Time is almost up! Our My Concept Rules contest closes on May 22. If you’ve got a great idea for a Windows Azure cloud app and want real help to make it happen, don’t miss out — get your entries in before midnight Sunday May 22.
Posted by George Nobelius Hardware Electronics
Tags Android Smartphone, G2x Android, G2x Android Smartphone, Just 
Here’s your chance to own the T-Mobile G2x Android smartphone for just $79.99 ($199.99 at T-Mobile) with a new two-year contract at Amazon Wireless. Just to remind you, the G2X packs a 4.0-inch 480 x 800 capacitive touchscreen display, a 1GHz ARM Cortex A9 dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, an 8GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), 3G, A-GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, an HDMI port and runs on Android 2.2 Froyo OS. Grab yours now!
It doesn’t matter which direction your office faces, whether you have windows that get good light, or if you spend most of your time in the dark, Apartment Therapy has a type of plant that can thrive in almost any environment. Even if you’re the type who forgets you have a plant at all, there’s a type of plant that’ll work for you.
If you’re the type to forget to water your plant, try a succulent. For those of you who work in offices where the lights are down low, some begonias, Swdish ivy, or even mint will thrive in low light. You could even build a terrarium. We’ve shown you how in our how to Make a Moss Terrarium for Low-Maintenance Greenery.
For an easy-care plant that has the side benefit of being edible, try herbs: they’re hardy and they smell great. We’ve discussed plants that are office friendly, but even if you don’t work in a cubicle, there’s a type of plant that’s perfect for you and where you spend the day.
It was a big week for app sales and for a few chairs being shuffled around on the tech deck. What’d you think of Microsoft buying up Skype? Did you sign up for Google Music Beta yet? We possibly end the backpack versus messenger bag debate for all time, and other juicy little tidbits, in case you missed it.
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- Microsoft to Fork Over $8.5 Billion for Skype Acquisition – Of course, the biggest news of the week was that Microsoft picked up Skype for a cool $8.5 billion, so if you’re dead set against ever having anything to do with Redmond, than may we suggest a few alternatives to MicroSkype.
- 10 Coolest Keyboard Shortcuts You Never Knew About – We think this just might be one of our most shared stories in the history of ever, proving that Macnerds are keyboard shortcut cuh-razy. Who doesn’t love a quick CTRL + quickie to keep themselves on task and moving the ball forward? We can’t name anyone.
- How To Plan and Enhance Your Vacation with the iPhone – Summer’s coming up. Whatcha doing, huh? Huh? Huh? Gotta plan? K
You may be familiar with the hardware version of the Pogoplug, but the company recently released a new software version of their popular remote hard drive access service. Available for both Mac and Windows, the service allows you to set up an account on your machine and access your Mac’s files and the files on connected drives remotely via the Pogoplug website. In this how to, we’ll show you how to set up Pogoplug and access your files remotely.
Download the Pogoplug software for your Mac by . Once downloaded, run the easy-to-use installer and complete the set up.
After the installation is complete, the Pogoplug Account Setup will appear and ask if you are an existing Pogoplug user or need to set up a new account. U
Posted by Declan Abrahams Hardware Advisor
Tags File Sharing, File Sharing Site, Sharing Site, Site That’s literally all there is to it, but really, what else do you want a file sharing site to actually do? There are currently no limits to the size or number of files you can upload. If you’re after a basic file-sharing service, this seems like a good option to bookmark.
