Today AT&T begins prorating ETF (Early Termination Fees). This means that any contract entered into today and after will include a clause which will lower the initial $175 early termination fee by $5 every month the contract remains active. Any contract entered into before today will not …continue reading
Children’s birthday parties: What do you do when you’re invited to many on the same day?
Today has been one very busy day. We were invited to two large birthday parties for our friends’ children. Both of these families we consider close friends and want to be a part of the lives of their children. But what do you do when …continue reading
Solid State Hard Drives taking a price dive
Solid state hard drives are revolutionary.  They have taken a normal hard drive and instead of using a disk it uses memory banks.  Allowing hard drives to be much smaller in size allowing more room for ventilation in smaller notebooks.  The biggest problem so far with solid …continue reading
paying others to fight our `war’…
NEW DELHI: The tale of massive fraud and embezzlement of millions of dollars by the US military in its operations in Iraq continues. Testifying before the US Congress Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on 22 May, Mary Ugone, deputy inspector general of accounts in …continue reading
Usain Bolt: World’s Fastest Man
Usain Bolt became the world’s fastest man. In a race that is not his specialty, Usain Bolt set the present world record:
“…The Jamaican runner, who doesn’t even consider the 100 meters his best race, set the world record tonight with a time of 9.72 …continue reading
How to Get Found Online Part 2 – Why Go Beyond Search?
So you probably already know that I’ve been out of pocket due to my on-going illness. The tide is shifting, though, and I’m having a bunch of really good days. I’m gonna continue this series now, though it may not be a daily update. …continue reading
Chinese hackers say lights out for America?
There was recently a report linking Chinese hackers from the Peoples Liberation Army, hacked into various utility firms in the US and shut the lights off for many Florida residents.  Sadly the hackers weren’t even trying to shut the lights off, it was a mistake! …continue reading
you mean it wasn’t a squirrel???
San Francisco, CA (AHN) – Cyber security experts suspect that Chinese hackers, including those from the military, were responsible for blackouts in South Florida in February and in the Northeast in 2003.
I distinctly remember this outage. I could smell a rat from the …continue reading
Safari bug can allow for unwanted downloads
There is a flaw in Safari for windows and mac that would allow malicious websites to download files to “the user’s Desktop (Windows), or Downloads directory (Apple).” This flaw would allow the files to be downloaded without any prompting from the Safari browser
“Apple does …continue reading
DS Download Service inside the Nintendo Channel
I talked about the Nintendo Channel earlier this month here on my blog now I will talk more on the DS Download Service that’s inside the Channel. The DS Download Service let’s you download demos for you to try out on your DS. Now while …continue reading
CAPTCHA Broken At Microsoft – Who’s Next?
A couple of students at the School of Computing Science, in Newcastle, England, have gotten a success rate of 92% on attacking the CAPTCHA validations for such sites as Hotmail and Windows Live.
In a recently published paper they describe how it was done, and …continue reading
2008 NBA Finals on ABC
Fatigue should not be a factor in the championship series between the Lakers and the Celtics. The first game, in Boston, is not played until June 5. And the games are spaced so there is ample time to recover from one game to the next. …continue reading
lefty gets out (only temporarily)…
My wife became bored with sitting about the house and wanted to go out somewhere. I can’t imagine why – it’s a perfectly nice house, with all our hobbies and the pets. Fearing a session of Retail Therapy, I figured I’d better go along to …continue reading
Apple Missing the Mark
It is a mere oversight on my part, but disturbing none the less. It was made blatantly clear to me yesterday that, unless activated, the iPod Touch features of the iPhone are locked. What is Apple thinking? This may not appear to be an issue …continue reading
Get your Yahoo mail through Outlook
If your interested in using MS Outlook to retreive and send e-mail then check out YPops!. YPops! acts as an intermediary between the two services and allows you get your Yahoo mail through MS Outlook. I’m not going to go into how to set it …continue reading
From Cryptography For NATO to Satellite Hacking
Christopher Tarnovsky has led a wild existence in the last few years. At thirty-seven, he seems to be the pre-eminent cracker of existing smart card technology.
In an amazing tale told to Wired, Mr. Tarnovsky outlines exactly how being given a satellite dish …continue reading
Solid State drives are here to stay
Have been testing some Solid State Drives lately and I have to admit they are doing well in all of my performance tests. I will be touching briefly on these; there is not enough time right now to go too deep into the topic. You …continue reading
AVG 8 – More Helpful Information
I received this from reader Merna [under comments here]Â and checked out the links provided. I believe for those who are having issues with AVG 8 this site may be helpful. I will also be doing a second part covering additional information. Thanks …continue reading
Why I Love Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
After reading his latest installment over at ComputerWorld, I can’t help but feel that this is one of those guys who wakes up each morning with a thought, put there by God, in his sleep. Sort of a modern day Moses, with the burning …continue reading
Rising Costs, Medical Concerns and You
To those in the medical field it has long been known that stress is the enemy of good health as it raises blood pressure, gastrointestinal disease, and tends to exacerbate mental conditions. Given that it is only a matter of time before the struggle to …continue reading
Jumble Me
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can …continue reading
Free Things to do With your Cell Phone
Cell phone companies charge for everything from information (up to $1.79 per call) to downloading ring tones. this is a list of things you can do with your cell phone completley free of charge. Ok, so it does use your minutes in some cases, but …continue reading
Mitsubishi 60" DLP HDTV At $1399 – Deal Or No Deal?
I received this ad this morning from Tiger Direct which is offering what appears to be a good deal on a HDTV. The ad is for a Mitsubishi 60″ DLP HDTV, with an instant discount of $200 [no rebate required] and is listed for $1399 …continue reading
3 am
So who am I? I’m somewhere between tech savvy and the average user.  Currently, I’m a sophomore studying Mechanical Engineering, and I plan to use this blog to discuss anything from tech, to….well…. ramen. I’ll be working hard to take full advantage of this new blog layout, …continue reading
Sameer Mishra and ‘Numnah’
Lakers Versus Celtics: David Stern’s Dream Comes True
The Lakers and Celtics pairing for the NBA championship means loads and loads of revenue. It is Commissioner David Stern’s dream come true. It matches two storied franchises with well known superstars on each team. The matchup will generate a huge viewer audience in two …continue reading
HOW TO: Get an Extra 5% off ANYTHING From Amazon.com
UPDATE: *SIGH* It seems there is some confusion thanks to people linking this story. The descriptions they are giving aren’t 100% correct. (I’m looking at YOU Gizmodo! XP) You are not claiming that you own the item you want, but something closely related to it! …continue reading
Microsoft Windows 7 – Is Touch Technology The Only Difference Between Vista & 7?
Over at ZD-Net they are sharing with all of us a press release from Microsoft which addresses the changes between Vista and Windows 7, that appears to indicate that Touch Technology will be the main difference between the two operating systems. Microsoft also goes on …continue reading