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At-a-glance stock info

If you find yourself constantly checking the Web for the latest and greatest stock information or for updates on your own stocks, you'll certainly appreciate what StockPoint has to offer. We're not exactly experts when it comes to the stock market, but we still found the program intuitive and easy to use.

StockPoint offers a tabbed user interface that keeps your stock information organized and easy to find. The various tabs are organized into three categories: Research, Earnings Releases, and Browser. The Research tab let us quickly find stocks with the help of its Screener Options drill-down feature. … Read more

Hunch homes in on who you are

It took 39 questions for the Hunch Twitter Predictor to make a wrong guess about me. The question was, "Have you ever ridden a Segway?" Yes, in fact, I have.

"We call it a 'stunt' internally. It's a fun way to show off the accuracy of our data," Hunch co-founder Chris Dixon told CNET about the Twitter Predictor, a new tool that takes a look at your Twitter network in an attempt to figure out as much as it can about you.

Start-up Hunch launched the prediction tool earlier this month and racked up about … Read more

Bzzzz...mosquito device estimates your age

Crazy as this sounds, the Japanese have uncovered a secret that would have Archimedes too surprised to even yell, "Eureka!" Enter the Age Prediction Machine, a device supposedly capable of guesstimating how old you are just by emitting a high-frequency sound similar to a mosquito's buzz.

There's actually a science behind this. As we age, our hearing deteriorates and loses its ability to tune in to high pitches. The Sonic Teenager Deterrent alarm uses just such a principle to solve loitering problems.

There's an equally nefarious purpose behind this 924 yen ($10) gadget. Just in … Read more

Questionable lotto predictions

What is there to say about Lotto007 Prediction Expert? If it really worked, do you think you'd be able to buy it on Download.com for $79? We think not. That said, we suppose that some programs of this sort are better than others, and this one does purport to actually analyze patterns in previous winning numbers in order to predict future winning combinations. We don't honestly think this program will improve your chances of winning the lottery, but it might be marginally better than some other programs.

The program's interface is plain and fairly intuitive. Users … Read more

How the enterprise is going social

Analyst firm Gartner is out with five predictions for social software, the net of which shows that social media functions will both succeed and fail in the enterprise.

Gartner believes that social services will be embraced, but perhaps not in the way we thought they would. In boiling down the various social mediums into mechanics such as interpersonal communications or performance analysis, it becomes a bit clearer how these services will be adopted in the enterprise. It also gives a glimpse into areas start-ups can target to solve business problems.

Gartner's five social software predictions for 2010 and beyond: … Read more

From July to January, a look back on predictions

The strongest rumors about an Apple tablet device surfaced back in July when reports stated that Apple could release the touch-screen gadget as early as October. At that point, I made some predictions on what we might expect. Here's a look back at how I did.… Read more

Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1137: Tech predictions for 2010

We count down our top ten (or so) predictions in the world of technology for 2010. Enjoy!

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Tom's Predictions for 2010: Apple Tablet will come out in the summer and be $899 3DTV will be the big marketing push Project Natal will launch but be overshadowed Machine-to-machine connections will become a thing Enterprise cloud services will be huge with companies like IBM and Oracle getting in to counter Google More netbook-specific versions of software Goodbye Palm IBM will get back into … Read more

Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1136: Predictions Results for 2009

At the beginning of 2009, we made a whole bunch of predictions about the next year in the technology space. Turns out, we are really bad at predicting things.

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Tom Merritt’s 2009 predictions: One mass media company will push out an Internet-only or Internet-primary hit (webisode). GPS will slowly disappear (except in-dash, Standalone GPS merge into phones). Some sort of big, public security breach that will cause the change of fundamental internet protocol. Android will outsell iPhone. Yahoo will finally be … Read more

More attacks expected on Facebook, Twitter in 2010

Social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter can expect more attention from cybercriminals in 2010, according to a new report (PDF) released Tuesday by McAfee Labs. Also at risk are users of Adobe Systems products including Acrobat Reader and Flash. And move over Microsoft; the security firm predicts that Google's Chrome OS will "create another opportunity for malware writers to prey on users."

The company also anticipates smarter and more dangerous Trojans that "follow the money," as well as a "significant trend toward a more distributed and resilient botnet infrastructure that relies much more on … Read more