It doesn’t take a prolific e-mailer to see that the spam of this holiday season is going to be… the Robosapien Robot (a seemingly cheap-ass Aibo knock-off). You’ve probably already seen these Robosapiens gaining sentience in local electronics stores, too. Has anybody bothered to check the specs on these monsters? At least I finally stopped [...]
My desktop wasn’t looking terribly merry until a few seconds ago. Someone at InterfaceLIFT posted a Christmas Wallpaper. It’s quite jolly. I’m looking for other media fun now… know of any Christmas wallpaper sites I should see and share with all my other Christmastime buddies? It’s much easier to right-click and Save As than it [...]
Oh those crazy software CEOs… what will they think of next? How about paying every employee $5000 for buying a hybrid automobile that gets better than 45 MPG? That’s what Godfrey Sullivan, president and CEO of business performance management software developer Hyperion is offering to his employees… $5000 to buy a Toyota Prius, Honda Insight, [...]
Every once in a while, there is a program that is just fun to use. One that captures the imagination, serves a purpose, provides information, and takes advantage of the latest Internet and computer technology. Today’s Family First site visits just such a program and the associated Web site.
The site we are looking at is [...]
I’m now the proud co-owner of an Epson PictureMate photo printer. Even though I’ve only spent about three days with it so far, I’m ready to recommend it to all you Holiday shoppers. I’ve never owned any kind of photo printer before, so let me explain why I believe it’ll appeal to those of you [...]
So many of you responded to the post about the U.S. government mandating the embedding of RFIDs in U.S. passports in 2005, that I felt that I should provide you with this update.
According to the Washington Post today, the Bush administration has responded to the privacy concerns of privacy advocates by saying, essentially, “hell no, [...]
The purpose of 7Canaries Professional (by TallStick Software) is to retrieve music scores from audio recordings. It takes a standard WAV file as input, then processes it and outputs a standard MIDI file. Unlike most competitors, it allows you to get several voices (up to nine). The program works with pre-recorded files, and there are [...]
PhishGuard is a software/service that helps you detect and block phishing or spoofing attempts, usually designed to lure you into providing personal or credit card information to fake online sites. The program integrates into Internet Explorer and warns you whenever you visit a site that is known to be a scam. It uses an online [...]
The movie buff is a species that is frequently found in dark quarters with a bucket of some sort of popped corn covered with artificial butter. They seek out the sticky floors of these habitats on a weekly basis, often staying in the area until their job is complete. Approaching them outright is not a [...]
Q: I have a bunch of movies on my hard drive that contain live performances from some of my favorite bands. Instead of having to watch the videos every time, I’d like to extract the audio from the performances so I can listen to them on my MP3 player. What sort of standalone program can [...]
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