Using Video Surveillance to Catch the Neighbors – NYTimes.com

The NY Times is covering the use of Video Surveillance to defend your property.  The same technology is often also being used in home automation systems as a way to monitor your property…. STEVE MILLER is justifiably proud of the manicured grounds around his stately stucco home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. So he was […]

Why shouldn\’t I disable legacy USB on a laptop?

What\’s the \”Legacy USB\” feature mean in the Bios? The legacy USB bios setting allows the bios to take a modern USB keyboard & mouse and to make it look like a PS/2 style keyboard and mouse. This allows you to easily use the Windows installer, and other packages that might not have USB support […]

Google sues feds over Microsoft-centric bidding requirement

So the government, is asking for bids, from multiple vendors for a product that can only be created by one vendor.  So if anyone else wants to win the bid, they have to purchase services / product from Microsoft.  Yes indeed.  This is your money at work, within the government.  Especially since there are tons […]

Allow the Mac DVD Player to skip the commercials…

Why won\’t the DVD player in OS X allow me to skip certain content or change audio/subtitle tracks on certain DVDs? you ask. Well, the first answer is UOPs, or user operation prohibitions, and the second answer is probably some sort of licensing blah-blah-blah that prohibits Apple from ignoring UOPs in their software. But the real answer […]