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Father's Day gifts for gadget freaks

With Fathers' Day around the corner – and this being the first time I get to actually receive a gift in addition to giving one – here are five items that I think should be on every dad's short list. (If I didn't already own several of these, theywould all...

Tags: Freak, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-06-11

Father's Day gifts for gadget freaks

The top five gifts I want the Father's Day Fairy to drop off at my place this Sunday. by Josh Taylor

Tags: Freak, Josh Taylor, gadgets, gear, product photos

Image galleries 2008-06-11

New FCC chairman bullish on deregulation

New FCC chairman bullish on deregulationI'm so sick!!of this indecency CRAP! Who cares?? This FCC poilce state is bogus, and hand in hand w/ congress wanting to regulate pay cable as well!! This is all pandering to a minority group of moralistic freaks (and I use the term...

Tags: Regulations, DSL, bandwidth, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., deregulation, Dubya, FCC, freak

Discussion threads 2005-04-05

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President Obama will take away kids cold medicine

President Obama will take away kids cold medicineWhy regulate something that is only a problem due to irresponsible parentsALL over-the-counter OTC medications have information about who can use it and how much medicine it should get. Every bottle of OTC medication has very visible warning and most specify that...

Tags: blog author, gov, cold medicine, Obama, prescription, medication

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

The first rule of Apple App Store is - you do not talk about Apple App Store

The first rule of Apple App Store is - you do not talk about Apple App StoreWe All Are, And By All, I Mean MeRule #2 has to be that they don't talk about the reasons.Possible reasons: rejection of an app may be related to the deal they have with...

Tags: Stevie-boy, APPLE FANBOYS, Apple Inc., Apple App Store

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

EA Spore backlash could help end DRM

EA Spore backlash could help end DRMPirate = Potential Lost Sale. Myself = Definate Lost Sale.I am not buying this game because of it, and I really wanted to as well.I don't understand the mentality of EA. If EA consider a pirate as a lost sale why not...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Games, Removing DRM, digital-rights management, Electronic Arts Inc., EA Spore, piracy, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

Nokia E72 and E75 revealed on YouTube, E72 has unique slide-out QWERTY

I usually have a pretty good idea of the rumors surrounding mobile devices, but I was caught completely by surprise with the news of the Nokia E72 and E75 that was posted over at Symbian Freak today. The E72 is the first Nokia device to have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard...

Tags: Device, Nokia Corp., YouTube Inc., Nokia E72, Keyboards, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-19

How I dumped my DVR for a terabyte TiVo

Recently my house was struck by lightning and one of my TiVo boxes got zapped among other things. I had decided to try replacing it with a generic DVR from Time Warner Cable. Boy, was that a mistake. I wanted to like the Time Warner...

Tags: TiVo Inc., Button, Digital Video Recorder, Play, Scientific Atlanta DVR, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.5

Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.5Updated on my MacBookPro with no problems.I have updated my MacBookPro yesterday and I didn't experience any problems. Remember that 10.5.5 update will require two reboots, at least that what I experienced on my MacBookPro.I have used my MacBookPro with my normal applications and I didn't...

Tags: Desktops, Mac OS 10.5.5, Apple Macintosh, MacbookPro, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Harry Potter nerd loses big to JK, WB

Harry Potter nerd loses big to JK, WBI see both sides of this oneOn one hand, there's good reason to believe that a control-freakish author is determined to control commentary about her creations at all cost, regardless of what copyright law actually says, but I think it might have been...

Tags: Harry Potter

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Comcast sets 250GB ceiling

Comcast sets 250GB ceilingRE: Comcast sets 250GB ceiling[i]"..Comcast won’t be releasing any programs that will let you easily monitor your bandwidth usage.."[/i]doesnt that directly violate the FCC order requiring Comcast to be fully transparent with their customers? To me this is still leaving them in the dark. IF they want...

Tags: INTERNET, Corporate communications, Comcast Corp., ceiling

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

Is probiotics a scam?

Is probiotics a scam?Is probiotics a scam?Probiotics are not a scam but you do have to know what you are looking for. I was taking a digestive enzyme which had several probiotics in it including acidophilus. It worked fine for me. Will I recommend them to everyone? No...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Probiotics, probiotic

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

How do you get rid of tech junk?

How do you get rid of tech junk?Hehehe:-)dibs on your next future systemyeah!Donate itThere a number of websites if you do a quick Google search on where you can donate your old PC's to various charities and schools. You can also take it to a local Goodwill or Salvation...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, auction

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Guitar Freak Workstation with SightReader (exe)

Guitar Freak Workstation hosts SightReader Master Extreme is the newest version of the revolutionary SightReader Master. Choose your level of sightreading with notes on fretboard selection and rhythms. Learn to read 4 bars ahead. The only sight-reading software for Guitar and Bass (4, 5, and 6 string).Upgrade to Guitar Freak...

Tags: Workstation, Guitar, Sean Clancy Enterprises

Software downloads 2008-08-11

A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely

A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotelyMicrosoft already canAll MS has to do is flip a bit on their WGA servers and the next time your Vista logs in, you get a "not validated" message and can't do jack squat with your entire machine.The ONLY...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

Childs rigged crazyquilt private network

Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...

Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...

Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

'Rogue admin' thought he was protecting network and city

'Rogue admin' thought he was protecting network and citysome network admins are just crazyI had a temp job at a major firm once, back when Win98 was standard. I decided to change the wallpaper on my computer once, using an image that was located on a network share to which...

Tags: NETWORKING, administrator, network

Discussion threads 2008-07-20

'Rogue admin' thought he was protecting network and city

Paul Venezia at PC World has an exclusive insider account on Terry Childs, the rogue network admin who locked everyone out of the city's network. The story in essence is Childs is an extreme control freak who built and maintained an extremely complex network, perhaps...

Tags: Administrator, Network, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?

Google has entered the virtual world game with a project called Lively and Second Life and IBM have pulled off a few interoperability experiments. Add it up and we may be seeing a little tipping point for virtual worlds. There may be even a few corporate uses in the future....

Tags: Google Inc., Virtual World, Avatar, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-09