Technology,Gadget's, Modern Lifestyle

Electronic Attacks On Election Night!

Sunday, November 9, 2008
Posted by JA

There are report's out that President Elect Obama's computer was attacked on election night. The secret service has concluded that there was a significant amount of sensitive information extracted from the system. Attacks were said to come from china.

Any hacker that is serious will route there traffic through an innocent computer system to cover there tracks. Not saying the attack is not coming from China I just hope they know enough not to jump to conclusions on this kind of thing. Starting a war with China right now is not in our best interest. I have been moaning about this for a long time.

American politician's for the most part are far behind in technology. Darpa and a few other organizations excluded. The majority of our government are behind the times in comparison to other countries.

Obama on the other hand seems very aware of this fact and is planning for this as we speak. We can just hope he can get something in the work's during this "lame duck" period of time. This all goes back to a past blog post about electronic attacks, I guess you can say that I seen this coming. Let's just hope America isn't full of script kiddies!

Election Time's Over...

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Posted by JA

So the smoke has cleared! Were still around just busy, It's about time to get this blog started up again. I have started a second blog about Play-Station Home you can check it out here. There could be a Pod-Cast in the making but we will have to see how that goes. I have also been working on my Freelance writing career. I have a portfolio set up for my writing here. Ok enough with the self promotion plugs! haha

Netbook News! "Next-Gen" MSI System Announced

Monday, October 20, 2008
Posted by JA


MSI's U120  is said to hit the market in November. Colors incude white and black, price is expected to land around $550. For the price point this little netbook has some nice features. Let's get to the specs!


Specs:

Built-in 3.5G data module

Atom N270 proc

1GB memory

120GB hard disk

Windows XP

They also announced a "Next-Gen" net book, said to hit  the market in March, 2009.

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Samsung's First Pc Hitting Us Market!

Friday, October 17, 2008
Posted by JA

Like your Samsung phone? I do. Like there lcd screens? I do, HDTV's? Yep. So why not love there laptops? From what I see in this thing its got a sleek look, Some nice horsepower and A fair price! Yes! it's the Q310-34P, and Q310-34G and they are showing up in the US. Market for around $1000.00-$1200.00. That's a pretty good price for the form factor and the specs of this thing. So, the new macs too high for you? Hate the new glossy display, and black keyboard? Give samsung a call! . 


Specs

Q310-34P
 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo T5800 CPU
 250GB hard drive
Q310-34G
2.26GHz Core 2 Duo P8400  
320GB hard drive. 
3GB of DDR2 RAM 
Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD
DVD burner
built-in webcam 
802.11n WiFi 
1280 x 800 
13.3-inch display


08' Smart-Phone Rundown!

Thursday, October 9, 2008
Posted by JA

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DeviceDisplayKeyboardCameraWiFiGPSStorageNetwork

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Android g13.2 inch 480x320Physical Qwerty3.0 MpYesYes1 GB, SD slot3G











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Blkberry Storm3.2 inch 480x360Touch Qwerty3.2 MPYesYes1 GB, SD slot3G












Touch HD3.8 inch 480x800Touch Qwerty5.0 MPYesYes512 MB, SD slotEDGE


So, despite the economy your shopping for smart phones. 

Well, you've came to the right place. I decided to do a fall 08 run down on some hot devices. At this time the Google Android is the only device that has been released so far. The blackberry was just delayed, but coming soon, the touch HD is to be announced. So let's get to it! 

As you can see the Google Android seems to slack in some areas, but it does have the physical qwerty keyboard. This is a huge plus to some users, A lot of stubby fingered people don't like the IPhone touch keyboard. I seem to type faster on it but  have long fingers. I still typo allot on it but, it slims the device down a good amount not having the physical keyboard. This phone is Android powered, and that's a new thing for us geeks to conquer, so this is a popular phone. Although you will have to go to the T-mobile network, Meh, I'm waiting this one out. 

The Black-Berry Storm, This device seems to sit right in the middle of the three. There is allot of buzz on this thing being the "IPhone killer" but, that's a label that's been getting pasted on anything new with comparable features. This is a solid device if you like windows mobile, A very nice device for  Blackberry fans, Those used to the IPhone's interface might want to do their homework on this one. Windows mobile is great for business but if your looking for the fun gadget this one might not be for you. 

Ahh, the Touch HD. As you can see this thing has allot to it, Maybe a bigger is better mindset. The big thing I have with this device is that its not on 3G, Taking those amazing 5.0 MP pictures and then sending them over EDGE sounds painful. Although the display is pretty amazing. Seems like this thing is pretty far off, and looks like it's going to break whats left of your bank account. Some have said they have seen it around Germany's Amazon  for  8-900$ USD. Ouch, I don't even think my bank has that much left.

So there it is, These 3 devices cater to most people looking for smart phones. So, witch one are you getting? Or are you sticking with that Trac-Phone?

DirecTV confirms HD DVR / receiver glitch

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Posted by JA


Direct Tv users should read up for more info head over to Engadget!

DbPowerAmp: Solving All Your Itunes Hassle

Posted by JA



How many times have you re-done your Itunes library? How many times have you had album art problems, Dividing  your albums up and making Itunes hard to handle? I had all these and more. I finally broke down and searched the web for a tool that would make my life much better. I have since taken this thing in and made it part of my music lifestyle. 


What does it do? It does allot but what I use it for is to convert all my music media to one format. (mp3) so that Itunes will accept it and make It all work as it should. 

It is super lightweight. Very basic but very powerful. You can select a whole folder pick what you want it to convert to and walk away. It's very fast and you loose 0% quality they really sound great! 

Once its all said and done Itunes accepts your files with ease! It will even keep your old files but make a uniformed version for use elsewhere. 

It has a trial version, and as far as I have seen its free forever, and converts music fine. Not sure what features the paid version offers. I can say that this thing is made well so there probably great!

To get a copy of this awesome little tool head on over to dBpoweramp