Free Desktop Remote Control Software

I admit that I get many calls from firends as well as clients with simple desktop issues. For the most part, their issues aren’t those that would halt everything, they are mainly user training issues. I’ve never really had just one remote control application I stuck with but I’ve been using Crossloop here [...]

Best Buy outs BlackBerry Bold release date?

Perhaps you’re like me and starting to wonder if the RIM BlackBerry Bold is just a mythical creature like Bigfoot–spotted in the wild a number of times but yet to be captured, or in the Bold’s case, released. The smartphone was announced way back in May for AT&T, but we have yet to hear about [...]

Hybrids trick out, plug in

The owner of Luscious Garage is wondering whether the electric wall outlet will be the “gas tank” of the future.
Drivers of gas-sipping hybrid vehicles are increasingly interested in converting their vehicles from gasoline powered to electric, according to garage owner and lead technician Carolyn Coquillette.
While drivers of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles complain about higher fuel prices, [...]

Immigration issue polarizes suburban America

It’s patrol day for Maureen Wood and Allison Kipp. Armed with a notebook and cell phone, the two friends set off in a minivan in search of changes they don’t like in their hometown.

Hispanic men gather at a 7-Eleven. Graffiti sprouts on a back fence. The women catalog it all, planning to take up each [...]

Sheriff’s immigration tip line ringing off the hook

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is seeing an upswing in calls regarding businesses allegedly hiring illegal immigrants.
The Sheriff’s Office has tip lines for the public to call about unlawful employment of illegal immigrants; drop houses where migrants are kept after entering the U.S. from Mexico; and day laborers looking for work.
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Finally, Nero will let you make your PC into a real TiVo

The final step in making your PC into a TiVo is about to be bridged. Today, Nero AG — makers of the famous desktop CD and DVD authoring software — announced its LiquidTV TiVo-for-PC package.
The package includes a Hauppauge USB ATSC TV tuner and USB IR transceiver with paired remote control. LiquidTV offers most of [...]

Net neutrality: An American problem?

The leaders of three of Australia’s largest ISP’s have declared the Net neutrality debate as solely a U.S. problem–and further, that the nation that pioneered the Internet might want to study the Australian market for clues as to how to solve the dilemma.
Net neutrality is a term coined by Internet users who oppose the increasing [...]

Why Would Warren Buffett Stoop So Low?

Shortly after Warren Buffett invested billions in Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), he appeared on CNBC in support of the monstrous bailout package winding its way through Congress. Considering how astute and revered an investor as Buffett is, such actions raise tremendous moral and ethical red flags.
Buffett’s timing is important. He made the investment first, and [...]

Judge Declares Mistrial in RIAA-Jammie Thomas Trial

A federal judge on Wednesday set aside the nation’s first and only federal jury verdict against a peer-to-peer file sharer for distributing copyrighted music on a peer-to-peer network without the labels’ authorization.
U.S. District Judge Michael Davis of Duluth, Minnesota, declared a mistrial in the case of Jammie Thomas, a Minnesota mother of three, setting aside [...]

Pilots sleep through landing procedure

Two pilots who slept through their plane’s landing procedure despite repeated radio calls from air traffic controllers were fired by their airline and temporarily suspended from flying.
Captain Scott Oltman, 54, and First Officer Dillon Shepley, 24, dozed off during the brief midmorning flight from Honolulu to Hilo, on Hawaii.
The Federal Aviation Administration suspended the men [...]