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RingShuffle service gives you temporary phone number

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:27 AM PDT

If you don't want to give your real cellphone number to certain people for some reason, there is a special app for iPhone called RingShuffle, that could help you with that.

RingShuffle is a service that will generate a disposable phone numbers for you, in case if you're not comfortable with giving your real phone number to certain people that you don't know that well. With RingShuffle, you can give disposable phone numbers to anyone, and when that person tries to call your temporary number, their call will be redirected to your real number while keeping your real phone number hidden. Regarding temporary phone numbers, each temporary phone number is valid for seven days after which it will expire and become unusable.

RingShuffle is a great service if you want to keep your privacy, and currently it's available as app only for iPhone, while other platforms can use RingShuffle web version.

[via Ubergizmo]

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Windows 8 Blue Screen of Death comes with a sad smilly

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:32 AM PDT

After the release of Windows 8 Developer Preview, we saw all sorts of changes to the user interface, and one of those changes is related to the infamous Blue Screen of Death.

Few months ago, we wrote that Windows 8 won't have Blue Screen of Death, and instead of infamous BSoD Windows 8 should use new Black Screen of Death. Since Developer Preview is rather unstable, BSoD isn't uncommon, and we're glad to inform you that even BSoD has been changed. Instead of black or blue screen filled with unreadable code, new Blue Screen of Death comes with a sad smiley face and one line that describes the current error. As you can see, Windows 8 still has Blue Screen of Death, but unlike BSoD from its predecessors, new BSoD isn't that frightening and confusing to the users.

Windows 8 has all sorts of user interface changes, and although this is a minor visual change, it still looks better than a standard BSoD that we saw in previous versions of Windows.

[via Geek]

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