First there was the chalkboard – chalk, dust, erasers, the occasional horrible screech. Then there were whiteboards – smelly pens, squeaks and the constant fear of permanent markers. Let’s not forget overhead projectors. Projectors have been around the classroom and conference room for quite a while – humming lamps, clear, filmy sheets, and lots of [...]
Are You one of Hundreds of Thousands That May Lose Internet in July?
Last November, the FBI took down a hacker ring that had infected hundreds of thousands of users with an Internet ad scam. The rouse involved rerouting all internet requests through the hackers’ servers and display their own ads on all sites visited by the infected computers. When the FBI shut down the ring, they realized [...]
Chrome 18 leads the browser world. Why?
Pingdom Report Internet monitoring firm Pingdom on Monday released a new report on global browser share. They have some awesome, and interesting data There are two ways to look at this: The company found Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 to be the most popular browser in North America with a 21.2% share, and it was closely [...]
DollyDrive is Your Time Machine in the Cloud
If your data doesn’t exist in two places, it doesn’t exist at all. You’ve heard it a hundred times before, you should be backing up everything that is important to you. If one little thing goes wrong on the magnetic disk that spins upwards of 7200 per minute, your entire photo collection can disappear. While [...]
Make Your Wardrobe Makeover Easier With Threadflip [app]
I don’t know about you, but I have a few favorite jeans and shirts that I wear constantly. My wardrobe is a perfect example of the Pareto principle, I wear 20% of my clothes more than 80% of the time. I have a closet full of clothes that I may never wear again. And why [...]
CloudFTP makes sharing data from USB drives to gadgets a breeze (by @TySpace)
Do you ever have something on a USB jump drive or an external hard drive that you’d love to be able to access on your iPad, smartphone, or other device? Up until now, the process has usually involved emailing the file to yourself, uploading it to Dropbox, or finding some other less-than-ideal means to get [...]
Don’t Shred That Paper, Turn It In To A Pencil Instead
Paper comes from trees. Pencils come from trees. It’s simple logic that has allowed the creators of the P&P Office Waste Paper Processor (P&P) to have this idea! Some offices still use paper and pencils to do business. This device allows those offices and companies to recycle their paper waste immediately and effectively. The P&P [...]
Would You Want Your iPad Built In To Your Car?
Some people may ask, “Why would you put a perfectly good iPad into your car when you could just carry it with you everywhere (including into the car)?” I honestly don’t know…. BUT, it’s a cool idea right?! Imagine being able to FaceTime with your friends while you’re driving. Granted, you will definitely need some [...]
Origins of Flashback – Apple screwed up. (via @jkhowland)
Apple fans might try to convince you that the ‘Flashback’ virus was no big deal, but this really was bad. One percent of Macs were infected. By comparison, the single largest breakout of a computer virus for Windows hit 0.7%. Apple shouldn’t get off easy on this one. The patch was released long ago, and [...]
Starting in 2015 All New Cars Will Have Their Own ‘Black Box’
A new bill that has passed the Senate requires all new cars in the USA to be made with airplane-like black box data recorders starting in 2015. Similar to the devices in airplanes, the black boxes would record car speeds, miles, and possibly GPS location data. Data recorded just before and after a crash would [...]
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