Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Technology

2014-03-07 Thread Pundit Sir
Google Chromebook: Google's laptops -- made by Samsung and Acer -- are now the two top sellers on Amazon.com, and six out of the top 14 are Google Chromebooks. Talk to many schools and you'll see them either throwing out Microsoft and Apple products already, or plotting to replace them with

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2014-02-08 Thread Pundit Sir
The End of the Swipe-and-Sign Credit Card It's a payment ritual as familiar as handing over a $20 bill, and it's soon to go extinct: prepare to say farewell to the swipe-and-sign of a credit card transaction. Beginning later next year, you will stop signing those credit card receipts. Instead,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Technology

2014-02-08 Thread Pundit Sir
The Glyph headset is weird-looking and expensive, but amazingly immersive. ... 'The Future of Personal Entertainment' MIT Technology Review: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/523966/the-future-of-personal-entertainment-in-your-face/ On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Pundit Sir

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology

2014-01-31 Thread Richard Williams
Meet the $38 tablet: Hands-on with DataWind's UbiSlate 7Ci http://shopping.yahoo.com/datawind-ubislatehttp://shopping.yahoo.com/blogs/digital-crave/meet-38-tablet-hands-datawind-ubislate-7ci-185612468.html On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: What

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2014-01-31 Thread Bhairitu
Plus maybe you'll be able to use it as a radiation detector: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/01/17/263369742/weekly-innovation-a-radiation-detector-in-your-smartphone Probably a mistake as the article says CCDs detect radiation but today's devices use CMOS chips for the camera.

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2014-01-18 Thread Richard Williams
What People Want YES! “I don’t want a curved phone. I want one that won’t break when dropped, is waterproof, and that I can see in the sun.” And with all-day battery life... https://twitter.com/GPollowitz/statuses/423787604559945728 [image: Inline image 2] On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:09 AM,

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2014-01-17 Thread Richard Williams
Twitter at 3:00 AM The activity column shows you what everyone you follow on Twitter is doing. It will tell you if someone just favorited a tweet or followed someone new in a constantly moving stream. But if you follow a lot of heavy Twitter users, the feed will often move fast... 'There Are

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2014-01-16 Thread Richard Williams
The anti-NSA smartphone? [image: Inline image 1] Blackphone at Popular Mechanics Of course, perfect encryption (which many argue isn't even possible) is a two-way street. Whether calling, emailing, or texting, the level of security is dependent on what tech or services are being used on the

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2013-11-19 Thread Richard Williams
Galaxy Nexus 16GB (Unlocked) Lack of an SD card slot and only 16GB of internal memory. This is the only thing that bothers me. However USB OTG solves part of this problem (with a special cable, you can plug in an external mass storage device -- this does not currently work without rooting, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology

2013-10-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
A Computer Infection That Can Never Be Cured? According to what I've read, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to detect a chip built your computer hardware in your computer. Have you identified and tested all those resistor, diodes, and capacitors? You see that long line running

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology

2013-10-13 Thread Richard Williams
Example of abandoned technology: [image: Inline image 1] On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: So, the Obamacare web site isn't working too well - what else is new? Sometimes it's hell working in IT - for years I tried to get the enrollment

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - meeting is changed!

2008-09-19 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, The first meeting of the Technology for Manifesting Intentions group that was scheduled for Sept 19 at 7:30 at Revelations in Fairfield is being postponed due to a very exciting new development.  

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - meeting is changed!

2008-09-19 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan my3paths@ wrote: Hi everyone, The first meeting of the Technology for Manifesting Intentions group that was scheduled for Sept 19 at 7:30 at Revelations in Fairfield

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - meeting is changed!

2008-09-19 Thread Peter
Hey Turq, Susan certainly gets you, me and Vaj's panties in a bunch, doesn't she? Off to manifest some sleep... --- On Fri, 9/19/08, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - meeting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - meeting is changed!

2008-09-19 Thread TurquoiseB
] wrote: From: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - meeting is changed! To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 3:01 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - meeting is changed!

2008-09-19 Thread feste37
I vote for that as the most mean-spirited, unpleasant post of the week. Just what is your problem, Turq? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan my3paths@ wrote: Hi everyone, The first meeting of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - reminder

2008-09-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reminder Technology for Manifesting Intentions Friday Sept. 19th at 7:30 pm at Revelations Coffee House. �Pick something great to do and do it!� �Give the future a direction�

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology for Manifesting Intentions - reminder

2008-09-13 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No dome for you, my mala covered samsarini! --- On Sat, 9/13/08, Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Technology for Manifesting Intentions - reminder To: