Just when you thought your power grid was safe.  Internet hackers have been able to hack into power grids via the internet and shut them down.  The cities that have been affected are outside the US and the CIA claims the reason behind the attacks is extortion.
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If there is anyone reading this that currently owns a Nintendo DS, raise your hand?  And if you cannot raise your hand, is it because it hurts too much from playing it?  That is what I thought.  The Nintendo DS is TOO small.  I cannot play for more than one hour at a time without […]

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Hewlett-Packard is the one that knocked Dell from it’s top position last year and because of that, Dell is forced to sell computers in the retail market just to be able to compete.
Generally, Dell has only sold computers directly to consumers, but since Dell is not #1 they will have to make some changes to […]

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I can’t believe Microsoft has this to begin with.  The require(ed) you to register your operating system within 30 days of installing Vista or the system will run in “out-of-grace reduced functionality mode.”  Why?
Do you register every single product you install?  I understand that it helps with copyright, but what if someone doesn’t do it […]

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I was just catching up on a little tech news through Google.com today when I came across this article about an LA security professional that infected 1/4 million computers to steal personal data.
Can we trust anyone?  The “infecter”, a 26 year old John Kenneth Schiefer, known online as “acid” or “acidstorm” has pleaded guilty to […]

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Wow.  A game too violent a store will not sell it?  This isn’t anything new, why does it surprise anyone?  The execs at Target have decided that even though the game got a “M” rating for mature, it was still too violent.
“All video games and computer software sold at Target currently carry ratings by the […]

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That’s right folks, just reported on PC World.  The iPhone Unlocking software is now available for commercial sale.   Get the software that will allow your iPhone to be used with any cell carrier, instead of just At&t like Apple wanted.
Only a couple of months after release and a 48 hack job, the software is now […]

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