November 11, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Computers, Sci/Tech News
Gmail storage increased 8-fold
October 26, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Sci/Tech News
Twitter finds a way to monetize its stream
October 22, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Sci/Tech News
Teaming up with iLike and Lala to add music streams to search
October 18, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Sci/Tech News
Google’s commitment to open means all devices are welcome.
September 21, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Sci/Tech News
Someone has to be lying.
September 19, 2009 by Ryan Cloutier
Filed under Business
More like Jerry Springer…
September 17, 2009 by Ryan Cloutier
Filed under Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology
Google tries to monetize webzine’s stories, presenting previews for readers
September 2, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Filed under Computers, Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology, The Magazine
Stock soars on news
July 8, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology
Google’s march toward world domination continues
June 5, 2009 by Eddie Makuch
Filed under Gaming, Gaming News
In commemoration of the game’s 25th anniversary, Google does what they do.
June 4, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology, Website profiles
When you’re looking for a single fact or answer to something, a straight up Google search is probably your best approach. But what if you’re more interested in, say, a set of facts? Well you have two recently launched tools to help you untangle the web of information available.
Launched last month to much fanfare (but, [...]
June 3, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology, Website profiles
Of course, to “google” something has become synonymous with the mere act of searching something on the Internet, but that hasn’t stopped other companies from developing their search programs. Last week, Microsoft rebranded their Live.com search engine as the curiously titled Bing. How does it hold up?
After a few matched test searches, Bing is a [...]
May 29, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Filed under Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology, Website profiles
Google thinks it has the next email; we take a look at the preview.
March 1, 2009 by Liane Blanchette
Filed under Computers, Sci/Tech News, Science and Technology, The Issue, The Magazine, Website profiles
Archives provide endless amounts of information about virtually any topic, but who wants to sit in a stuffy library or even worse, library basement, looking through record after record to find what you’re looking for.
The world wide web has revolutionized they way we do things today, and that includes archiving. Now with a simple search [...]
October 4, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Internal News
Even with the popular “search everything” plugin, we’ve decided to move off the WordPress search feature and implement Google’s AdSense-based Custom Search.
The same search bar you see up top is now programmed for the Google Custom Search. Go to it!
The best thing about Custom Search is that it allows us to not only [...]
September 17, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Filed under Business, Computers, Quickies, Science and Technology, The Magazine
While the rest of the economy may be in the tank, Adobe’s earnings beat expectations.
Tuesday, Adobe said it earned 50 cents per share in its fiscal third quarter, which ended August 29. That beat Wall Street’s expectations of 46 cents per share and its own estimates of 39 to 41 cents per share.
Revenue climbed 4 [...]
August 18, 2008 by Roger Gude
Filed under Electronics, Science and Technology
Apple’s iPhone has been dominating the handheld market since its release last June, I’m sure you’ve heard. Since then, it has been tough for other companies like Samsung to get people talking.
On November 5, the Open Handset Alliance was created. This alliance, consisting of 34 hardware, software and telecommunications companies was founded with the collective [...]
February 1, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Computers, Science and Technology
Microsoft announced Friday their decision to offer to buy Yahoo!, taking all outstanding shares for $31 each in what would be a monster $44.6 billion deal. It would be a 62 percent bonus to shareholders holding a stock valued at under $20 Thursday.
Yahoo’s stock soared in early trading Friday, up over 50 percent at [...]
December 20, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Computers, Science and Technology
Almost 400,000 members of Google’s social networking site, Orkut, were victimized by a new spam worm spreading around the site, said McAfee’s Avert Labs.
“While the worm doesn’t appear to harm users’ PCs, it does impact their profile and spread from friend to friend,” said McAfee. “This virus will add the user to a community called [...]


