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My daughter was searching for kid-friendly free online games tonight. She came across one named Short Bus Rampage. The description of the game is as follows:
Drive over and murder all the school children as you get your own back on them for …continue reading
PC World – More Options With Tomorrow’s Cell Phones If you don’t like the way the e-mail program on your PC works, you can replace it with one you like better. And when you need to add a new capability to Firefox, you can …continue reading
Leave it to Matt W. to have already touched on this once already. As he points out back in 2006, it seems that RIM, mobile carriers and resellers really need to get their information straight. And as luck would have it. I myself, had …continue reading
Based on what I have been seeing, I think Vista is never going to be as “popular” from the user perspective as XP was. And understand I am not talking about sales numbers. A healthy dose of Vista upgrade coupons and being pre-installed takes care …continue reading
Redeye VC: Why Kindle is a hit…
When Amazon announced their Kindle last year, I bought one. I wasn’t too optimistic, as I had read a lot of bad reviews.However, to my surprise, I’ve really enjoyed my Kindle experience.
Now that we know that the iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak method has been released, we figured it would be good of us to give you a video tutorial showing you how to get it done. In this video, we give you …continue reading
We gave you the details on how to jailbreak your 1.1.3 iPhone on OS X, but don’t think we forgot about people running the trusty Windows OS. Luckily, we have a special edition of iBrickr, which will allow you to …continue reading
Another data breach at an educational institution has put thousands at risk of identity theft. There are compromised files for thirty eight thousand students and staff members of Georgetown University:
“Thousands of Georgetown University students are at risk for identity theft after a computer hard …continue reading
So I just took this video of me playing around with iPod Touch 1.1.3 and I noticed that you can access the iPhone dialer. In order to do this all you have to do is go to the music …continue reading
Diskeeper 2008 Pro is a software program that is specifically designed to improve system performance by providing a professional solution to the problem of fragmented hard drives. Even though hard disks have come a long way in design and performance during the past decade, the …continue reading
There were police in cars. There were police on motorcycles. There were police in helicopters. And this was to escort Britney Spears to the hospital:
“…A few hours earlier the motorcade that pulled away from Spears’ home was nearly the length of a football field. …continue reading
One of the best things within in OS X is the dock. Its a great way to keep all of your favorite applications in an organized way right at your finger tips. Sometimes it gets a little crowed on that dock to have all of …continue reading
Well I have decided like many DBAs to get my MCDBA 2000. I have started to study for the 70-228 exam and I have come across study guides with some sample questions. I thought I would share some of the questions with you to see …continue reading
This morning I received an article from Microsoft discussing 6 ways to increase the performance of Windows. After reading the list of performance tweaks, most of which is very basic in nature, I pondered if I should even post an article on this. But than …continue reading
Today, a readers asks:
What do you use for blinds if you have a really wide window? My window is 106″ across and I don’t know what I can put on it. I wanted to use wood or faux wood blinds but nothing goes that …continue reading
This seems like an annual warning. It is becoming a tax season tradition. Hackers send out email hoping to phish for and steal tax payers’ identities. The IRS is not sending you email:
“…E-mails on legitimate-looking IRS letterhead claiming the recipient is owed $134.80 are …continue reading
While there appears to be a lot of add-ons taking place on the current bill it appears that most taxpayers can expect to see a rebate of up to $600. This equates to $1,200 for couples, and even more for most families with children. Since …continue reading
Hazard Shield is an antimalware program that scans for any and every threat it can get its hands on. These include malicious items such as malware, viruses, spyware, trojans, backdoors, dialers, and much more. Hazard Shield also comes with realtime protection that removes threats …continue reading
Gnomie Artim Zendeli writes:
Make your desktop background black — this way you can see the dead pixel. Get a Sharpie marker, but keep the cap ON (you don’t want marker on your screen). If you notice, a Sharpie cap is rounded and smooth. That’s …continue reading
For those of you who use Word, you’ll notice that a splash screen appears on your desktop as the program is opening. Some of you may not mind the waiting for the splash screen to disappear while others may want to disable it. Personally, I …continue reading
Increasing member safety. This happens to be a serious concern for members of the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA). Due to this concern, the CMAA has decided to work with WeatherBug to find a solution that will produce a safe environment.
Maintaining …continue reading
I don’t care whether or not you are thinking of using Vista, OS X or Linux. As a personal rule, I rarely upgrade until any release has been out for at least six months. Why is this? Flash back to the two issues (not patched, …continue reading
When securing our computers, we focus a lot of our attention on configuring a firewall and setting permissions. However, many people overlook the possibility of computer theft and forget to take precautions against this type of attack. Yet, once a malicious user steals your computer, …continue reading
Gnomie Andy Li (aka Anjo206 in our chat room) writes:
Hey, Chris! I have a top five list for how to buy a game that is compatible with your computer.
Make sure you know your computer’s specifications and the game’s requirements before you buy …continue reading
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When you look around you see many people have digital cameras. Some of these cameras are small while some are large. Some of these digital cameras are cheap: under $100, while others run into the thousands. The basic point here is that there are many …continue reading
The first step is to finalize on one distribution and put all of the support into it, at the moment the most promising brand of Linux is the Google Linux because it has a name that people know and Google will have the clout to …continue reading
