Tech
How I Grabbed a Video From Good Morning America and Used It in My Post
Yesterday, when I was writing the post on shopping and credit score, I thought it would be nice to include the actual video in the entry so people who missed the program on TV can watch it while reading the post. The problem is on Good Morning America, there’s no code to link to the [...]
Using Old Extensions (Add-ons) in Firefox 3
Did you download Firefox 3 already?
Yesterday, the Download Day, was a big day for Firefox as it released its latest version 3.0. When the Download Day was first announced last month, I pledged to download the free browser within 24 hours after it’s release to help set a Guinness record.
I have been using FF for [...]
My Little Christmas Gift
I usually don’t get Christmas gift. Not that I don’t want one, but nobody gives me, including my wife. We give each other gifts at anniversary as well as on birthdays, but not Christmas. This year, however, I did get a little Christmas gift, a Pocket Loox N100 portable GPS navigator. But it wasn’t from [...]
Fraudulent Email in the Name of Bank of America
There’s an email in my Inbox this morning. The “From” field says “Bank of America” and the subject of the message reads “Account Suspension Case #00302353213″ and the body of the message seems legitimate
The first sign that this may be a fraudulent email I noticed is the mail says there was an unsuccessful access [...]
10 Best Firefox Extensions from CNet and My Own Favorites
Over at CNet, they have a list of 10 best extensions for Firefox 2.0. Actually, some of the bests are very popular addons. So if Firefox is your default browser, chances are you are using some, if not all, the extensions already. If not, then you should download the lastest Firefox 2.0 (yes, it’s 2.0!) [...]
A Portable Keyboard?
Yeah, and you can get one for only 10 bucks.
But who's gonna carry a keyboard anyway?
A $20,000 Mirror?
Have some spare money to spend on high-tech toys this holiday? How about a mirror? A talking mirror?
This mirror, invented by Hollywood special-effects expert Craig Barr and named one of the Best Toy Inventions of 2006 by the Time Magazine, is not an ordinary mirror that we would hang in our bathroom or in the [...]
Virus Found In iPod
Reuters reported today that a small number of Apple’s iPods shipped last month may carry computer virus:
since September 12, less than 1 percent of Video iPods — pocket-sized devices that can play music files and video clips – left its contract manufacturer carrying the virus RavMonE.exe, which affects computers running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system.
For [...]
Your Newly Purchased iPod May Carry Virus
Reuters reported today that a small number of Apple's iPods shipped last month may carry computer virus:
since September 12, less than 1 percent of Video iPods — pocket-sized devices that can play music files and video clips – left its contract manufacturer carrying the virus RavMonE.exe, which affects computers running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
For [...]
File Backup: How I Do It
Jonathan of MyMoneyBlog is having an interesting discussion on online file backup. It seems that while nobody doubts the importance of backing up files periodically, it’s hard to put everybody in the same boat when it comes to how important files should be stored, especially those files that you don’t want anybody else to access. [...]
