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This Hippo Won?t Swim - Blue Hippo Scam Unearthed
2008-02-28 04:47:00 We?ve all seen the commercials going on and on about ?state of the art? computers for a ?low? weekly fee. In reality, the Blue Hippo scheme is one big scam that rivals that of Nigerian check fraud. After initially signing up with Blue Hippo, you will soon realize that you won?t actually get your new computer ... More About: Swim , Scam , Unearthed
Linux going up, Vista going down
2008-02-18 16:52:00 While it still could be unbelievable for some, lately there has been an unusual demand for new machines running pre-installed Linux operating systems. So unusual that Wal-Mart couldn’t fulfill its orders for Everex’s $199 worth PC. Until the last few months, buying a PC that was running Linux was a bit hard. Today, Linux is a ... More About: Microsoft , Vista
MacBook Air
2008-02-18 16:51:00 There was a lot of fuss around the new MacBook presented at the recent Apple keynote, but I?m still considering the pros and cons. Sure it?s slim ( 0.76-inch at its thickest ) and it has a nice 13.3-inch, widescreen display. But it’s not dubbed ?air? for nothing. The new MacBook relies heavily on its ... More About: Hardware , Macbook , Macbook Air
Sun acquires MySQL
2008-02-18 16:51:00 2008 just started strong with probably one of the most important acquisitions of the year, taking us all by surprise. According to Swedish media, the acquisition fee was $800 million in cash and $200 million in options. Considering that MySQL powers some of the largest sites, this might be a nice strategic move to get a ... More About: Mysql
Have you ever wondered why Apple is called Apple?
2008-02-18 16:49:00 Have you ever asked yourself how did Apple (formerly Apple Inc.) chose its name? It was all decided on the 1st of March, 1976. Since Steve Wozniak and Steve Job needed a name for their company, the brilliant idea came up as they were driving along Highway 85. Steve was still half involved with a ...
Wordpress upgrades storage space
2008-02-18 16:49:00 Wordpress is one of the top free blogging platforms out there. And as of recent the guys at WP decided to surprise their users even more and throw in a surprising 3GB of storage. Compared to the former 50MB this is lavish in deed. Not only that, but compared with other free online blogging platforms, ... More About: Wordpress , Space , Storage , Upgrades
New price downgrade for Xbox addons
2008-02-18 16:48:00 For a moment there HD DVD seemed to be the future Now, many people are not so sure anymore. But big manufacturers such as Microsoft already produced hardware based on the hi-def standard and have to face the consequences. As a result the external USB 2.0 HD DVD player add-on for Xbox 360 suffered a $50 ... More About: Price
Meebo?s far less popular clone
2008-02-18 16:47:00 Many people don’t know that Yahoo planned to launch a competitor to the popular multi messenger website Meebo , called “myM”. The development/testing team was based on six persons, that are now working on updating the webmail product. I have no idea why they’ve planned to launch a Meebo clone since the web messenger service for ... More About: Clone , Popular
Green energy mobile phone battery boost
2008-02-18 16:46:00 Strap-Ya comes ahead of the new “Green” wave, and provides you with this ’safe energy’ solution for your mobile devices. Besides its bulky and somewhat unattractive design, the device has to charge between 6-10 hours to provide extra 25 minutes of extra life. Not a very good deal if you ask me. What it does is ... More About: Mobile , Phone , Mobile Phone , Battery , Energy
Samsung wants Android phone
2008-02-18 16:45:00 When Google announced Android , everybody was overexcited with the news and started dreaming (again) of a Google Phone . For the moment rumors have it, that HTC will be responsible with creating the terminal, and of new, it seems Samsung wants to put out the market its very own Google Phone early 2009. If all goes according ... More About: Hardware
Dual Pizza Oven - two pies in 90 seconds
2008-02-16 10:19:00 This is an awesome gadget that cooks 2 pizzs in 90 secs. That’s even faster than you ordering another one! If you are a pizza freak like me, don’t miss this one. Cost - $249 More About: Pizza , Pies , Oven , Dual , Seconds
Best P2P Programs
2008-02-14 18:55:00 Peer 2 Peer (P2P) programs are used by millions of people each day to swap files, download torrents and upload data to the masses. While many P2P programs have received a black eye in the past for many of their illegal activities, there are plenty of legal uses for these programs. There are dozens ... More About: Internet , Programs
Charter E-Mail Deleted!
2008-01-31 01:16:00 Charter Communications, one of the largest cable ISP’s in the United States, accidentally deleted the saved e-mail of 14,000 subscribers. Charter regularly deletes inactive customer e-mail accounts. Operator error caused the accidental deletion of 14,000 active customer e-mails accounts. All of the saved customer e-mail is irretrievably lost. Charter is giving every customer who lost data a ... More About: Internet , Mail , E-Mail
832GB NAND Drive
2008-01-31 00:05:00 BiTMicro has just announced an 832GB NAND drive. This is the largest 2.5″ NAND drive yet announced and places NAND technology firmly in competition with magnetic media for mainline storage applications. NAND drives use a form of flash memory. As such, they have no moving parts and are therefore much more durable and reliable than ... More About: Hardware , Drive , Nand
eBay Fees Change Again
2008-01-30 22:32:00 eBay is once again modifying their fee structure in an effort to increase growth. eBay is decreasing Insertion Fees and increasing Final Value Fees. This means that it will be less expensive to create eBay listings, but more expensive to actually sell items. This should cause the volume of eBay listings to go up, but may ... More About: Internet , Change , Ebay
USB Turntable
2008-01-23 07:31:00 I don?t know about you, but I have a stack of vinyl records in my attic that I haven?t touched for more than 25 years. Yep, they have been sitting there collecting dust as I moved on to digital media such as CD?s and now MP3?s. It?s kind of funny how much space you require to ... More About: Entertainment , Turntable
Cheap Satellite Internet
2008-01-23 06:50:00 Cheap satellite Internet is one service that can be hard to find these days. However, there is a bright spot; there are a few companies that now offer much more reasonable deals making satellite Internet a choice for almost any home Internet user. It should be noted ... More About: Satellite , Cheap
Turkey Blocks YouTube - Again
2008-01-20 20:45:00 On 17 January, a court in Ankara ordered access to the popular video sharing web site YouTube to be blocked. This same event happened in March, and the Turk ish government removed the block when YouTube agreed to censor comments critical of Turkish political figures such as Ataturk. I strongly believe that Google should, for once, stand ... More About: Youtube , Internet , Turkey , Blocks
Plug and Play TV Games
2008-01-10 20:18:00 If you grew up in the 80?s, you probably spent all your free time at the arcade or at home playing low tech video games. Well now that you are older, there is no better time to enjoy your childhood favorites once again. Plug and Play TV Games make it incredibly easy to ... More About: Gaming
Top 10 Toys
2007-12-23 17:07:00 iFly Vamp Indoor/Outdoor Radio Controlled Flying Bat While radio controlled helicopters and planes get all the attention, if you are looking for the ultimate in home radio controlled aviation, this bat may be for you. The i-Fly Vamp is a radio controlled Styrofoam bat that flies via its flipping wings. To make things even ... More About: Toys , Gadgets
Waterproof Digital Camera
2007-12-16 17:08:00 I purchased my Olympus Stylus 790 SW for two reasons: It’s shockproof and it’s waterproof. Since then, however, the camera has impressed me with its intelligence and its ability to create quality shots under almost any circumstances. The shockproof and waterproof labels come with important disclaimers. It’s shockproof only on falls up to five ... More About: Gadgets , Digital Camera , Camera , Waterproof , Digital
Proxy List Upgrade
2007-12-15 21:10:00 We?ve recently completed a major upgrade to our proxy list. This upgrade improves the user interface, makes it easier to find new proxies, and adds support for viewing the proxy database in our fourteen supported languages. In addition, as this proxy list script is entirely owned by us, we can and will invest in further improvements ... More About: Internet , List , Proxy
French Government Tries to Shut Down eBay France
2007-12-14 15:07:00 Just when I was beginning to think more highly of the French because they elected such an awesome President, the French government has made another decision which makes them look like fools. The French government allows two types of auction businesses. One is a traditional auction house, which operate under orders from the sellers to ... More About: Government , France , Ebay , Shut
Microsoft To Relax WGA
2007-12-07 21:51:00 When Vista was first released late last year Microsoft announced that they were to tighten their Windows Genuine Advantage system by making it so that if a user was found to be using a non-genuine version of Windows, they would slowly have their copy of Windows limited. Since this system has been setup, Microsoft has had ... More About: Relax
Firefox 3 Beta 2 Schedule Confirmed
2007-12-05 17:23:00 At the last Firefox 3 Status Meeting, Mozilla planned the release schedule for the second beta of Firefox 3 . The development tree will close for checkins at midnight tonight, then several days will be spent fixing little errors before the QA and build teams start working on it. Code freeze is scheduled for December 7 and ... More About: Beta , Schedule
GnuPG Shell
2007-11-21 02:29:00 Team Tech-FAQ is proud to announce a new tool for your crypto toolbox: GnuPG Shell . GnuPG Shell GnuPG Shell is a cross-platform graphical frontend for GNU Privacy Guard. GnuPG Shell can be used to encrypt, decrypt, and sign files, to verify signatures and to manage private and public keys. In addition to source code, we provide pre-built installation packages ... More About: Software , Security
Working Proxies
2007-11-20 14:35:00 I just approved a bunch of new proxy sites. We now have over thirteen hundred working proxies in our proxy list. The definition of what is a “working proxy” is one that comes up frequently. A person may try twenty proxies — and discover that none of them work for him. Are those ... More About: Internet , Proxies , Working , Workin
Hello Brazil, Germany, India, and Mexico!
2007-11-20 12:29:00 Alexa shows that, after the United States, Brazil is the second largest concentration of Tech-FAQ readers. The top five countries for Tech-FAQ readers are: United States: 13.1% Brazil: 3.8% India : 3.5% Germany : 3.2% Mexico : 2.9% We welcome our visitors from these countries, and from all of the nations of the earth!
Free Audio Books
2007-11-08 10:09:00 LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files on the Internet. The goal of Librivox is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. The free audio books are available in MP3 and Ogg formats. LibriVox has over 1,000 free audio books in the catalog. Download ... More About: Books , Audio , Free
Cheap Laptops
More articles from this author:2007-10-09 01:48:00 When you think about buying a new laptop, WalMart may not be the first vendor that springs to mind — but perhaps it should be. WalMart has great prices on laptops from vendors like Everex, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, and HP. You may find the best deal by visiting your local WalMart instead of going online. ... More About: Hardware , Laptops , Cheap 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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