Entries from June 2007

Online Backgammon Sites Up The Anti

June 26th, 2007 · Comments Off

Online gaming is incredibly popular, with millions of players from all over the world participating. Not all games are like the hectic action games. There are plenty of very popular games such as online backgammon which offer a more relaxed pace suitable for everyone.
Online gambling is quite popular as well. A successful backgammon site is […]

Tags: Web · gaming

LG-SV280 The Banana Phone

June 25th, 2007 · Comments Off

LG put their new cell phone on display in Korea, the LG-SV280. For some strange reason, the LG-SV280 was dubbed the “banana phone”. OK, so it is pretty obvious why it is called that. Apparently the keypad also features a lavender scent.
I must be completely out of touch with what some people want in […]

Tags: Cellphone

Vista Tip - Controlling Programs At Boot Time

June 21st, 2007 · No Comments

One question I am frequently asked, is how to stop certain programs from starting automatically and sitting in the system tray in Windows. Fortunately it is quite easy to do this in one easy interface.
To get the interface we are after, simply hit “Win+R”. “Win” in this case is the key that is probably on […]

Tags: Vista Tip · Windows Vista

HTTP Traffic Back On Top Thanks To YouTube

June 19th, 2007 · No Comments

For the last few years, the majority of traffic on the Internet was file sharing, or P2P. This would consist of traffic over things such as torrent, eMule, Limewire, and such. Now, your average HTTP page in a browser is back on top. But, it is not due to a sudden upsurge in people doing […]

Tags: Web

Tracing Cell Phone Numbers

June 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Maybe I’m naive, but I had no clue that there was an industry based around being able to trace cell phone numbers. Apparently all you need to do is become a member of one of any number of sites, and start searching away. I decided to test one site, and it was able to accurately […]

Tags: Cellphone · Security

Looking To Trade Your Used DVDs?

June 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Do you have a stack of CDs, DVDs, games and such that you do not use any more? How about trading them for ones you would rather have? But, finding someone to trade with can be a real hassle, especially if you are trying to find someone who has what you are interested in, and […]

Tags: Web

Alexa Toolbar - Anti Virus Tripping Nightmare

June 14th, 2007 · 5 Comments

As a budding web publisher, I am learning about the ins and outs of supporting myself online. One thing that I came across for determining the ranking and/or value of a site for advertisers and such, is an Alexa rating. Apparently this rating is based in part on the number of times your site is […]

Tags: Opinion · Security

USB Hard Drives

June 13th, 2007 · No Comments

If you are at all interested in having a secure back up of your computer, or work with large files such as video, then using USB Hard Drives is a good option to consider. Buy.com offers a large selection of USD Hard Drives to choose from, and presents them in an easy to use and […]

Tags: Computer · Hardware

Vista Tip - Accessing The Vista Firewall Configuration

June 13th, 2007 · No Comments

As I mentioned previously, the firewall in Vista is a significant improvement over past attempts by Microsoft. However, there are two distinctly different ways of configuring the firewall(actually, there are more than two, but I’ll show you two).
The first, and perhaps of most interest to the average user, is accessible through the security center area […]

Tags: Security · Vista Tip · Windows Vista

Computer Virus Removal Stories

June 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Computer viruses can be a nightmare. I’ve had to deal with my share of them. I can admit that I’ve been caught before myself. I was using one of the free anti virus tools, and it failed to catch a particular trojan that was running amok on my system. I only noticed because my system […]

Tags: Computer · Security