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2003

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Windows Startup the never ending Mystery

Startups is a great site that goes a very long way in figuring out what the heck Windows is doing when it Startup's. If your like me you are always looking for ways to maximize the performance of your systems. This site is by far the best I have ever come across that explains and eliminates the mysteries out of

Hard Choices for the Recording Industry

Most of us have known it for a long time. The recording industry has to change in order to survive. Honestly I think some have finally woke up and smelled the roses. They are having a meeting sponsored by the Future of Music Coalition they seem to think that consumers and the recording industry need to compromise. Well how dumb

X-Box challenge called off.

Crumbling to pressure The Neo Project team has called off the X-Box Challenge. Seems some of the teams did not like the change of focus. The Neo Project website says it is due to legal concerns. [The Neo Project]

Connect your own VOIP Telephony Device

If you are thinking about getting a Wi-Fi VOIP device to reduce your phone cost there is a terrific article written on the subject and goes into great detail about what the phone companies have planned and how we as consumers can use digital telephony connectivity without the major telco's help. Please give this one a read very informative "Customer-owned

Identity Theft Law to take affect in California

Identity theft is everyones worst nightmare. Some legislatures in California agree if you do business in California host your servers in California or have customers in California you will be required to secure your customers information and disclose fully to your customers if the information is disclosed to unauthorized parties. There are certain disclosure benchmarks that go along with the

Hollywood Studios to change your Digital Cable Box !!!!!

In a move that is going to piss a lot of people off it seems that the Hollywood studios are going to be telling your Cable Providers, Satellite Service and Internet Service Providers to flip a switch that is in your Digital Cable Box. What is this switch going to do. Well it is going to prevent you from recording

Phone Home via the Internet!

My regular Job has me abroad 6-8 months a year and my phone bill would cause most of you to faint. I have not used Internet Telephony in quite a long time as the quality really sucked. With broadband being available in many places worldwide and with connectivity improvements the New York Times is predicting it may be the right

Understanding Wireless Lan Bridges

Some of you may be considering putting in a wireless network in your home. I have more grand plans in putting in a wireless network in my neighborhood. Time to get rid of my ISP well I have been doing a lot of reading on wireless networks and found a great tutorial on Understanding Wireless LAN Bridges. This article is

Daily Rotation Adds Geek News Central to there Site

A very informative site with links to 175 Tech related Website added us to there Daily Rotation. We will be adding a permanent recip link on the page shortly. Check there site out. [Daily Rotation]

Google and the Information we Search for

Google gets millions of searches a day. We know from our own server logs that people get to our site via Google via a variety of search phrases. An Article in the The Age has a great article on Google and the trends they see. [The Age]

FCC set to make major changes

Over the past months I have informed the readership of this site when the FCC has allowed comments to be posted on upcoming policy changes. Starting in Feb we will see if your comments made a difference as they are set to announce the results of those policy changes. The changes could be broad and will in all likelihood benefit

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