First off, the information..... at home I have Roadrunner high speed online with telephone service thru the same modem (Arris provided by Brighthouse) connected to a Linksys Wireless G 2.4ghz router. My computer is physically connected to the router and my wife & son use the wireless connection (only allowed MAC addresses).
NOW for the issue...for the last 6-8 weeks I've noticed that from time to time my phone will be "out of service" no dial tone if you call it goes directly to voicemail. I ...
I'm still amazed to this day of how a small segment of people react when presented with the notion that they might actually have to pay for a piece of software. Some people actually act offended when they see that a developer, whether it's a big-time company, or just some guy programming in his bedroom, puts a small price on something they spend their time working on. They will rant and rave of how great the product is, but when they see a price tag, even it's just a few dollars, they scof...
I am a big fan of WordPress. It is what this blog uses, and many of my friends and associates use it as well for their blogging needs. I stick with WordPress because it’s powerful, but easy to setup and use. Having the ability to expand it by use plugins makes it even more appealing. I wanted to list my top 5 favorite WordPress plugins for anyone out there using, or thinking about using WordPress for their blog.
cforms II. If you have a blog you would most likely want people to con...
I just caught this post by Brandon LeBlanc at the Windows Experience Blog today about a new application for photographers from Microsoft.
Microsoft today has made available a new tool for photographers using Windows for their digital photos: Microsoft Pro Photo Tools V1. This application lets you quickly edit the metadata on digital photos you've shot with your camera - including RAW formats.
Link: The Windows Experience Blog : Into Digital Photography? Check out Microsoft Pro Phot...
I had my backup drive turned off when Windows decided to backup my computer and it gave me this error.
Have you ever been writing that important report for your boss and suddenly, Word just "unexpectedly" stopped working? Or maybe the spreadsheet you have been working on for weeks gives you that strange corrupt file error? Regardless of the reasons, I'm sure it's safe to say all of us have had some type of similar experience regarding losing important data.
Backing up data is always one of the first things people tell you to do, but lets face it, many of us just forget or don...
I love this news (from C|Net's News.com site): Court rejects RIAA's 'making available' piracy argument
Originally Posted by C|Net's news.com blog by Steven Musil
The recording industry's music piracy fight was dealt a setback Tuesday when a federal judge rejected the RIAA's "making available" argument in a lawsuit against a husband and wife accused of copyright infringement.
In Atlantic v. Howell, Judge Neil V. Wake denied the labels' motion for summary judgment in a 17-page decision (PDF), allowing the suit to proceed to trial. The argument--that merely the act of making music files available for download constituted copyright infringement--has been the basis for the Recording Industry Association of America's legal battle against online music piracy.
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"The court agrees with the great weight of authority that section 106(3) is not violated unless the defendant has actually distributed an unauthorized copy of the work to a member of the public," wrote the judge in his order. "Merely making an unauthorized copy of a copyrighted work available to the public does not violate a copyright holder's exclusive right of distribution."
EFF staff attorney Fred von Lohmann called the order the "most decisive rejection yet of the recording industry's 'making available' theory of infringement."
The order is a bit of an oddity in that it's a reversal of an order Wake issued in August, in which he granted the RIAA's summary judgment and fined the Howells $40,850 in penalties and court costs. However, the Howells appealed and the judgment was later vacated.
A couple of months ago, I built a computer on speculation, figuring to use it to make a couple of needed extra bucks. This was before the contract jobs were coming at a steady pace, when I thought we might need the extra scratch. It's a solid computer, Athlon 4400+ processor, 1GB RAM (that's what came with the package; I will upgrade later), 2-160GB Seagate SATA hard drives, and a DVD burner with lightscribe. I put it all together for $300 ($350 before rebates, but those are in now, so I can mar...
I read a news announcement about a new freeware program that does some cool stuff. I check it out and it is vastly superior to an existing freeware program. Yet when I read the comments, the new, superior freeware program is being flamed. Why? Because the guy making it also offers a for-pay version that has more features.
I check out the forums of a game I enjoy playing. Normally people are singing the praises of this game. Now, the forum is full of flaming and angst. Why? Because the devel...
Got birthdays, anniverseries, business meetings, appointments, and the like? We all like to write down events on our calendars, but the problem is that my new 2009 calendar's dates don't have any room to write any events down. That's why i'm adding a new "Events Bar" on the bottom of the calendar. Up to three custom events can be edited via Word Document.
I'm also adding new orange tiles for days 1-31, so it'll be easy to spot what day an important event is on. I pre-made WordArt messag...
Piclens... Now that is kool. Wonder what it would look here in the galleries?
Hadn't been into XP for a while on my Vista dual boot, so thought I'd go in and update everything, etc. All beganwell enough, Windows Upadates downloaded OK, but they just refuse to install no matter what I do. Even a repair install of XP (Pro SP2) did not resolve the issue. Event Viewer shows these error reports: Event ID: 1001... Fault Bucket 00733296. Event ID: 1000... Fault Application drwtsn 32exe. version 5. 1.200.0 faulting module dgbhelp.dll version 2600.2180 fault addre...
People often ask how we create articles and guides on some of the various sites like WinCustomize.com, JoeUser.com, etc., so they can also help out by writing something they specialize in. Several of us here use a variety of tools, some more complex than others, but most people who would like to write some articles don't need some of the more high-end tools.
One of the more complex and expensive applications is Expression Web from Microsoft. While it's pretty good at what it does, the casual ...
For me it all started before Windows....in Dos ....and a proggy called Xtree, XTPro and finally XTGold.
Great stuff...but as computers got bigger it hit the 640k limit and went belly-up in 32 bit Win Vers.
Then there was ZTreeWin ....a one-man development that had 'no limits'...still a 'text' file manager...but if you were used to Xtree....you were at home with this one.
Alternate shell users [particularly Litestep] never wanted to inadvertently invoke the dreaded Exploder shell while u...
I recently got myself the AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid+FM Volar H.264 and am extremely happy with it indeed... very much so, in fact.... and for 95.00 Oz dollars it's a bargain, as compared to PCI internal versions, which all cost more and are a pain in the arse to install.
It caters for Analog and digital TV, plus FM radio and video input from your VCR, DVD or CamCorder to record your home movies etc. OK, other tuner cards may also offer these features, but what's so great about this little...