Google Shuts Down 411

It's bad news for Google 411 users. Google plans on shutting down the service but will still keep their text messaging feature still active. I am quite disappointed on their recent move because I believe 411 should be free for everyone to use. I just hope that another company will come to the rescue.

In the meantime feel free to use the service until

November 12, 2010

For 411 via text - just send a text to 466453 (GOOGLE)

Say Goodbye to the Bios

We are still way off from the UEFI to be standard on all computers. But until this day comes, here's what you need to know and why it's going to end the bios in computers.

Playboy in 3D

There is so many new plans for 3D that even Playboy magazine, is betting their odds on it, by creating their first 3D magazine. It's only a matter of time before 3D takes us to the next generation.

Grooveshark

Play hundreds of songs via music streaming web, right now and instantly. It's like a jukebox for all music with an enormous library. Try it, you'll enjoy it.

Convertor

Here is a great mathematical way to convert various measurements. The program does an easy conversion from a list of several hundred conversion tables. A must have for the mathematician.

Read It Later

Here is a new way to save all of those favorite articles you just don't have time to read. By using Read it Later, it piles up the articles you saved to read for a later time. Now you can always be on top of your readings.

Google Map Buddy

Want to view large Google Maps and be able to print them easily without trying to configure with your printer settings. Google Map Buddy does the trick and you don't have to install the software on your computer for it work. Just unzip it, click Google Map Buddy exe file and paste url address and print.

NatGeo on a Hard Drive

If your looking for all the reprint publications of National Geographic. Here's a way to obtain every reprint in a 60gig hard drive. It's going to set you back almost $200- but in the end you be satisfied that you'll have the collection on hand for future reference.

Microsoft Killing Money

After ten years of Microsoft Money, the company has decided to end it's product and offer a final release to all users. This will enable user's to be able to use the software manually without any online access. I am surprised that the software lasted this long.

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How Libraries sort books

I don't know how many libraries have this sorting machine, but it kind of looks like the same technology federal express uses to ship it's packages.

Create Survey Forms with Google Doc's

If your looking for a simple way to create survey forms with your company, try Google Documents. It's cost effective because it's free. All you have to do is open up an account with Gmail. This will give you access to Google Documents and in Google Documents you just create a new form to create a survey. The setup is simple once you decide on what type of survey you want.
In the long run your customers will be happy knowing that they can share their thoughts and opinions.

Verizon's Droid teardown

Here is a great video tearing down the new Verizon Droid telephone. I just love to see what inside. Do you?

Xbox 360 Flash

You will no longer have the need to upgrade your Xbox 360 game console. Microsoft is now allowing users to store games, content and multimedia files via flash drive. It's only a matter of time before Xbox 360 gets smaller.

Microsoft Security Essentials for SMB

Starting October small business users can now install Microsoft Security Essentials that was once only licensed for Consumers. This is a big leap for Microsoft to expand it's Microsoft Security Essentials software to the business world.
I guess now the only question is whether they will be able to compete effectively with Symantec and McAfee business customers.

Verizon's 18k bill

Let's just say that it's so important to keep track of your contracts even when it's Verizon wireless. This customer is sure going to learn the hard way their lesson's on promotional offers.

Power for a Week

Need power for a week, this new Lithium battery is scheduled to come out next year with plenty of power to go around. We just wish we can get this sooner.

Head Mounted Camera's

Get ready for the head mounted camera's. It's a new technology that's in use by the current San Diego Police Department. If everything goes well. Be ready to see it near a policeman near you.

Youtube Movie & TV shows

Let's just say for $.99 up to $4.00 you can watch movies and television shows for 48 hours. I guess you can now call Youtube the new Netflix of videos.

Android 50k apps

Android has gone past it 50k applications and it's still climbing. This could only mean one thing for current Android cell phone users. The cell phone world is theirs.

Visa wireless payments

Visa is clearing the way for iPhone user's to pay for items wirelessly using their iPhones. If things go well for iPhone user's, get ready for pay as you go wireless payments.

Sony ends Floppy

After thirty years, Sony is giving up on making floppy disks. It's about time, when you can't compare the portability of a floppy vs a flash drive.

Apple Digital Concerts & Events

It looks like Apple is trying to cash in on almost anything. If there lucky it's patent on it's electronic Digital Concert and Events application could be another cash cow for Apple.

Online Banking keylogger

Your never going to stop hearing these stories. All you can do is to be very cautious and hope that this doesn't happen to you.

Hanshin Icreon

Have a new television and want to connect it wireless to your computer. Here's your answer to your not so difficult problem. In the end your audio and video needs will be fur filled to enjoyment.

Japanese P2P virus

This is a nice one. You go online and do a google search on specific porn sites and you get a virus. Then the virus demands that you pay ten dollars otherwise your browser history information will be posted publicly online.
Well if your a known celebrity, that no good. Otherwise who cares.

Avoid Email Mistakes

Interesting article on why not to send emails from your Outlook email's immediately. I guess it all depends on what type of position your in and if it really matters on what types of emails you send out to others.
Regardless here is the Outlook settings to disable emails in Outlook to send immediately by default.

To reset this option so that you control when Outlook sends mail, do the following:

From the Tools menu, choose Options.
Click the Mail Setup tab.
Click Send/Receive in the Send/Receive options.
Uncheck the Include This Group In Send/Receive (F9) option in the Setting For Group “All Accounts” section. Most of us will set this for all accounts, but you can configure Outlook to handle each account differently.
Click Close and then OK.

Questions about Food

These are very good questions to ask yourself when you drop food. There is a science to everything in life including dropped food.

Advertise with Google

Need to advertise your business using Google. Try Google Adwords. This site helps you get noticed via the Google search engine using specific key words. And what's great about it is that their is no minimum spending requirements.

Hear Names

Here is a website that's going to help you out pronounce those names that you just don't know how to pronounce. It even gives you an audio file to play the name out loud.
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Windows 95 on iPad

Let's just say if you still think that the iPad is a waste of money. At least you can install Windows 95 on it and use it as a regular computer.

Preloaded Movies with Hard Drive

Get ready for movies preloaded in hard drives. I believe this will be the future for current DVD's. They're not only going to last longer but you can erase and record on them over and over again without scratches.

Any Clip

Love movie's and movie clip's? Here is a cool website to view all of your favorite's. Just give a detail search of what your looking for and let Any Clip do it's job on trying to find a movie that fits your description. You'll be amazed on what you can find.

NASA free Software

I love everything about NASA and if you do too, you should check out the free software that NASA is giving away. It might make you learn something.

Fedex SenseAware

Federal Express has a new tracking device that tracks packages in real time. The money saving hardware is not only GPS capable but it even tracks temperature changes. Now you can even tell if your package is tampered with. Go Fedex.

First Generation iPod Nano

Remember the first generation iPod Nano's. Well Apple confessed and had to cough up a settlement for anyone who purchased a first generation nano. Don't expect much but at least you were remembered.

Release Stalled Printer Jobs

Here are some handy softwares to remove those tiresome stalled printer jobs from your computer in times when you just can't easily remove them.

Subway Mobile Deals

Looking for lunch discounts? Try Subway mobile. They send text messages every now and then with deals of the day. You'll save money by eating healthy.

Weather Forecast with Google Calendar

If you haven't already used Google Calendar your missing tweaks that can make your life easier. With weather forecaster, all have to do is enter your zip code location and when you plan an event, Google gives you the future four day weather forecast. No more weather suprises for your Soccer game on Saturday's.

Google Live Traffic

Before your next drive check out Google Live Traffic to view the traffic conditions in the current area. It hopefully will save you some time while driving.

Buy a Hyundai and get an iPad

Hyundai's new Equus luxury sedan will no longer have a car manual. Instead they will give you an iPad in replacement to view your car manual and so that your able to make future service appointments wirelessly. Who knows how long this promotion will last.

New Chase ATM's

By the time you read this the chance for your bank to be rolling out the new ATM's should be in the works. You have no bank slips and no deposit slips to worry about anymore. You just pop in a stack full of cash and your money is available instantly. This is definitely going to be the end for your typical bank teller who does your daily transactions.

For more info see links below:
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Skype for Verizon Customers

If you have an Internet base phone and are a Verizon customer. You have good news for making international phone calls. Verizon introduces unlimited Skype calls including IM with anyone in the world. For more information visit the link above.

Solar Universal Remote

This is a long awaited feature that was long over due for universal remote controls. I just hope that all universal remotes will adapt this concept.

Hockey already in 3D

Hockey has already gone to 3D broadcasting that it's only a matter of time before others follow. Eventually watching a game at home in 3D will just create more excitement.

Satellite's Orbitting Earth

Ever wonder what satellite's are orbiting earth. Well this web site will help you learn where each one is located and hopefully it's right.

1TB HDD Notebooks

Let's just say that they have just arrived and how exciting it will be to have the capability to store 1TB of files on the move.

Infinite USB

This is a great solution for those computer's who have a minimal amount of USB ports. You just piggy back them one on top of the other.

Technology to the Grave

Yes technology is coming to the Grave by microchip. Someone walking by a grave just points their phone to a RosettaStone tablet and they can access the deceased pictures, personal information and voice if available. I guess anyone now could talk to the dead.

Gmail Priority Inbox

It looks like Gmail is listening to their user's and changing the way we read our emails. If everything goes as planned. This could be the new technique for reading emails.

Kids Safe

Have small kids around the house and fear that one day your child might delete a file from your computer. Here is a sure safe software to help protect your files from being deleted from the young ones.

Hotmail Upgraded

Hotmail has been recently upgraded by Microsoft to enable user's to use the Push to service so that user's can now get emails instantly to their Blackberry's. I just don't understand why it took them this long.

Push to service Directions:

3D Coming Home

The box office new Cinema's are developing a new demand for television sets with 3D capable content. There are already out and it's only a matter of time before you see one near you.

Here are some more information and links to buy these 3D glasses:
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Do you need a solar iPhone

Well if your looking for one, the answer is simple with Muzatch. The price is reasonable as long as your able to catch some solar rays.

Kingston new Hyper X

Let's just say that this new Hyper X 2400 mhz DDR3 RAM is currently the fastest memory in the market that will take computer's to a new level of processing.

40 SSD PC

Let's just say this is the corvette of all computer's. You'll never have to worry about slow file transfers with this computer.

Call phone from Gmail

If you haven't heard yet, you now can make calls to anyone via Google, currently their are no known restrictions for making calls online. Your just going to need a headset and speakerphone to talk to you callers and install this plug to start making calls instantly. Calls from the US and Canada are free, but I would should still monitor your call times just in case later on Google decides to charge.

Mini Fuel Cell

I talk about this in the past and it looks like this concept is on the way to being manufactured. It's definitely a great replacement for the every day battery.

Dell Recovery CD's

Lost or missing your Dell computer's recovery cd's. As long as your the original registered user, you can still purchase them, or in some cases get them for free via the website. In any case call Dell direct at 1-800-624-9896.

PayPal to replace CC

If PayPal achieves it's goal on in store shopping. We can see a new method of payment via the PayPal way and probably just say goodbye to credit cards.

Turn your Netbook into an E-Reader

This is easiest way to turn your Netbook into a E-Reader. It beats buying an Amazon Kindle and an iPad.

Energizer Yikes

This great little gadget is going to the trash. I just don't understand how Energizer was able to create a spectacular gadget with a vulnerability to the program so that buyers would just want to stop using the product all together.
This time the bunny just kept on going, going, gone.

Vehicle Recall

Does your car have a recall. Chances are that you were still not notified or that letter that you had a recall was lost in the mail.
No need to worry with this vehicle recall search directory.

Look in my PC

This handy software tells you everything that's installed onto your computer and more.
It's a great utility for trouble shooting as well as for upgrading. It a must have item, so make sure you download it.

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XXX Detector

Let's just say if you viewing porn on a business, home, or organization computer. It's best to make sure all those deleted files you deleted, are definitely gone. Otherwise you might be in a position to have to explain.

Free Avatar Backgrounds

Thanks to Microsoft, you know can download free Avatar Windows 7 theme backgrounds onto your computer. Enjoy.

Indestructable Maps

These maps are going to be a great seller for the survival enthusiast. They are not only portable but wrinkle, crease, crumble and water proof. What more can you want for a map that's not digital.

Tiger Text

I believe this software was made in honor of Tiger, but I could be wrong. Regardless it's a handy application that must be installed on both user's in order to be affective. All you do is text message each other and messages are automatically deleted once read or by a specific time.
If Tiger would have read this article earlier, it would have saved his some embarassment.

NYC Map of Then & Now

If your looking for a New York City history map, here's your chance to see the past and the present all in one. It's an experience to see how things have changed through the years.

Microsoft Money for Free

Microsoft Money is gone but that doesn't mean that you still can't make use of the accounting software. Here are the latest links for the last version of Money Plus Home & Business.

Direct Link

File Joiners and Splitter's

Everyone once in a while it's nice to have files like these on hand just in case you ever need to compile two files together. You never know?

Links
File Joiner & Splitter
Movie Joiner
Misc Joiners

Network Monitoring Tools

Here are some must have network monitoring tools to help you trouble shoot problems as easy as 1, 2, 3. You'll be amazed on how useful these tools will make your life easier.

Flash for iPhone & iPad

For those user's who still lack flash for iPhone & iPad, here are some solutions to your fix. You can try Smokescreen, CloudBrowse or Frash. I just hope Apple stays favorable by not blocking these sites.

Age of Social Network Groups

Social Groups have change the way many people interact with others online. It's still a profitable business and from the looks of it, it will be profitable for years to come. Here are the top social groups that you should be aware of.

Laptops Reliability

If you haven't seen it lately, Laptop prices have been in a drastic decline. Cheaper prices are good for consumers but not go for everyone. When products are made cheap, something always gives and at times it's the products reliability that comes into question.

Bing Maps Beta

Yes Microsoft is still in the Map business and they're competing with Google Maps by changing the way you view the skyline. It's all in 3D generation. So this should make a impact for map user's. Or should it?

Firefox Add on - Invisible Hand

This cool add on from Firefox does wonders. Not only does it compare if your getting a good price online, but it tells you what other websites are selling the same product and for what price.

Give & Get

Want to get rid of items you no longer need. This website barter's your goods for something you do need in return. The only catch is that it has to be free.

WiFi For Free

If your in the need to connect your laptop to a free WiFi spot. This website is a great help locating one in your area. Just remember that free is not always secure.

Free Music Sheet

Want to download your favorite artist music sheets. Here is a website catering to those needs for a reasonable price.

Google Gears

Need to download compatable website's offline and syncronize when your back online. It's a great substitute for Google Documents.

Signon to Multiple Login Accounts

Have several Gmail accounts and want to have access to login into them effortlessly. Gmail now makes it possible and all you need to do is enable it in the account personal setting section.

XBMC

Want to play every video format with home network streaming. This software is a good replacement and it's a head on contender with the VLC player.

Toshiba Laptop Replacement LCD

Damaged you Toshiba laptop LCD. Here is the site to order a replacement LCD. Just make sure that if you don't know what your doing, have a professional do it.

Wallpapers

Looking for the best Wallpaper's online. You'll find some amazing photo's and illustrations in several resolutions. It doesn't hurt to see what you can download for free.

Collage

Need to create the perfect collage. This website is a must and it's photo editing software is also very simple to use.

Good Tutorials

Make the most out of your life by learning the how to from the professionals who continue to do it on a daily basis.

Let's Play Archive

See of hundred list of Let's play games online via screenshots and videos. Be prepared to be amazed on what's really out there and what games created user's have already made.

Here's what they never taught you

All sorts of projects that they never taught you and that you should have know about. It's the how to do things website for all users.

Ikea Hacker

How to transform all your IKEA furniture into something different. It contains all the great modifications at a reasonable price.

Futuristic Designs

It's a great blog with loads of futuristic designs. You will definitely find never to see items but great ideas in the making.

Play Games via Flash

It's the game world of flash generated games. Play a game online and take gaming to the next level.

YouTube Feather

It's YouTube in beta limiting the amount of bytes downloaded for viewing video. Check it out and see if this should be the future for all video players.

Facebook Lite

Want to use Facebook but don't want to sacrifice your computer on opening up useless applications that you don't use. Same time and use Facebook the lite way and wish that this was a future option.

Open-With

New website to tell you which program goes with the following file extension. It's a good reference to know what you need to have to install on your computer in order to view that program or file.

Create Fun Text

Neat way to create text any way you choose. Try it out and you'll enjoy the cool text that you can make with simple words.

TypeWith Me

It's a new way to view a presentation as long as everyone is on the same web page. It's similar to being on a conference call and seeing a live presentation. Check it out, you'll be amazed.

Find Any PDF manual

Need to find a PDF manuals. Here is a great PDF search engine to find your manuals online at ease.

Hardware ID

Install a recent hardware onto your computer and for some reason or another, you can't get the hardware to work correctly. The first thing you should do is check the company web site. If this is useless then your going to need the hardware ID in which you would enter it here and hopefully you'll be able to locate it current drivers online.

For USB drivers click here

Google Buzz Kill

This is the step by step instructions on how to remove Google Buzz. For those of you who don't know what Buzz is, lets just say it's another RSS feeder for social media service.
Google installed this by default in Febuary and they should have known better.

Leech Plug

It's sort of a smart plug. Once your device it's fully charged the unit unplugs to prevent overcharging. Now how cool is that.