Let you think the desktop is an endangered species, HP, at least, begs to differ. The company just unveiled three of ‘em: the Pavilion p7, Slimline s5, and the Pavilion HPE h8 — all festooned with black finishes, rounded edges, sliding port covers, and metallic panels designed to blend in with the electronics already populating your living room. Of the three, the p7 is the most mainstream, with a non-threatening chassis...

Before MySpace and Facebook, there was Friendster, a pioneering social networking website for consumers. First launched in 2002, Friendster attracted tens of millions of users over the years, but it never quite grew into the online juggernaut it could have been. Having raised close to $50 million in venture capital, Friendster was acquired by Malaysian payments company MOL Global at the end of 2009 for a reported $40 million. Fast...

Apple and Microsoft are still sticking with H.264 as the primary HTML5 video format. For Google, they are supporting the open WebM project. While the aim is to make things easier, it’s actually more complicated since not all companies are working on the same WebM format. For instance, Google Chrome won’t support H.264 already. Anyway, starting today, all new videos uploaded to YouTube are transcoded into WebM. YouTube will...

Recent test build 7850.0.winmain_win8m1.100922-1508 of Windows 8 has added the Portable Workspace feature which could be pretty useful. With this interesting new feature, users can transfer the Windows 8 on the USB drive so that it can be accessed anywhere. Users may not need to bring a notebook, if they want to use their own Windows 8 with personal documents and data on other computer. It’s not sure whether this feature is...

After long times of waiting and discussions, the .xxx domains is now live. It has been registered in the root name servers. That means porn sites with .xxx domains are now accessible. It is not sure where can those sites register .xxx domains, but it’s pretty sure many adult sites will rush to grab them now. 【Via...

Facing difficult questions? You probably know you can find the answers from Google. A Google a Day is the cool website that you can test whether you know how to use Google properly. It has daily question. And you need to search the answer at the text field above. Then, click “Show answer” to see if the search results reveal the correct answer. 【Via...