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Owning Your Internet Connection

Are you tired of your internet service provider (ISP) changing the rules? Have you had enough of limitations and reading new ISP regulations? Professor Tim Wu from the Columbia Law School is applying an old concept to the internet connection. He is suggesting that a possible solution is owning the internet connection: “…In [...]

a (foul) Blast from the Past

If you are a fan of song parodies, you might want to check these out.  Actually if you’re a fan of song parodies, you might not want to check these out….. the group is called Nuclear Fish. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSZzo7Ycbs0 -  Ellen DeGeneres http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iU_Li-9FaA -  Another Kick in the Balls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXe1_H1Xw0 -  Bob Your Head http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ceiv5Uhq8 -  One (The Fart Song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwHzdLo3hWw [...]

Services In Vista

There are a number of services available with Windows Vista. The services you see will of course depend on what you have installed. Some of the services are installed be default during setup and others are optional. Those services not installed by default can be added at a later date. The steps below describe how to [...]

Today’s Pick is 100 Year Picnic

1 December 2008 POD - 100 Year Picnic Today, I opted to concede on the microphone. I think most of you would rather hear from the artist. I have been a fan of 100 Year Picnic for some time now. They have much material available for download their site. Today’s Pick, "Come On", was introduced [...]

Free Internet For Everyone

The FCC is working on making wireless internet for everyone. According to the Wall Street Journal. This could be real nice for people who have laptops and depend on wireless in their every day lives. I know that there are wireless hotspots in Starbucks, Caribou coffee and even libraries. This plan is to make the [...]

4 Key Steps To Automate IT Security Compliance

Explore the internal and external regulatory challenges now faced by organizations, the scope of these challenges, and four key ways in which they can be addressed through better business processes and automation. This paper discusses the challenges faced by organizations of all sizes – across all industries – and presents a Security as a Service (SaaS) [...]

UCLA Researchers Create Polymer Solar Cells With Higher Efficiency Levels

Currently, solar cells are difficult to handle, expensive to purchase and complicated to install. The hope is that consumers will one day be able to buy solar cells from their local hardware store and simply hang them like posters on a wall. A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and [...]

Fighting Internet Crime with Remote Searches

Most people will agree that controlling internet crime needs to be a priority. One of the means of stemming cyber crime may be unsettling: “…In particular the strategy aims to tackle the trade in images of children being sexually abused. In a statement outlining the strategy the EU claimed “half of all internet crime involves [...]

It’s beginning to look like Christmas

It truly is beginning to look like Christmas now. Last night we got our first big snowfall. When I went to bed last night there was maybe an inch or less on the ground. I woke up today and there’s at least six or seven inches now. There is more snow predicted to hit my [...]

Cyber Monday- Buyer Beware

Cyber Monday has many people looking for a good deal and a chance to escape the other holiday shoppers at the mall, but beware of the hidden costs of online shopping. I just saved myself from a costly mistake and wanted to relate this story to anyone doing any cyber shopping.  I placed an online order with [...]

Stephon Marbury Fires Back

As Stephon Marbury’s final days as a member of the New York Knicks approaches, he isn’t leaving quietly. Stephon Marbury is firing off a verbal barrage against his coach and team mates: “…Marbury said he was ready to run through a wall for D’Antoni this season. “He knew I was in my contract year and [...]

King of the Hill to move to ABC?

There are rumors about that the animated TV series created by Mike Judge will move from Fox to ABC in the Fall. The series, co-created by Mike Judge, may be paired with his new series, “The Goode Family.” It is also likely that the time slot that King of the Hill filled on Fox will [...]

Old Relationships, New Possibilities

In Tibet they say there is a lake where, during a particular full moon each year, the seal-like creatures who live there gather fish in their mouths and offer them up to hordes of owls who hover in the trees above, waiting to eat. There is no apparent reason for the seals to offer the [...]

Australian Internet Censorship Plan trips. Gravel Rash forthcoming.

I’m probably a bit late to the game on this one, but I found a petition that is REALLY worth signing. GetUp is an Australian organisation that has been a huge part of keeping our thoughts in the eyes of the politicians, the public servants, and the beauracrats. One of their highpoints was in the [...]

Great Cyber Monday Deals and Huge Savings!

Many Nikon DSLRs on sale or prices dropped! Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera for $567! SanDisk 4 GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card for $22.43 Shipped! Transcend 16 GB SDHC Card for $25! Save up to 23% Off on Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Lens Canon SD770IS [...]

December 1, 2008 - World AIDS Day

December 1st has been designated World AIDS Day. It is a day to remember that this deadly disease still impacts millions of lives: “The United Nations is appealing for international donors to help it fund early HIV/Aids testing it says could save millions of lives. Thirty-three million people are living with HIV in the world today [...]

Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scott’s - review

I recently got to see this release.  I’m used to seeing Jeff Beck from afar, in mid to large sized venues.  Apparently someone approached him about doing a few nights in this intimate little club in England and they decided to tape it. Good thing, too. The video is excellent, as is the audio.  The playing is [...]

Taxpayer-Sponsored Torture from your Friends at the CIA

Vermont doctor, Robert W. Hyde, was involved in one of the nation’s darkest chapters in medical science: In the 1950s, Hyde conducted drug and psychological experiments at a Boston hospital through funding that apparently originated with the CIA. Later, he became director of research at the Vermont State Hospital… In addition to patient Karen Wetmore’s [...]

You Know it’s Time to Worry When…

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are on their way from the US to India to help in the investigation of Mumbai terror attacks. President George Bush pledged India full support over the Mumbai crisis and the FBI, which is charged with tracking international and domestic terrorists, has sent a team of investigators. Hi, we’re from the [...]

Trust the FDA - Why Should a few Dead Babies Matter?

Bored?  Let me hit you with this. The Food and Drug Administration knew for certain that there was melamine in baby food in this country. So the agency that has been entrusted with our welfare blew the whistle on the companies and now all of the baby food is safe, right? No way, guys. The FDA got on the [...]

Online Web Conferencing for Meetings

Tired of business travel? Conduct meetings online with GoToMeeting instead. We've been using it for quite some time for both personal and professional projects - it's worked like a charm! If you're an independent consultant, you owe it to your clients to start using collaboration software for Web-based interaction.

Network Tools for Windows

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Trade in Your Cell Phones for Money

Do you have a ton of old cell phones and mobile devices lying around in drawers, taking up space? Trade them in for cold hard cash! Chris has done it so many times that Cell for Cash made him a partner. If you're not using that hardware anymore, you may as well liquidate it with ease - at no cost to you. What are you waiting for? You can go through our link, or visit the site and tell them that Chris sent you. It's real, and it's certainly real money. Sell back your cell phones!

Get Your Own Web Site

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Free Audio Book

Are you tired of reading books? Me too. Over the years, I developed pulpuslaceratapohobia - and the only known cure for that is Audible. Finally, a way to digest words without actually having to read them. Professional voices are wonderful choices if you love literary works in audio format. Are you ready to read some audio books? Maybe you should just listen to them instead.

VMware and Parallels for Virtual Machines

It doesn't matter if you're running on Windows or Mac OS X - every power user needs either Parallels or VMware (or both). There's never been an easier way to test software without destroying your primary operating system's stability. Think of how many times you wish you could press a 'reverse' button on your computer. Plus, there's no easier way to try new Linux distributions - see what all the fuss is about. Run Windows in OS X, run Linux in Windows, but the best way to do either is with VMware and/or Parallels.

Screen Capture for Multi-taskers

SnagIt 9 works like you work! Capture, edit and share images from your PC screen without breaking stride: stores captures automatically whether you saved them or not; new visual search panel lets you find captures easily whenever you need them.

Screencast Software

Camtasia Studio is the smart, friendly screen recorder (and more). With it, you can create stunning videos with a great degree of ease. Download the free trial now and in no time you'll be sharing buzz-worthy screencasts, persuasive presentations, training that ROCKS, and demos that sell. Show exactly what's on your screen to anyone, anywhere. Record your screen, audio, and/or webcam! Make them wonder how you did it.

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