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Shortened URL's

As I make my way around social networking sites including blogging and twitter (haven't really gotten into Facebook yet, although I have an account,) there is a real need to shorten Internet addresses, or URL's. For a long time, I've used Tiny URL, http://www.tinyurl.com, which takes any url as an input and turns it into a 6 alphanumeric digit. So, if you take this url for a newspaper story from the Orlando Sentinel as an example,… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on June 11, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Microsoft's TechNet Allows access to many Microsoft O/S's and Applications

Microsoft's TechNet Allows access to many Microsoft O/S's and Applications. TechNet Plus The essential resource for the IT Professional. A TechNet Plus subscription includes premium resources to help you evaluate Microsoft technologies, plan deployments and support your current IT environment. Access unrestricted copies of nearly any Microsoft product instantly. This includes all current Windows versons, and beta and release candidate versions of Windows 7, and when released, all versions of… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on May 17, 2009 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Communicating with Members of WinSig

A couple of you (George and Pam) have been experimenting with leaving comments on the "wall" of a member as a means of communicating with them. Of course, that wall is public, and the postings appear on the latest activity listings as well. If you wish to send a private message to a "friend" on WinSig, click on your "Inbox" in the right column and you will see that you have the option of sending a message to anyone by email or directly to a friend on WinSig. If you're not presently a friend of… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on April 11, 2009 at 9:19am — No Comments

Your Computing Life, on a USB Thumb Drive

This is a great, multi-section blog from PC Magazine (now only electronic blogs) on the use of U3 and Portable Aps on USB drives as well as some other interesting options. Worth bookmarking, reading and then returning for reference again in the future. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343788,0… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on March 26, 2009 at 8:19pm — 1 Comment

Grand Central becomes Google Voice

I have been using Google's Grand Central as my incoming phone service for about a year now, thanks to an invitation from Hewie. Initially, it was a curiosity in that I could have my own, free, incoming phone number on Grand Central, and then have it forward that number to any phone I wanted, up… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on March 17, 2009 at 10:51am — No Comments

Social Networking for Computer User Groups Using Ning

The presentation in the following link was created totally within "the cloud". Google Doc's Presention was used for the document. It's published on Google's Sites, a free web hosting program. No computer based software other than Mozilla's Firefox was used! Take a look: http://sites.google.com/site/ningforcomputerusergroups/ Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on March 16, 2009 at 7:01pm — No Comments

USB 3.0 is finally coming

From what I am reading, USB 3.0 is getting closer. The implementers forum have set the end June to ratify their test specs. Testing will continue and you should see consumer devices with USB 3.0 in 2010. You should see 500Mbps external USB hard drives and new power features, which include the elimination of device polling to enable an energy-saving "virtual sleep" mode, more juice for bus-powered devices, and the ability to charge a completely dead device, which USB 2.0 can't do. This means we… Continue

Added by Hewie Poplock on March 10, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

Give Away of the Day

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Added by Mike Ungerman on January 31, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Mike at CES - Day 4 & Wrap-Up/Follow-Up

Sunday was a wrap-up day. See the areas of the show that I just couldn't get to during the week. And, of course, to see how much swag could be acquired as many of the booths at the show were starting to pack up within the last hour. Hewie and I compared our collections in the afternoon. See the pictures at:

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Added by Mike Ungerman on January 13, 2009 at 12:30am — 8 Comments

Mike at CES 2009 - Day 3

I'm lazy today, so here's my link to photos at Picasa. Click on Hewie below. I'll fill in details in the comments section later this week.

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Added by Mike Ungerman on January 11, 2009 at 10:16am — No Comments

Mike at CES - Day 2

Since I'm posting to my regular blog before I post here, I'm going to save myself the double effort and just provide a link to my regular blog. To see all the pictures, you can click on the link to Picasa below each picture. Here's Friday's link: http://musings-from-mike.blogspot.com/ Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on January 10, 2009 at 2:22am — 2 Comments

Mike at CES - Day 1

Day one of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Literally miles of aisles reminiscent of the old Comdex in its hey day. Greg Smith, now of Juno, Alaska, joined Mike Ungerman and Hewie Poplock at the Excalibur for a breakfast buffet, and then we took the shuttle bus to the Sands Expo Center, which opened early at 8am. It was nice to still have my body on East Coast time so there was really no rush to get moving at 11am EST! Here, I'm standing next to a clear computer case that's all plast… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on January 9, 2009 at 2:58am — 1 Comment

Hewie At CES09 - Day 1

It's off to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. The trip was exciting. I was routed through Chicago and got to see snow on the ground. It was the first time in about 20 years. Usually I have to ask for an extension for the seat belt on the plane, but this is the first time I have flown since I lost weight. I was able to forgo the extension. Yeah. I got to the hotel where I am staying and waited for Mike to arrive. I am sharing a room and it was in his name. United had us flying in diff… Continue

Added by Hewie Poplock on January 8, 2009 at 2:31am — No Comments

CES Day -1

Today was a travel day. Orlando to Las Vegas via Denver. Staying at the Excalibur Hotel on a great deal from the Consumer Electronics Association for Integrators, Retailers and Buyers of tech. My business accomplishes this mission, so I qualified. Hewie Poplock (from the Central Florida Computer Society) and I are sharing the room, so Las Vegas is actually affordable. After getting our Press credentials as bloggers, we headed to the Wynn Hotel for Center Stages registration and Welcome Party. A… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on January 7, 2009 at 10:19pm — No Comments

New Cell Phone Incorporates a Projector!

New Cell Phone Incorporates a Projector! Ok, I couldn't wait to get to CES to make my first post. This based on a press release just in: The first ever cell phone able to project big-screen sized images on a wall or screen will debut this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

- Built-in projector - Partnered with T-Mobile - $100… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on January 6, 2009 at 5:55pm — No Comments

Advance Look at the Consumer Electronics Show

Not going to Las Vegas with Hewie & Mike? Check out this web site for a video look at what they'll be seeing. http://cesweb.org/news/upToTheMinute/123008.asp#2816 And watch these blogs for Hewie & Mike's reports and pictures as they see them on a daily basis! Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on January 5, 2009 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Microsoft Extends XP life by 4 months

The BBC reported Monday that Microsoft has extended the deadline for smaller PC builders and resellers to obtain licenses for the discontinued operating system from the previous deadline of January 31, 2009 to May 30, 2009. Plus, big PC makers plan to offer PCs with Vista Ultimate and Vista Business that have been factory downgraded at customers' request until July 30 next year. See the whole article on… Continue

Added by Hewie Poplock on December 23, 2008 at 8:40am — 1 Comment

Want a Windows Vista Question Answered?

Find answers to your Windows Vista questions by going to a new Microsoft site. You can get your Answers now, which searches existing answers. You can browse specific category pages under Find Answers. You can tap into the expertise and enthusiasm of Windows Vista customers and Microsoft support professionals worldwide. If the needed information is not already on the site, your question should get answered there. There are three ways to know when your question has been answered. You can come ba… Continue

Added by Hewie Poplock on December 19, 2008 at 4:54pm — No Comments

Delivery Notice Failure Starts Massive SPAM

Have you received a "delivery notice failure" email yet? If you have, and you read it with images allowed, then you may have started a massive spam delivery to your inbox that says the originator is you! Yes, I clicked on the email, and yes, I allowed the image (sigh!), and now I'm getting about 30 emails a day that come from "me" and they contain lots of subjects including more delivery notice failures. So a word to the wise, if you haven't already fallen for it, don't! If you're usin… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on December 3, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Posting links in your discussions or blogs

If you make an entry on a discussion forum or create a blog entry and decide to post a link, note the link button in the editor that looks like the single link of a chain between the S s and the picture icon in the toolbar. Highlight the text you want the link to be attached to (even if it's the URL itself), and when you click on that link icon, a window will open up and you can type in or paste in your link. You should include the complete link including the "http://" . As you post the… Continue

Added by Mike Ungerman on December 2, 2008 at 11:49am — No Comments

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