Just got this in my email… so sharing. The deal is at http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.908196&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL042412&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL042412-_-EMC-042412-Index-_-Combo-_-Combo908196-LM3A Sounds pretty good to me…
By now, you should know this is one of my favorite subjects. Well, this isn’t ready to be tested on human subjects yet, but it is one of the “Grails” Neuroscience has been striving towards for many years. “Scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, have successfully bypassed the spinal cord and restored fine motor control to paralyzed limbs using a brain-computer interface.” – Sebast...
Big thank you goes to tazgecko and to DaveBax. Both these Community members have emailed/pm’d me with this news item which could adversely affect your connectivity. The DNS Switcher does just what it says. It changes the legitimate DNS address to a ‘ghosted’ one where you will be bilked, or given false information. illions of computers were infected by the gang of six Estonian criminals the FBI, etc. put boots to sometime back. You should check here: ...
This morning, I was having a cup of coffee while listening to the news and heard this one. I had to investigate (my late father's newspaperman genes). New legislation ( see below ) proposes to make EDR’s (black boxes) mandatory for cars starting in 2015. It has passed the Senate already! To be truthful though, smaller programs already exist. Allstate and Progressive purport to save 10-15% of monthly premiums by “safe driving”: The Progressive device, c...
Nanocopters are cool. Anyone who played with RC planes, copters, cars knows what fun theses things can be. There’s just something cool that happens when you put a kid (or a kid at heart) together with techy toys… and you don’t have to be a geek to enjoy them, either. So Extremetech has brought some cool videos of the nanocopters in action. Actually, alone is fun, but when two or more kids with this stuff get together, magic happens. A...
This is most welcome in the age of CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) which Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) is sponsoring. It is primarily a surveillance bill. In some respects it’s worse than SOPA and PIPA. “ CISPA's primary function is to remove legal barriers that might keep Internet companies from giving all your communication and information to the government . It allows "cyber entities" (such as Internet service providers, social networks like Face...
First there was USB2, then USB3. Now, Thunderbolt. Truth be told it’s been around for awhile, but only in Macs. So now, it’s really second generation “Thunderbolt”, which started as “Light Peak”. Thunderbolt gen one was demo’d at CES2012 by Apple, and it’s speed is impressive. At (up to) 10Gbps (ten gigs per second) of data throughput it’s a force to be reckoned with, and many folks, especially multimedia folks are dying to get with it already. It combines data, video, audio, an...
Wiz has an emergency kit and so do I. In fact, everyone should (along with disk images on external backups). My disk image saved my bacon very recently. If you’re the “go to” guy for tech stuff for your family and neighbors, this is a must. You can add may other useful utilities to it from Nirsoft, and other places (which I encourage you all to add in your comments). Here’s a great library of utilities and reviews to get you started: http://www.t...
Not many surprises here except that I don’t really accept their user’s star ratings and what the factors were used in judging are not mentioned. I also found it quite odd they overlooked Nexus altogether, making me doubt the degree of seriousness of the review. The inclusion criteria were also not listed, nor how software was evaluated. They seemed to feel (as did their users) that Rocket Dock exceeded Object Dock. The article didn’t state which version (free or...
Just got this in an email from newegg. So, if you want a good deal… “for today only based on fund availability”. Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Depa=0&Description=Adobe47&nm_mc=EMC-EXPRESS040712&cm_mmc=EMC-EXPRESS040712-_-EMC-040712-Index-_-MECH-_-AdobePSElements10-LB1
OK… Google comes up with some very interesting (as well as some evil) stuff. The good: For this invention? Medical – Surgeons will be able to connect to other consultants during procedures and bleed in (pardon the pun) anatomy “projections”, etc. Also, probably great for tech uses – computer repairs, construction projects, etc. The invention? It’s Google Project Glass: Looks good, right? The glasses, too. Notice all the bu...
Somewhere around 600,000 Mac users have this Trojan written in an unknown language. It gets on your OSX without a password. What it does (per F-secure): “Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.I connects to a remote site to download its payload; on successful infection, the malware modifies targeted webpages displayed in the web browser.” How to discover if it’s there and disinfect (per F-Secure): Manual Removal Caution: Manual disinfection is a risky p...
You can’t ignore the latest update (11.2). That’s because it plugged a security hole. Along with it came a new background updater which offers “automatic updating”. So this is all about the shiny new automatic updater and how to keep it’s functionality (updating) without adding updates to stuff you don’t have or necessarily want. The KISS principle: You want Adobe Flash updates only, so keep it simple. OK. You’ve opted to update and on installing th...
Finally. No WC’er nor gamer should be without one! Even people using Winstep need this! No more “Spaghetti Junction” wiring mess. No more wires for the cat to chew through (how come they never get electrocuted?) ThinkGeek is marketing this great invention, and $34.99 is not “too much”. I don’t want to hear that in the comments: No negativity at all. This ingenious device deserves everyone’s support. Hell, it&r...
You can’t imagine how proud I felt when I read that my old high school classmate Danny (now Danny, Ph.D.) made an amazing discovery after a lifetime of work with penguins. Kind of amazing, really, because Danny always told me he hated cold weather, and New York City winters. Anyway, Dr. Danny Ksepska has made the discovery of a lifetime. He’s found flying penguins that actually migrate. He started his research as an unde...