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A zero energy home in Oklahoma

According to Professional Builder, the first zero energy home costing less than $200,000 has been built in Oklahoma. This house produces as much energy as it consumes in a year and combines "renewable energy technologies with advanced energy-efficient construction." This environmentally friendly house is just a prototype and not available...

Tags: Ideal Homes, zero energy home

Blog posts 2006-05-15

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NeoRouter 0.9.8 (Windows)

NeoRouter is the ideal remote access and VPN solution for homes and small businesses. It helps you manage and connect to all your computers from anywhere. It gracefully integrates remote access, file sharing, Virtual Private Network, user and access management. Many homes or small businesses have high-speed internet and multiple...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Small Business, NeoRouter, Remote Access, VPNs, Telecommunications, Network Security, Networking, Security

Software downloads 2009-09-29

How To Work At Home Entrepreneur Success Mindset 1.0 (Windows)

Everyday out there in the real brick and mortar world, millions and millions of people drag themselves from the warm, warm beds, take a shower, grab a cup of coffee, and head off to their jobs as they are thinking that there has got to be an easier way to...

Tags: Success, Microsoft Windows, Midwest Research, Internet

Software downloads 2009-08-06

Study: LCD viewing angles are too narrow, many TV features are marketing fluff

Study: LCD viewing angles are too narrow, many TV features are marketing fluffAnd what normal people look at their TVs other than from a..straightforward viewing angle? Why the hell would i put my TV or look at it from a 45 degree viewing angle? Why would i do that? What...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DisplayMate, marketing, LCD, TV, Viewing Angle

Discussion threads 2009-07-12

The wireless escapades: the inevitable journey into frustration

The wireless escapades: the inevitable journey into frustrationThere is another solution...This isn't a problem I have due to living in a 2 bed flat, but my folks had the same issue when I lived there or rather I did and the way I got round it was using two wireless...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Network technology, Wireless and Mobility, wireless, inevitable journey, Ethernet, router

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Use a Calendar to Schedule 50 People to 6 Shifts 1.6 (Windows)

Assign up to 25 different groups of people (for example RN's, LPN's and CNA's) to 6 daily shifts and 75 locations each day on a simple Excel calendar scheduler. First you specify the availability of each employee for each shift each day for the month, and then you assign them...

Tags: Shift, Location, Shift Schedules, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Healthcare, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-03-20

Let Excel Calendar 50 People to 3 Shifts 1.6 (Windows)

Assign up to 25 different groups of people (for example RNs, LPNs and CNAs) to 3 daily shifts and 75 locations each day on a simple Excel calendar scheduler. First you specify the availability of each employee for each shift each day for the month, and then you assign them...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Location, Shift Schedules, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-20

Apple refreshes desktop lineup: Is the Mac mini irrelevant?

Apple refreshes desktop lineup: Is the Mac mini irrelevant?Mac Mini ...... is perfect for a KVM situation - small foot print when considering it's sharing the KVM with a PC based machine ...LudoA case for the miniBecause of my job, I live in an apartment during the week and go...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Inc., desktop lineup, Mini, Apple Mac Pro, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

What is American?

What is American?hear hearI agree wholeheartedly, JohnCompletely agree! Great post.I completely agree with your post, John. I hate it when people try to impose what being an American means. Being American means being someone who is willing to learn and word hard to achieve his dreams, not someone who thinks...

Tags: H-1B program, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Seeing the light: Dell makes major commitment to LED displays

Within the next 12 months, Dell plans to adopt displays that use light emitting diodes as a standard feature across its entire notebook product line. The first milestone in this transition will come on Dec. 15 of this year, when the company estimates that about two-thirds...

Tags: Notebook, Dell Computer Corp., Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-25

What's happening in Mobile: a peek at new products, services

Last night, I had the chance to meet with some companies who are exhibiting at this week's CTIA Wireless conference in San Francisco at a press-only event called Mobile Focus. It was a good show - food and drink alongside some new devices and technologies in the mobile space -...

Tags: Mobile, Lightpole, Streamezzo, Zoomback, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Of course you realize, this means war.

Fanboys exist for every favored computing platform. When you’ve been writing about computing for any number of years, such as I have, you are eventually going become the target of kooks â€" people who post completely random stuff on your blogs, send you crazy and inflamed emails, or write...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Macalope, Jason Perlow, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Why Satellite Internet service is so slow

Why Satellite Internet service is so slowReal world is worse.Ping statistics for 75.104.128.61: Packets: Sent = 25, Received = 22, Lost = 3 (12% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 626ms, Maximum = 3690ms, Average = 1385msThis is the nameserver within WildBlue's...

Tags: Network technology, Real World, Embarq, satellite, Satellite Internet Service, satellite Internet, latency

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

Comcast traffic management issue before FCC

Today is the deadline for the FCC call for comments on the Comcast traffic management case brought about by a formal complaint from the Free Press and Public Knowledge.  As a former network engineer who designed networks and servers and as someone who has written extensively on these matters, I...

Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, Packet, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Problem, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, DOCSIS, Network Management, BitTorrent Seeder, Networking, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Short of staff, Norway eyes robot care for elderly

Short of staff, Norway eyes robot care for elderlyRobot salary?How much do the municipalities plan to pay the robots for all of this hard daily work? Will they strike if union demands aren't met? Real questions for real practical issues.thanks.RE: Short of staff, Norway eyes robot care for...

Tags: Robots, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, robot, eyes robot, government, tax, health care

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

Storing sun and wind power

Storing sun and wind powerRe: HistoryI'm against opening up the reserves in Alaska and the Gulf. What's great about petroleum reserves is that they never go away until we use them. Do you honestly believe we'll see an end to petroleum consumption in the next 100 years? We're going to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, MegaWatt, HIGH PRICE, energy generation, wind power, energy storage

Discussion threads 2007-12-05

Best storage strategies for the multimedia PC

This information is also available as a TechRepublic PDF download. The modern PC has become the storage and entertainment hub of the home for many consumers and some people are gobbling up terabytes of data per year storing their DVD library, downloads, TV episodes, and other "stuff" that Seagate's CEO so...

Tags: Strategy, Multimedia, PC, Operating System, Controller, Storage, Data, RAID, Motherboard, Volume, Intel Corp., Serial ATA, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-08-27

Visual Hindsight Home Edition 2.2 (Windows)

Monitor your home or business over the Internet with Visual Hindsight - powerful, simple to use, affordable to own! Visual Hindsight is the ideal remote network camera surveillance and recording tool for private or commercial use. Perfect for remote monitoring of convenience stores, gas stations, day care centers, retirement facilities,...

Tags: RFC, Microsoft Windows, Camera, RFC Services, Visual Hindsight

Software downloads 2007-05-15

Microsoft hits a home run with Windows Home Server

Microsoft hits a home run with Windows Home ServerLinux gives you a better server. For free!Linux gives you a better server. For free! For example Ubuntu 7.04 server edition: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/products/WhatIsUbuntu/servereditionPlus the hardware requirements are dramatically lower. And old Pentium 2 with 192 MB RAM will do.Trust Linux on your server:...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, server, Microsoft Corp., WHS, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, data recovery, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-04-26

(Photos: Nigerian students power up their laptops)

(Photos: Nigerian students power up their laptops)What an excellent programWhen you consider the committment these people make to education, it kind of saddens me because of educational complacency in the US. All of those dedicated to this program deserve kudos.great stuffhopefully just the startWonder how long it will takefor them...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Food & Beverage, laptop computer, computer, Nigerian student, food, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-04-11