Adobe-Apple-iPhone-Flash-Jobs,news-4816.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Adobe-Apple-iPhone-Flash-Jobs,news-4816.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:40:00 CEST Adobe pokes fun at Steve Jobs' comment that Flash can't run on the iPhone.]]> <![CDATA[AT&T Green Lights VoIP Apps for 3G, iPhone]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-Apple-iPhone-VoIP-3G,news-4799.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-Apple-iPhone-VoIP-3G,news-4799.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:10:00 CEST iPhone owners can now use VoIP applications on AT&T's 3G network.]]> <![CDATA[Warning: Hotmail Passwords Leaked Online]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows-Live-hotmail-Hacked-Phishing,news-4790.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows-Live-hotmail-Hacked-Phishing,news-4790.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:10:00 CEST Over ten thousand Hotmail account details have been published online.]]> <![CDATA[Al Qaeda Wars Social Game Uses Google Maps]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Google-Maps-Game-Qaeda,news-4772.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Google-Maps-Game-Qaeda,news-4772.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:41:02 CEST <![CDATA[Steve Ballmer Trashes Chrome OS, Safari]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Ballmer-Microsoft-Apple-Google-Chrome,news-4767.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Ballmer-Microsoft-Apple-Google-Chrome,news-4767.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[AT&T: Stop Texting Behind the Wheel!]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-Texting-Driving-Campaign-Stephenson,news-4749.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-Texting-Driving-Campaign-Stephenson,news-4749.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 CEST AT&T wants you to keep your fingers on the wheel, not the smartphone keypad.]]> <![CDATA[IRS Scam: World's Biggest Email Virus Problem]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IRS-Scam-Zeus-Trojan-e-Mail,news-4738.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IRS-Scam-Zeus-Trojan-e-Mail,news-4738.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:20:00 CEST Have you gotten the "Notice of Underreported Income" email? Yeah, so has everyone else.]]> <![CDATA[Secret Service Investigating Facebook Poll]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Secret-Service-Obama-Poll-Facebook,news-4741.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Secret-Service-Obama-Poll-Facebook,news-4741.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:50:02 CEST Some nutball created a possible threatening poll, and now the Secret Service is checking out the situation.]]> <![CDATA[Sega: PS2, Dreamcast Titles Coming to PSN]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Sega-Sony-PlayStation-Emulator-Dreamcast,news-4705.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Sega-Sony-PlayStation-Emulator-Dreamcast,news-4705.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:41:00 CEST <![CDATA[MIT Students Invent 'Gaydar' Software]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/MIT-project-gaydar-facebook,news-4696.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/MIT-project-gaydar-facebook,news-4696.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:40:00 CEST Is your friends list letting the cat out of the bag when it comes to your sexuality?]]> <![CDATA[FCC: Wired and Wireless Should Be Equal]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/FCC-Chairman-Internet-Wireless-Broadband,news-4695.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/FCC-Chairman-Internet-Wireless-Broadband,news-4695.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:50:00 CEST <![CDATA[Google Calls Apple a Liar; Apple Responds]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Google-App-FCC-AT-T,news-4682.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Google-App-FCC-AT-T,news-4682.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:20:00 CEST It's a cat fight between Apple and Google. Meowr!]]> <![CDATA[Skype Founders File Copyright Suit Against eBay]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype-Ebay-Copyright-Lawsuit,news-4668.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype-Ebay-Copyright-Lawsuit,news-4668.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:01:00 CEST Skype and eBay are in the news again this week as a result of a copyright infringement suit filed by the founders of the VoIP company. ]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Scientists Create Touchable Hologram]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Touchable-hologram-Japanese-Scientists-Leia,news-4666.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Touchable-hologram-Japanese-Scientists-Leia,news-4666.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:10:00 CEST Japanese scientists figured out a way to add feelings to holograms, but without the emotional baggage.]]> <![CDATA[Cell Phones Cause Rotting Brains... Again]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Cell-Phones-Cancer-Brain-Research,news-4658.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Cell-Phones-Cancer-Brain-Research,news-4658.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:20:00 CEST More talk about cell phones causing cancer are heating back up, however researchers need more time to study.]]> <![CDATA[Voice Chat Coming To Facebook]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Vivok-Voice-Chat-Warcraft,news-4657.html#xtor=RSS-211528 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Vivok-Voice-Chat-Warcraft,news-4657.html#xtor=RSS-211528 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:10:00 CEST Vivox is bringing voice chat to Facebook and World of Warcraft pick-up groups.]]>