Earthquake knocks Asia back to phone age, and beyond
BANGKOK: It was a tsunami for the digital age, a collapse of the virtual world that radiated through much of Asia and beyond after an undersea earthquake late Tuesday off the coast of Taiwan.
People woke Wednesday to find themselves without e-mail or the Internet and, in some cases, without telephone connections, cut [...]
Download of the Day: “The Last Man on Earth”
Similar to the movie “Omega Man,” starring Charleton Heston, the movie chronicles the lone survivor of a devastating world-wide plague.
Public Domain Torrents has a wide selection of movies, cartons, and more to choose from and to both freely and legally download.
One of the more interesting movies I came across recently was “The Last Man [...]
Fujifilm FinePix S6500fd
Fujifilm’s FinePix S6500fd incorporates face-detection technology and 6.3 megapixel shots to bring you a top of the line camera that any amateur photographer could use. The face-detection is touted as being super fast compared to other cameras that work with this technology and the fact that the camera can tell the difference between landscapes [...]
iTurbo iPod Charger
While I have seen so many iPods in use I have often wondered how often those that use them constantly have to charge them. I know my daughter doesn’t use hers that often so she will charge it once a week, but someone that utilizes the iPod in their car, while at work and [...]
iPod and MP3 Integration In Vehicles, 2007
Integrating iPod connectivity has been a big issue and selling point with vehicle marketing. I have noticed many commercials talk of iPod or MP3 player compatibility and in addition, bluetooth technology as well.
Audio is a big deal with car owners (even myself) and marketing companies are catching on to the desire to have a [...]
Download more than 2000 albums for free on “Jamendo”
There’s a number of great free music download sites out there and Jamendo is no exception.
Jamendo bills itself as a “…new model for artists to promote, publish, and be paid for their music.”
Now when they say “be paid for,” they mean that hopefully by downloading and listening to an artist’s music, users will decide to [...]
How to Rip Music From MySpace
A quick step guide that will show you how to rip audio from MySpace and any other site that allows you to stream music on your PC.
(Don’t want to hassle? SuperMedia has a product available for $47 that works.)
There are many audio files available for playback on the venerable MySpace site yet, very few are [...]
Skype to Target Businesses
Skype will continue to aim at the business market, adding functions for specific business needs, executives said last week at the company’s development center in Tallinn, Estonia.
The company’s most recent 3.0 version of its software allows system administrators to configure and control Skype use across an enterprise and Skype will build on that. Its software [...]
Spam surge drives net crime spree
The tussle between computer security companies trying to protect your PC and the bad guys that try to compromise it is often characterised as an arms race.
Sometimes the security companies have the upper hand as they develop and deploy novel techniques to spot and stop malicious software of all stripes.
And sometimes, such as in 2006, [...]
Fox: How can the FCC fine us when they don’t publish the rules?
The FCC was in court last week, defending its recent indecency rulings before an appellate panel of judges. The case at issue was brought by Fox after the network was sanctioned (but not fined) by the agency for a pair of curse words that went "unbleeped" during two different awards shows. The FCC found the [...]
