New Hippo Techie: Free e-mail programs

July 12, 2012 Leave a Comment

Mozilla, the open-source foundation behind the Firefox browser, is pulling resources from one of its other projects: Thunderbird, a popular e-mail client for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It’s not “dead,” as some tech news sites have proclaimed, but it will remain pretty much the way it is now for the foreseeable future, with no major updates other than security and stability fixes.

Thunderbird itself has always been the free alternative to Microsoft Outlook for people who just needed to pull mail from a POP or IMAP service. Though there’s nothing keeping fans from continuing to use Thunderbird, this change is a good opportunity to look at other options.

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New Hippo Techie: Showing great resolution

June 28, 2012 Leave a Comment

Although billed by Apple, like everything else they do, as “revolutionary,” the concept behind Retina displays is pretty simple: pack more pixels into a smaller area so you get sharp, crisp images and text on your screen.

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New Hippo Techie: Masters of their domains

June 21, 2012 Leave a Comment

Between January and May, anyone with $185,000 could apply to create a new TLD. Applications were taken by the company that administers the TLD system, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). On June 13, they released the list of applications, complete with names and e-mail addresses of the applicants. Some of the more than 1,900 applications are predictable — four companies requested .search, and .porn makes an appearance too — but even discounting the ones made up of non-Latin characters, some are just spectacular.

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New Hippo Techie: Change your passwords now

June 14, 2012 Leave a Comment

So, uh … you hear about LinkedIn getting hacked? Something like six million passwords were “affected,” according to the Washington Post. While LinkedIn notified the “affected” users by e-mail, it’s still a good idea to head over there right now and change your password, since, admit it, you haven’t changed it anytime recently anyway. Also change other passwords that are the same because, haha, those accounts are now vulnerable as well.

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New Hippo Techie: A promising fall

June 7, 2012 Leave a Comment

Microsoft has let some intriguing news slip out the past few weeks. Although Windows 7 made a decent splash at its release in 2009, it was quickly overshadowed by the iPad and other tablets redefining what a computer really is. Microsoft has been playing catch-up ever since, and signs indicate that this fall might be its redemption. Will it be enough to reinvigorate the company and cast off the impression that it’s just coasting on inertia? Let’s take a look at the stories.

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