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By this time next year, people in the European Union who buy a new mobile phone will be enjoying the first universal phone charger that will work across brands. As we reported back in February, it was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain that mobile phone manufacturers have agreed to a plan to make Article originally published by StarterTech.com Universal Phone Charger Release ... Full story

Earlier today, Adam Ostrow noticed a trending topic on Twitter, and on further investigation, it was as a direct result of an MLM marketer’s efforts to cash in on the perceived naïveté of Twitter: It might be starting to sound like a broken record, but the issue of Twitter trending topic spam continues to be Full story

I always knew electricity and computers don’t mix well, but static electricity is a pain in the behind also. As I mentioned the other day in my post on the Kirksville Tornado, when I returned to my office that evening, we began having a computer problem.  My primary computer is a Dell Vostro 200 mini-tower, under Article originally published by StarterTech.com Static Electricity And Your ... Full story

Could the mysterious new Microsoft product be some sort of Zune HD? Rumors have been circulating around for some time now in regards to whatever is next for the Zune brand at Microsoft.  While much Full story

To say the the American armed forces use of social media and blogging has been schizophrenic is at least a bit of an understatement. While the Generals are encourage to take up the blogging mantle for the Armed Forces the men and women in the trenches have been muffled at the best of times. Full story

Justin Timberlake returned for his third time hosting Saturday Night Live, and, well, “Dick In A Box” got a sequel. This is the first time Timberlake has returned to host since we got the infamous “Dick In A Box” sketch that caused such a stir.  I really didn’t know if they would try to do a SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Saturday Night Live - Mother Lover", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2009/05/10/mother-lover-snl/" ... Full story

Ever since the week of September 28, 1987, there has been a question that has plagued this planet: Who is the best Star Trek captain? The week of September 28,1987 was when Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in syndication, and since that time there has been no more hotly debated topic amongst Star Trek fans SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Who Is The Best Star Trek Captain", url: ... Full story

This has been an odd week – very seldom have I seen the memes surrounding the death of newsprint pushed to headline status almost every single day for an entire week in the tech blogosphere, but I suppose this is the first time that Amazon has released a Kindle since it became undeniable to Full story

In what could possibly be one of the oddest matchups in technology history, Apple may be sniffing around a purchase of Twitter. Rumors have begun circulating, mainly reported by Valleywag, that Apple is in high level negotiations to purchase that darling of the start ups, Twitter.  If the reports turn out to be true, the supposed Full story

MediaWeek and Podcasting News are both reporting on YouTube’s apparent crackdown on “branded integration,” the newspeak way of saying promotions and product-placement.  It isn’t that they aren’t supportive of advertising (“They better be,” I can hear many of you saying…), it’s simply that they’re not to hep on people making money unless they’re making Full story