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Tech Thursday – Air Force Supercomputer is No Game

debklingler88 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:30:53 +0000

Right in our own backyard is one of the world’s most powerful, and fastest super computers. It belongs to the Air Force’s Research Lab in Rome, NY. It’s also the cheapest, having been built from 1700 PlayStation 3 game consoles. The Air Force calls it The Condor and says it’s one of the 40 fastest [...]

Tech Thursday – Streaming Media is Big Business

Rich Lawrence — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:30:08 +0000

Netflix, Hulu, ABC, NBC and now Time Warner. What do all of these have in common? Streaming media to you through the internet and making big money.

Tech Thursday – Review of the WD TV Live Hub Media Player

Rich Lawrence — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:30:24 +0000

There are many solutions in the marketplace for storing and watching your digital media at home. Pictures, videos, music and now streaming services too, like Netflix. Here’s one solution I found and love to use myself. I looked at a lot of the media setup boxes out there and the Western Digital TV Live series [...]

New York Taxing Your Cell Phone At All Time High

debklingler88 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:30:56 +0000

It’s no big secret that New York has some of the highest taxes in the country. Property, sales, and income to name a few. But a new report also shows that New Yorkers pay more than 20 percent of their wireless bills in taxes and fees thanks to outdated and duplicated surcharges. I was rendered [...]

Tablets are Hot! Smartphones… 'meh

Rich Lawrence — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:30:08 +0000

When Apple unveiled the iPod it was a huge hit. Challengers to it never came close. When Apple brought out the iPhone, it was a huge success and made current phones on the market look like toys. Then the iPad came to be and many companies are playing catchup again. Can Google's Honeycomb OS give them a shot at beating the iPad?