Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Personal Tip # 2


Are you always concerned about new viruses, internet pop ups, computer slowness? Let me tell you, you're not alone. One of the most common questions I get all the time is how to stop this from happening and/or what Anti-virus software solution to buy.

The answer to these questions is simpler than you might expect: Yes it can be stopped and you don't even need an application to do so. Try to follow these guidelines below and you'll thank me forever...

1. First of all, you should ALWAYS at ALL times have a password assigned to your local computer user accounts.
2. Make sure only one account has Administrator rights to the whole system. Use this account to install your applications, updates and modify system settings, etc.
3. Create a Power user account which does not provide administrator rights to the system and make sure you always use this account going forward to go online and to work on any applications you would regularly use.
4. NEVER, EVER, Ever! use the Administrator account to go surfing the web or doing anything you're not 100% sure about. This is where most users make their mistakes by allowing malicious websites perform intrusion installs on the background without they even noticing. Using the Power user account will prevent those websites from executing any form of script that can usually harm your system.

I hope this tip helps you as much as it has helped me throughout all these years.

The Simpsons Picking on Apple (Steve Jobs)

I've always been a fan of the Simpsons, specially since they don't care who they make fun of. It's about as hilarious as it can get.


Tuesday, December 2, 2008

iPhone Rumor - 32GB version coming


Who didn't see this one coming? I did!

We already have a 32GB iTouch, so why not beef up the iPhone with the extra space? Oh wait... the iTouch is currently able to house twice the amount of space as the iPhone since it doesn't require all the communication hardware. The expectations are due to the announcement made by Toshiba about their mass production of a higher density memory chips which migh reach up to 64GB.

Source: macrumors.com

Nokia N97 in action

Personal Tip # 1


Don't you wish you could save some of those great Youtube Videos you see online and save them on your PC? How about save them in their best quality and put them in your portable media device? 

Well, this is how...

1. Go to YouTube and search for the video clip you'll like to grab.
2. Copy the YouTube URL from the browser's address bar.
3. Open up another browser window or tab and go to: http://file2hd.com
4. Under URL: paste the address you just copied from YouTube.
5. Put a check mark under to agree to the Terms of Service.
6. On Filter, click on Movies.
7. Finally click the button Get Files to the right of the URL you have just pasted.

Done!

PS3 firmware update 2.53 is out!


Sony has given us PS3 owners something we were craving for quite a while, full screen flash video support. Now we should be able to go to the web browser and fire any flash based internet site and enjoy the embedded flash videos. 

Just turn your PS3 and go into System Update to get your flash started.

Nokia (N97) joints into the touch screen dead match!


Nokia has come out of their closet wanting to get into the war zone against every other touch screen mobile device and has brought us the N97. They call it a mobil computer  with many options to keep you connected at all time.

Some of the specs:  QWERTY keyboard, touch screen, 3.5" sliding tilt display, TV out, WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA), EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board Memory, plus 16GB expansion via microSD card slot), WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 w/ A2DP, GPS and more.