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This week for TVazine, we go through a review that I thought was all but lost. A couple months ago, a hard drive crashed and with it – a few of the video reviews I did early on that were not published yet. However, I do back up systems, and found that this video was saved in a backup I did the month before.
It was a copy that I already edited down, so I couldn’t put it into 720 format, but I was able to do a little tweaking on it. I also am playing with some new title intros, so let me know if you like the new intro.
In the meantime, we review the Fretlight guitar – a special guitar that connects to the PC via USB, then lights up the fretboard to direct you on how to play certain songs. This guitar is great for learning and comes with software to help out.
We look at the guitar and where it stands as a musical instrument and a teaching tool.
1 Comment »Commandment #1 – Thou shalt maketh thine iPhone App compatible doth 3.0 versions….
OK, it does make sense – If you make an iPhone app or if you want to keep the iPhone app in the store, you must update it for the new version of the software. For some, it may not need any real updates – just someone to test and say; “Yeah, it’s 3.0 compatible.”
It does get frustrating when you look through something like Firefox plugins and see an add-on that hasn’t been updated in a very long while. Even the plugins for this site: sometimes you have to watch what you install, or else you might just break the system.
Therefore, we submit this: These 1 Bitstrips for you all to obey… or at least get a chuckle out of.
Bloomberg considers the effect of the new Apple iPhone OS 3.0 on the apps store and predicts more apps and fiercer competition amongst developers. Read the full story here. See the apps store here.
Now, I do not have an iPhone and wouldn’t get one on a bet. I don’t like Apple’s walled garden. (Heck, if I had my way, I’d ditch my son’s iPod, just to get iTunes off the Windows box.)
No Comments »Sony works hard on their Notebooks. Small but functional. The Vaio Notebook with 3G, as well as the Sony software that PS3 owners know well.
Eric shows the P Series
Andy McCaskey talks with Eric about this small notebook. Andy and Eric talk about the instant on technology, the battery life and the programs on the system. Also you can connect an adapter to plug in a monitor, mouse and keyboard.
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No Comments »Would you like to help your Mom fix her computer without having to drive to the computer? Well Citrix Online now can help with Gotoassist Express. Todd Cochrane talks with this group to see how this new online PC VNC software works. Their plans range from 1 time plans to yearly – so it’s a quick way to gain access to fix a machine.
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Porn. It’s a 4 letter word. Maybe you would prefer “Adult Entertainment”? Like it or not, this little enterprise seems to drive our lives. We push it away, and it comes back even more. No matter what we do, the black sheep seems to re-arise. Is there any way we can control the beast on the internet?
Adult Entertainment has been around as long as people can remember. Whenever there was a medium for it, someone was there to try and make a buck. In the musical “Miss Saigon”, the Engineer used the girls so they all could benefit from American soldiers.
Early movies had their share of Back room films. An old, worn out film of a young lady dancing around the stage with no clothes on made some sick, but others were intrigued. It progressed to a slight mainstream area of the communities. Theatres showing X rated movies – some of them actually attempted to have a full story line with them. Yet, it’s still not something you want to take the kids to.
Enter in the Information age. People want it and they want it now. Same with sex – Now.
As computers grew, the Adult Industry did too. From the video poker machines in the bar that make the computer generated woman take her clothes off, the DVD with full interactivity to the people on a website sitting in front of the camera waiting to do whatever you tell them in the chat.
Last week I talked to a friend who used to go to CES. He mentioned that the two used to go hand-in-hand. Since the Adult Industry put out the most software at the time, they had the most to show. Of course, that has changed, but is something to think about when we shun the industry.
The biggest problem, of course, is the fact that anyone can find anything anywhere. From the one computer stuffed with pictures downloaded from Limewire, to the online streaming of videos through certain video distribution softwares.
A person can go to www. Whatever the porn site is.com and even though they have to sign up to be a member and get the juicy pictures and video, they can still sit on the front page and see naked people either – sometimes already “doing the deed”.
China is cracking down on this by trying to curb the two instigating sites – Baidu and Google. Both are search engines. In China, porn is illegal – but with things like the Internet around, how do you curb it? Can you curb it?
Even if China can get Google and Baidu to block the content, there will be hundreds of other ways to get there. It’s like trying to dam the Pacific Ocean. You will need one pretty big wall to do so.
Then again, China likes to keep things under control. No porn, no blogging, don’t even try to step out of line.
Another interesting comment came up that made me think about this. I was talking to a friend that is close to IPTV and he said that Adult Entertainment on IPTV is what makes the most money. It would imply that if we didn’t Adult IPTV, then the providers wouldn’t bother because it wouldn’t be worth it.
Is this why the FCC decided to lift some of the restrictions on Free Broadband? They can easily hide behind constitutional rights – however instead they might be saying they want people to connect up to get to their favorite porn sites.
No matter what, Pornography will not just go away. It’s too profitable. Maybe that’s why Zack and Miri made one? Maybe that’s why people put “See my girlfriend naked” as a title on YouTube, then show us a video of their kid dancing to Prince?
Oh yeah. Good luck, China, in building that Dam.
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We are back on the wagon, it was a tough WITH to produce because of this cough.Nonetheless, we found some great history and are reporting to you.
December 16th 1988, Kevin Mitnick is charged for breaking into and stealing software from DEC. He also gained control of MCI codes in England and LA. Mitnick became a martr for some computer geeks as he bucked the system in ways people were unsuseptable to . My personal favorite is how he got free pizza.
Other events that happened this week – Suspenders were patented by Mark Twain. Microsoft stops supporting IE for the Mac. The Altair 8800 kit is first released, Symantec and Veritas merge and a lot more. Of course to get all the events, you’ll have to listen to the podcast.
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No Comments »It’s been a year and a few months since the first iPhone was sold. Since the release of the 3G model, I’ve been seeing people with iPhones I would have never expected have one. The iPhone has brought up a new way to use the internet, the phone and a computer.
Apple is under a lot of scrutiny: AT&T being the sole carrier, the Apps store program take downs and the 3G services being poor. Yet the iPhone still is the 2nd best selling phone behind the Motorola RAZR. Apple itself is set to continue through these tough times.
There has been a lot of good and bad said about the iPhone. I have seen a lot of Forum posts, even more twitters and more. I decided to go ahead and ask a small group of people over at Help A Reporter what their thoughts were. I asked to send me 1-2 paragraphs as to why you like, don’t like or are neutral about the iPhone. Here are the responses:
I love my iPhone (even though the first one went “bad” on me within the first month)! I am a book author and speaker. I use my iPhone to do “cold calls” and the 60 second presentation. My phone is set to my home page and I have book marked my YOUTUBE page. When I run into a “prospect” I can quickly show them my “media presentation” which often results in a greater interest in my project and sometimes a new client. Without the iPhone I am not sure how I would be able to make the most of chance encounters and networking with influential people. Read the rest of this entry »
1 Comment »As a consultant, I use my own equipment all the time. When I get to a specific client, sometimes I am asked to sign a waiver that states I will not take company data. I sign it because I am not going to ruin any relationship by walking out with secrets or customer lists.
Data nowadays can be controlled. We at the Quickcast have talked about how that can happen many a time. However, the most important thing in a work environment is to make sure the data stays within the company – even after a person has left. Citrix Systems has given Employees a bonus payment to buy their own laptop for corporate use. While it does give advantage, could the company lose control of the data?
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The Economy is in Danger. Banks and Institutions are in a financial pickle. With the fall of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac because of bad business decisions and a Blind eye to investors building more homes than Americans need, financial institutions could collapse upon themselves. To protect their money, they could make it harder for Businesses to get loans.
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No Comments »Open Source seems to be a growing movement. Not everything is part of the “GNU General Public License” though. Some have even gone as far to make their own Public License standard.
Microsoft does have some Open Source to them, but what would happen if they took their Operating System to that standard? Would people accept the Microsoft OS, or would they finally make the switch to Linux?
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