Are you a plant enthusiast? If so, then Botanicalls has made something for you. It’s Botanicalls Twitter. This company guides you through the creation of a very high tech moisture monitor that actually allows the plant to post online when it is thirsty so that you can see if from anywhere in the world. Whenever [...]
Category: Tech News | Comments OffIn order to protect copyright and trademark violations, Ebay has a program that allows manufacturers to log on and delete fakes. This is great for companies like Rolex, Nike, or any number of companies that get copied, but what room is there for these companies to go and abuse this power? The Church of Scientology [...]
Category: Tech News | Comments OffGoogle recently published an article on their ongoing investigation of malware on how it works. Malware is essentially anything that is installed on your computer to do something that you do not want: viruses, spy-ware, ad-ware, worms, etc. So what has Google found? Many (most) infections are caused by user ignorance. Let me explain. Many [...]
Category: Tech News, Tips and Tricks | Comments OffAccording to the TechNet forums (Subscribers for testing pre-release software), Vista Service Pack 1 has been creating real problems with users trying to download and install using Automatic Updates. Service Pack 1 is supposed to fix a variety of problems that users have noticed and complained about, as well as fixing some security holes. The [...]
Category: Tech News | Comments OffRemember those bulky Nokia cell phones that were the “in thing” just under a decade ago. Since then, cell phone manufacturers have been making phones smaller and adding new tricks to them. Things like the Razr with it’s sleek design, and the SLVR with it’s introduction into buying music straight to your cell phone. With [...]
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Category: Tech News | Comments OffIt’s not brand new news that HD-DVD has lost the war. BluRay is the DVD of the future. Need Proof? Read this Netflix and Best Buy stock BluRay exclusively for HD video. But is right now the best time to rush out and buy a BluRay player? I would argue that it isn’t. Even though [...]
Category: Tech News | Comments OffI was reading today’s tech news and ran across this article. Mirosoft Office Choose for yourself. Is Microsoft Office really a form of adware/spyware? It certainly does some of the things that Microsoft warns about when downloading applications. If you have problems with the new Microsoft Office applications, you can download open source alternatives for [...]
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Category: Tech News | Comments OffSo did you get cornered into upgrading to Vista when you recently got your new computer? That’s because Microsoft has made XP unavailable except to businesses. Many have been complaining about some of the performance issues that came with the new operating system. Microsoft’s answer to some of those is very near. Service Pack 1. [...]
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