Beware the top online holiday scams

Tis' the season, for scammers and other crooks. To make sure you don't get scammed, check out this list of the top online scams. Oh yes...Merry Christmas.

Upgrading to Visual Studio 2008, Use Caution

If you plan to upgrade to VS 2008 take care. Installation can be tricky if you are using the BIDS
features of SQL Server 2005. Read More

Get your own TV Show

Something like YouTube for live video, this site can turn web cam owners into video broadcasters.

Ustream is a platform that provides live interactive video for everyone. Anyone with a camera and an Internet connection can use Ustream to broadcast to a global audience.

Just go to the site, register and name your show and you get a web cam specific URL that can be viewed 24/7, best of all its free.

Senate approves 7 year Internet tax ban

The Senate has approved a 7 year extension to the ban on Internet taxation. The extension will prevent greedy state bureaucrats from imposing new taxes on internet usage; which could increase internet use fees by as much as 17%. GOP lawmakers want to make the ban permanent; saying it would spur investment in broadband internet access, Democrats forever in love with taxes of any kind, blocked the attempt

Free download teaches programming

Want to learn game development or OOP? A free tool called 'Alice' can help; According to the Alice.org site: "Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.

Evil PDF Attacking IE7

If you are using IE7 on XP or Win2003, watch out! A PDF based trojan horse is exploiting a URL handling flaw in IE7 Read more

Looking for free stuff

Looking for free software? We found this site through Stumble!
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MS extends XP deadline for OEMS

Microsoft has announced it will give OEMs another six months to sell PCs with Windows XP installed. This means the new deadline will now be June 30 2008. Read more

Daylight Savings Time Changes

DST will end on November 4, 2007, which is one week later than usual. This results in a new DST period that is four weeks longer than in previous years. How critical is this problem to you? If you are a home user, the DST changes may only be a minor nuisance. However, for business users
the DST changes could cause severe problems. What do you need to do? We found this site at Microsoft that may be of some help in resolving these stupid DST issues.

SIMT Opening review

Yesterday, we had an opportunity to go to the SIMT (Southeastern Institute for Manufacturing and Technology) grand opening. Located at Florence-Darlington Technical College, in Florence SC;
SIMT is an amazing facility! Designed to aid in the training of next generation manufacturing workers and assist in attracting hi-tech manufacturing companies to South Carolina.

Adding to the wow factor of the facility, was the 3d virtual reality simulations provided by EON Reality. Their demo included a wall sized video display, running a simulation of a corporate jet interior. Read more

Down memory lane

Have fond memories of that old Apple IIC or TRS-80?
Relive them here. Read more

For $20 a month you can destroy someones life

Hackers have started advertising their skills. For $20 a month the hacker will
promise to sign the targeted person up online and destroy their life
making sure the victim can't get a job, credit etc. Read more

Mini Digital Camera from Rollei

Rollei has come out with a miniature digital version of its
2.8f Camera. For those of you who want the style, without
the $4500 price tag of a 2.8f the MiniDigi is for you. Read More

Win Server 2008 Rollout Delayed -- Again

Windows Server 2008 RTM scheduled for roll out late this year has been
pushed back to sometime 1Q of 2008. Read more

YokkTo: ultra small PC project

YokkTo (derived from yocto or 10 to the -24).
is our ultra small PC project. Starting with the form factor, we decided that the smallest reasonable size was the nano-itx form factor. Pico-itx was considered but rejected, largely due to the lack of cases designed to fit pico-itx mobo's.

Next step: case and motherboard selection.

Fujitsu's New Primergy: Small, Energy Efficient Server

Starting Aug. 28, Fujitsu will begin offering the Primergy TX120, a small-form-factor, one-socket tower system that promises to use less energy and run quieter than the Fujitsu's other low-end servers. Measuring 4 inches wide by 13 inches high and 16 inches deep, uses about 163 watts of electricity, which means the server consumes about 40 percent less power compared with Fujitsu's own TX150 system. Read More

Solid State Drives

Your Hard drive may soon be replaced by a solid state drive. Seagate announced it will offer solid-state drives (SSDs) in 2008. “SSDs offer a couple advantages over disk-based drives: they’re lighter, consume less power, and more rugged, making them ideal for laptops and mobile devices. The drives are available in capacities up to 160GB, according to Seagate’s Web site.” Read More

No batteries required

That bulky and expensive laptop PC battery may soon be a thing of the past.
Researchers at MIT have succeeded in powering a light bulb without wires
from a distance of 7 feet. Called WiTricity (Wireless Electricity), the technology
could in time render batteries obsolete. Read more

No ink required

Zink has come out with a new camera that
prints photos without using ink. The 7 megapixel
device prints small color photographs on special paper.
due out later this year no word on pricing.