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Author :: Christian Rivard  |
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| Article Title :: Wireless Camera Detector to Protect Your Privacy Anywhere |
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Carrying a wireless camera detector is almost becoming an indispensable tool for almost anyone.If you are a regular traveller and spend lots of time in different hotel or motel, if you are renting or even at your office you might consider using a wireless camera detector.Last year, over 74 million dollars was spent on spy cameras alone. They are everywhere, mostly where they shouldn’t be in the first place
Are you being watched without your knowledge?Today's wireless cameras are so small that it can be hidden in many objects such as smoke alarms, neck ties, glasses, telephone, radios, pens, toys and other common household or of (read full article) |
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Author :: Damian Julien |
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| Article Title :: iPod Versus PDA Upgrade Consumer Trauma |
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| The iPod technological blessings bestowed upon the public have been numerous.Upgrade frenzy hasn't really died down just yet for this particular brand of portable digital audio player.Of course, as evidenced by the Windows Mobile Team Blog, upgrade strategies adopted by corporations may be contingent on that pesky cost factor.My Windows Mobile 5 upgrade article sheds some light on upgrade trends and how consumer base plays no small part in the upgrade equation as theoretically applied to Apple.If we take a look at iPod versus PDA technological evolution, the former is proceeding at a blistering, heart-palpitating rate for consumers.T (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Chris Bryant |
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| Article Title :: Cisco CCNA / CCNP Home Lab: Why You Need An ISDN Simulator |
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| ISDN is a vital topic for today's CCNA and CCNP candidates, especially for the ICND and Intro exams - you've got to know ISDN inside and out to pass those exams. Naturally you want to include it in your home lab. What many candidates don't realize is that you can't connect two Cisco routers directly via their Basic Rate Interface (BRI) interfaces you've got to have another device between them called an ISDN simulator.An ISDN simulator is not one of those software programs pretending to be routers ("router simulators") this is a piece of hardware that acts as the telephone company in your home lab. Older simulators come with preprogrammed phone numbers and SPIDs, where newer ones le (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Damian Julien |
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| Article Title :: iTunes Fails In Motorola Rokr Cell Phone Bid |
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| Marrying iTunes capability with Motorola Rokr cell phones was theoretically quite sound.MacNewsWorld has reported, however, that the new Rokr phones by Motorola are proving to be virtual hot potatos.The mobile phone return rate is roughly six times the usual for these new iTunes phones, according to the article.Apparently storage has proven to triumph over functionality with consumers, leaving them blindly apathetic to the over-hyped MPEG-4 playback of these devices.The Rokr iTunes phone only stores roughly 100 songs, a tiny portion of the relatively gigantic iPod storage capability.Pocket PC owners fortunate enough to have SDIO slots are (read full article) |
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Author :: Mike Morris |
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| Article Title :: 8 Steps To Secure Windows |
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| The Internet is awash with viruses, Trojan Horse programs and worms which are constantly looking to infect vulnerable computers that are connected to the internet. If a worm gets into your computer it does not limit itself to the individual e-mails you send to friends, family and colleagues, as it can spread itself automatically to all addresses stored in your email program.Take positive steps today to ensure both Windows and your email program are secure.1. Install a more secure operating system. If you are not using Windows 2000/XP then you should consider upgrading to these systems. They use the NTFS (New Technology File System) and that is much more secure than FAT32, wh (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Mike Morris |
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| Article Title :: Has My PC Got A Virus |
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| What is a virus? The term broadly describes any program that tries to hide a malicious function or spread copies of itself on to as many computers as possible.Believe it or not most viruses are benign, displaying a message or picture at a specific time. There are some malignant viruses that can cause damage to your files and programs. Most viruses in circulation fall into six key classifications:1. Worm – a self contained program that can spread functional copies of itself to other computer systems.2. File Infector – attaches itself to ordinary program files, it usually ends in exe or com.3. Trojan Horse – Noramlly a non-replicating program, designed to p (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Scott Morris |
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| Article Title :: How to Use Windows XP 'System Restore' System Tools |
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| Well, we all have been there. We turn on our computer (boot up) getting ready to type that school report, or business presentation and guess what, our computer just does not want to work today. Whether it's the word processor, spreadsheet, or financial package that isn't working, most people do not know that Microsoft Windows XP has a built in feature that just may come and save the day. That feature is called "System Restore."Basically, System Restore is like a little hound that runs behind the scenes taking "snapshots" of various parts of the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. So, if a part of Microsoft Windows XP stops working one day, the System Restore utility is able to r (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Gautam Dev |
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| Article Title :: Optimizing The Java Programming Language |
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| Improving JavaBean Coding The first thing I have is to improve the coding of any JavaBean. We all know any java bean has members and lot of getters and setters. But for large number of member variables it becomes tedious to create the getters and the setters. The Java api can easily make it part of the jdk so that the getters and the setters are generated automatically. There can be a marker interface which any JavaBean class can implement and that will tell the compiler to generate the getter and setter code during compilation process. Of course, if you have any specialized getter or setter, that will override the system generated ones. Optimizing Garbage Collect (read full article) |
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Author :: Grant Pasay |
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| Article Title :: Internet Basics: Plug-ins Are Like Popeye's Spinach |
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| Ever watch Popeye the Sailor Man cartoons? All on his own, Popeye could do quite a lot. He could walk and talk and sing and smoke his pipe. But when it came time to deal with his nemesis, Brutus, Popeye just wasn't up to the task.Not until he ate his spinach, that is. And suddenly, good old Popeye could do even more than before. That's when things always got exciting, and, suddenly, handling Brutus was no problem.That's what plug-ins are like.Just like Popeye all on his own, a browser can do quite a lot. It can display webpages and work with special languages like Javascript. But when it comes time to deal with other special things like audio or video or Flash content (read full article) |
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| Category :: Personal Tech Articles |
Author :: Jeff Su |
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| Article Title :: HDMI Switch: Insider's Guide |
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| Background: The High Definition TV “experience” continues to drive manufacturers to offer truly digital devices. The days of analog video interfaces are limited. In previous articles, we touched on HDMI connections. It is clear that HD sources such as DVD players, Cable settop boxes, satellite boxes are transitioning to the HDMI standard. It is inevitable that future HD sources such as HD DVD players (HD or Blue Ray), and Playstation 3 will utilize HDMI as the interface standard. With all these new HDMI source, how does one get the desired input to the HD monitor? In this article, we will get into the details of such a device: the HDMI switch.What is a HDM (read full article) |
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