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Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Verizon Unlimited Data Plans Are Being Killed – Tech Thursday
Yesterday
Your Verizon unlimited data plan for your smart phone, will soon be going away, forever. The company has announced that if you have an unlimited data plan "grandfathered in" from when they still offered unlimited data for their smart phones, at the end of your current contract, it's gone. Instead you'll be offered a shared data plan as you migrate from 3G to the new 4G LTE data network.
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for PCA First Pics of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs – Tech Tuesday
3 days ago
It wasn't too long ago that Ashton Kutcher was picked to play Steve Jobs in a movie based on his life. Now the first pictures of him have surfaced, and for the most part, he does look a lot like the younger Steve Jobs.
Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images 50,000 Twitter Accounts’ Data is Publicly Available – Tech Thursday
2 weeks ago
If you're a fan of the 140 character microblogging service like me, you tend to check it regularly and post just as regular. And like many of the other services out there has it's share of spam and phishing attempts. Well one seemed to work and someone or group of hackers, managed to get the data from 50,000 twitter account and then put it up on the internet for everyone.
Photo Wikipedia/US Secret Service The President’s Limo, aka The Beast – Tech Tuesday
2 weeks ago
Where ever the President goes, he travels in style, using a specially built limousine that not only keeps the bad guys from trying to harm him, but also keeps him in touch with the White House to stay up to date on the latest happening around the world. It's official name is The Presidential State Car. The Secret Service, call it the Beast! And I'm here to tell you, it lives up to that name.
iStockPhoto Investment Company Accidently Fires Entire Staff By Email- Tech Thursday
3 weeks ago
For as much as technology makes our lives easier and more convenient, mistakes can and do happen, and this one is a doozy! A story at International Business Times, said an investment company based in London sent out an email informing their entire staff staff of 1,300, that there services were no longer needed. But the email was only intended for one person.
YouTube Video for KegDroid When Beer and Tech Meet – Tech Tuesday
3 weeks ago
Beer is God's way of saying he loves us. And technology as a rule, improves on it's self sometimes with small steps, and other times, with great leaps. This is one of those great leaps, and brings the 2 together. Mike Wakerly created the Kegbot back in 2003. It's a free, open-source project to turn your beer kegerator into a computerized drink tracker. Now it's been improved by Google employee Paul Carff, using Google technology.
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google Drive Goes Live – Tech Thursday
4 weeks ago
After months and months of waiting, Google has finally launched their new Cloud storage product "Google Drive". This comes after Amazon and Apple, have already had a cloud storage product, Dropbox and Box.com have very robust and popular cloud storage services. How does Google's stack up?
iStockphoto CIPA is Another Privacy Fight Brewing on The Internet – Tech Thursday
5 weeks ago
It hasn't been long since Hollywood took a backhanded bitch slap with the SPOA and PIPA legislation defeat thanks to the Internet at large . Now there's new legislation making its way through Congress called CSIPA aims to give the government and let Internet companies share more of your information about cyber security threats and could endanger privacy. Hollywood is happy it's not them in the cross hairs again.
Photo from ThinkStock World’s Creepiest App, ‘Girls Around Me’ Pulled from App Store – Tech Tuesday
April 17, 2012
Many stalkers are sad today, because last week, a company that had created the "Girls Around Me" app, that showed you women in your near by vicinity, was pulled from the iTunes App Store. It was based on information gathered from Foursquare and Facebook. When users complained about this app, Foursquare blocked it, now the developer has pulled it, and he's kind of called the kettle black.
Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty Images OhioSportsNet Files Motion Against U.S. Government to Get Files Back from MegaUpload -Tech Thursday
April 12, 2012
The drama of the U.S. Government's take down of file sharing website Megaupload continues. A small start up in Ohio is filing a motion against the Government to get it's files back, of local sports videos and an unfinished documentary it was producing of a local girls soccer team's season.
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Yahoo! Begins Lay Offs of 2,000 Employees – Tech Thursday
April 5, 2012
Yesterday was not a happy day at Yahoo in Silicon Valley. The first of 2,000 employees were let go with an apologetic letter from CEO Scott Thompson. This is all part of a restructuring of the company to change course and go in a new direction.
How To Create a Dead Drop Video Screen Shot Dead Drops for Anonymous File Sharing – Tech Tuesday
April 3, 2012
The other day I came across an article about Dead Drops. These are offline file sharing networks, that are publicly accessible and open to everyone. They're basically just a USB flash drive, embedded into a wall, building or some other structure. You just walk up to it, hook your laptop or netbook to it, and start sharing. And there's a dead drop here in Capital Region.
Phil Anselmo 'Not Too Sold' on Zakk Wylde Playing in Potential Pantera Reunion May 18, 2012
Daniela Ruah — Crush of the Day May 18, 2012
Who's the Hot Girl In the Hardee's Jalapeno Face Commercial? May 18, 2012
This Scientist Bro Is No Steve Irwin As He's Getting Chomped By An Alligator [VIDEO] May 18, 2012
