The Sky's The Limit
Fewer and fewer people today are using that term, and for good reason. In many areas of life there are no limits, including technology. For instance: "As their average commute time rises, North Americans are making their vehicles increasingly homelike, with cushy seats, multiple zones of climate control and DVD players. So it's no surprise that the next big thing in vehicle accessories is satellite television" (Associated Press). I say, never mind with the TV, how about running WIFI through the FM radio; now that would be a good limit for all of us.
Guessed This Gadget?
MP3 player, I presume? Well, you are half-right, partially...Up for a new cell phone and more? Be prepared to see the people around you wired for almost everything: " Sony Ericsson W900 is a high quality fully specified music player, phone and imaging device capable of super-fast downloads of all types of multimedia -- music, video and graphics." This gadget is a UTMS machine...what the heck is that? It is a "(Universal Mobile Telephone System): Third generation telecommunications system based on WCDMA-DS." (google search). With a 2 GB card you can listen to over 100finger0 songs while calling your boss to explain why you are late for work again. According to Sony, this Walkman/Phone/etc. is also "an entertainment device the W900 exploits the UMTS-delivered capabilities to the full, delivering fast and smooth download and browsing of video, games, sound and graphics. The high performance 3D Java gaming engine is put to the test with the embedded Asphalt Urban GT 3D from Gameloft, where users can experience the thrills of extreme racing at the wheel of the ultimate sports cars." What, no WIFI yet? Darn!
Ok, This One Was An Easy Guess? Sort of...
Not really; yes it is a USB flash drive, however this baby is much more than your average storage case. This is bionopoly. Say what?
According to gizmodo.com, this is what is known as a fingerprint reader, "the first USB drive with built-in biometric authentication" or a "bio Computer-on as stick." Most thumb or flash drives will only store your files; Bionopoly does much more and for about the same price as the others. This gadget claims it will "will pave the way for you to do away with the usual start up process of your computer and directly boot to it. This is because the bootable USB flash drive has a built-in operating system of its own. The system further contains OpenOffice to support Microsoft Office files, the Mozilla FireFox web browser, an email client, as well as an instant messaging client which supports services like Yahoo and AOL and a PDF creating program." Fabulous features, however I am going to wait until they offer more GBs of storage...and the price wars really begin.
Extra protection for your Firefox
One of the reasons Firefox is safer than IE is that Firefox does not entertain Active X controls.
Now Firefox gets even safer with a new "NoScript" control feature. "NoScript" is a program designed for the Firefox browser to allow you to control websites from automatically using JavaScript, Java. You control which sites you want to use these features, the sites you trust such as your "home-banking" web site.
"This whitelist based pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality... Experts will agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript."
"Staying safe has never been so easy!. Experts will agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript" - http://www.noscript.net For all Firefox extensions go to: https://addons.mozilla.org
Convert Your Files to PDF - fast and free
It doesn't get much simpler to make your own PFD-creations. Some free PDF makers insert advertising or watermarks, but not the CutePDF utility. And to make things even better, this program's "configeration choices are pretty close to nil" (PCWorld November 2005).
Get the full details and program download here: www.cutepdf.com
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Date Revised: 11 January 2006
