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How To Get Your Window XP CD Key If You Lost It
2009-09-11 14:35:00 If you’ve lost your CD Key for your current Windows installation you can get it back pretty easily. There is a program called RockXP that scans the computer for your product key and gets it out so that you can easily reinstall Windows. This is particularly handy when the computer you bought doesn’t come with ... More About: Software , Lost , Hack
Web Comic of the Day
2009-09-11 14:08:00 In between working my full time job and the temporary part time job I put together a website called Web Comic of the Day. A lot of times people will put together a great comic and post it online at flickr or imgur and it will disappear into the internet abyss. But with a site ...
Get Hulu on the Xbox360 Wii or PS3
2009-09-11 13:53:00 A company called TVersity has decided that they will allow users to download the pro version of their software for free with no license or trial limit. They only ask if you like the software buy it, if not, thanks for trying. There is no activation of any kind required, and there are no license ... More About: Software , Entertainment
Cheap HD Quality Pocket Camcorder
2009-07-09 14:00:00 I was able to pick up the Kodak zi6 for $99 refurbished from Amazon.com, and at this amazing price, who could go wrong? I added an 8GB SDHC card for $20 and it’s a complete package for less than $120. Much cheaper than the competing Flip HD cameras. Overall I love this camera, great quality build, ... More About: Hardware , Camcorder , Cheap
Gmail Adds Some Features
2009-07-02 13:52:00 Google has increased the attachment size from 20MB to 25MB “With Gmail , you can send and receive messages up to 25 megabytes (MB) in size. Please note that you may not be able to send larger attachments to contacts who use other email services with smaller attachment limits. If your attachment bounces, you should invite them ... More About: Features
Pirate Bay Sold to Global Gaming Factory
2009-07-02 13:39:00 The Pirate Bay sold their site for $7.8 million this week to a company called Global Gaming Factory . The Pirate Bay is the most popular torrent site in the whole interworld. Some have said that the $7.8 million is really low for a site that generates so much traffic but with the recent legal battle ...
FTC to Monitor Bloggers For Undisclosed Freebies
2009-06-23 01:50:00 The FTC is planning to monitor and crack down on bloggers that are given undisclosed freebies for positive coverage of their product or brand. Savvy consumers often go online for independent consumer reviews of products and services, scouring through comments from everyday Joes and Janes to help them find a gem or shun a lemon. What ... More About: Freebies , Bloggers , Monitor
Hunch ? A New Way To Find What You Want
2009-06-16 01:58:00 It seems like there are a whole lot of people coming up with new ways to search and find information. There’s Wolfram Alpha, Microsoft’s newly launched Bing, and now there’s Hunch. Bing is trying to compete directly with Google where Wolfram Alpha and Hunch are trying to generate more specific results. With Wolfram Alpha it’s ... More About: Find
A Geeks Guide to Travel
2009-06-14 23:19:00 The Geek Atlas (128 places where science & technology come alive) is a unique approach to a travel guide. The guide covers 128 locations around the world that have scientific or technological significance and includes their GPS coordinates and the actual science behind the location. The Geek Atlas is not only a travel guide, but includes ... More About: Travel , Geeks , Guide
AT&T 3GS pricing woes
2009-06-10 21:32:00 AT&T is starting to see a substantial amount of backlash regarding the latest iPhone pricing. It appears there are actually three different pricing levels as follows: New and qualifying AT&T customers: 16GB iPhone 3G S (black or white) – $199 32GB iPhone 3G S (black or white) – $299 Early upgrade customers (iPhone 3G owners): 16GB iPhone ... More About: Apple
Search the Forums of the World With Twing
2008-06-10 01:59:00 Throughout the interwebs there are loads and loads of sites that specialize in one thing or another. Most of those sites offer forums for their users to discuss the topics surrounding the site. The forums offer you a unique opportunity to talk to professionals or enthusiasts about that topic. They can answer most any questions ... More About: Technology , World , Search , Forums , The World
3G iPhone - Initial Thoughts
2008-06-09 21:49:00 As a current generation iPhone owner, today was a big day. The announcement of a 3G iPhone at the WWDC. Prior to the announcement I was considering an upgrade, but now I am not so sure. OK so it’s a lot faster than the current generation iPhone (Apples says 2.8 times faster to be precise), ... More About: Technology , Iphone , Thoughts
Skype Add-On Broke Firefox
2008-06-05 01:06:00 I recently installed Skype to yack with my buddies during rounds of Warhammer 40k:Dawn of War. When I installed it, the add-on for Firefox was installed as well. Shortly after that I noticed when I would click through to look at images submitted on digg instead of the images I was seeing a message that ... More About: Technology
iTunes Has Phoenix Mars Mission Movies
2008-06-03 00:58:00 If you’re looking for something to pass the time that is free, brain enhancing, and almost undoubtedly incredibly boring than look no further than the iTunes store. Videos from the mission are available for free on the store. The Phoenix Mars Mission is a probe sent to Mars to examine the history of water on ... More About: Movies , Entertainment , Itunes
Record Breaking Firefox 3?
2008-05-29 17:46:00 Mozilla, the guys (and gals) behind Firefox are going to try to break a world record with their upcoming release of Firefox 3 .0. They are trying to break the world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. While an actual date has not yet been set, it will be sometime in June. You can ... More About: Record , Breaking
Apple?s Solar Powered Patent
2008-05-28 21:41:00 If you’ve had your head in the sand this week you might have missed the patent filed by Apple for a solar device of some sort. There is a lot of speculation that there might be solar powered iPods or iPhones in the future. I don’t have an iPhone but I imagine when I’m not ... More About: Hardware , Technology , Solar , Patent
Panasonic Shows Off YouTube Ready TV
2008-05-22 01:34:00 Panasonic has unveiled a new line of plasma TVs, the PZ850-series Viera Plasmas, that you can connect to the internet. Out of the box you will be able to stream YouTube videos, Picasa photos, and other websites in the future. I haven’t seen any pictures of the device in action but without some sort of ... More About: Youtube , Entertainment , Panasonic , Ready
Denial of Service To The Extreme
2008-05-20 23:56:00 According to darkreading.com A researcher has figured out a way to break devices that allow firmware upgrades over the network. For the most part his demonstration will mostly be a proof of concept but it’s scary to think what could happen if a hacker decides to take it to the next level. Most ... More About: Service , Extreme , Denial
Social Search - Xoost
2008-05-20 21:13:00 I have recently been playing with a new social search service currently in BETA called Xoost. Xoost adds a social element to search that allows you to connect with other users of the service and contribute to the search optimization. Basically as you search terms it allows you to link with other users that have ... More About: Social , Technology , Search
Windows XP SP3 Continuous Reboot Fix
2008-05-17 22:23:00 If you are suffering from the continuous reboot problem that seems to be plaguing AMD users that installed SP3 then I can help, I hope. I have an AMD 64-Bit processor, I was using 64-bit Ubuntu but I decided to switch back to XP for a little while. After I got finished installing things looked ... More About: Software , Windows , Windows Xp
Commercial Games Released As Freeware
2008-05-16 00:35:00 If you’re looking to score some free games look no further than this list on Wikipedia. There are enough games on here to keep you busy for hours. Some of the games are newer but most of them are older. I would highly recommend these titles from the list: Sam & Max: Abe Lincoln Must ... More About: Technology , Commercial , Games , Freeware , Released
How To Hack And Have Fun At The Same Time
2008-05-15 01:30:00 If you’re stuck in a hotel room or a college dorm room and would like to have some fun with people the video below will show you how to spoof both SSL and DNS. SSL spoofing will allow you to see things that would normally be encrypted in plain text. DNS spoofing will allow you ... More About: Technology , Time , Hack
Microsoft Bringing Windows Live Search To The Blackberry
2008-05-12 23:43:00 Windows Live Search is a really cool tool if you’ve got a Windows based smartphone. I have it installed on my Samsung i760 and I love it. I use my bluetooth GPS device with the Windows Live application to get directions to just about anywhere. You can also just type the name of a restaurant ... More About: Software , Windows , Mobile , Microsoft , Blackberry
Twitter Gives Spammers The Boot
2008-05-08 00:29:00 I’ve only scratched the surface on Twitter . I put off joining up for quite a long time but finally took the plunge a few weeks ago. Spamming has aparentally become a big enough issue on Twitter that they have started blacklisting the spammers. It hasn’t been said how you get yourself on this blacklist but ... More About: Boot , Spammers
Get WinRAR Free
2008-05-05 23:39:00 WinRAR is and always has been a free trial application. When the trial runs out it continues to function but there is a nagging reminder that your trial is up and you should buy the application. The folks at RARLAB are now giving away WinRAR for free. You won’t be able to get the latest ... More About: Free
Jing - Simple Screen Capture
2008-05-05 21:12:00 Jing is a great tool for grabbing a screenshot or video and putting it up online quickly. I have been using Skitch on the Mac for a few months and love how easy it is to grab something, annotate and upload it all in a couple of clicks. Until Skitch is released for Windows, I ... More About: Software , Screen Capture , Screen , Capture , Simple
Microsoft Release Pro Photo Tools For Free
2008-05-02 02:04:00 Yes, you read the title right, Microsoft is giving away an application for free. Microsoft is giving away Pro Photo Tools for free to Windows users. Pro Photo Tools is geared for photography professionals and enthusiasts, and its first notable feature is the ability to geotag photos, or add geographic information showing where the picture ... More About: Software , Free
Avast Anti-Virus Marked uTorrent as Trojan
2008-04-29 00:14:00 Avast is a good free anti-virus but occasionally even the good software makes a mistake. It identified uTorrent as a trojan which deleted the file from the computer. Hopefully this was a mistake on Avast’s part and not part of some larger media monopoly conspiracy. The beauty though of uTorrent is that it is only ... More About: Anti Virus , Virus , Technology , Anti-Virus , Trojan
Stay Healthy With SMS Nutrional Information
2008-04-24 23:23:00 There are quite a few websites that can tell you the nutritional information of the foods you’re eating. But you have to be at a computer to find it. Now thanks to Diet.com you can get it via SMS. Right now it’s setup to give the nutritional value of popular fast food chains but hopefully ... More About: Information , Technology , Healthy , Stay
Microsoft?s Live Mesh Goes?Live
More articles from this author:2008-04-24 02:31:00 Microsoft has spewed out another web app. I haven’t used it because when you sign in you are forced to join a waiting list to see if you can use it. But once I get the chance to use it I will be sure to post my opinions on it. Synchronize folders across any or ... More About: Windows , Microsoft , Live , Mesh 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
