C.O.D. Protests The Protect IP Act

Personally, I am sick and tired of the United States government meddling more and more in our lives.  The movie and music industry is using our elected officials like puppets (muppets) and we are sitting idly by and letting it happen.  Well, I signed the petition, and my voice will be heard next election.  G.R.I.P. – Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians.  If we really want to make changes, we have to get those that pander to big business out of office and let them know that we have the power to do it.  After all, they are there to represent Read More…


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Android Camera Shootout: 13 Phones Put to the Test
PCWorld
We tested 13 Android phone cameras to see which one was the cream of the crop in capturing still images and video. By Ginny Mies, PCWorld Over the past month, how many photos have you taken with your smartphone versus your stand-alone camera? ...
Motorola's Photon 4G: The best Android smartphone yetInfoWorld
Motorola Photon 4G ReviewDigitaltrends.com
Samsung Galaxy S2 to be 'Dethroned' by Motorola Photon 4G?International Business Times
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I run a lot of different software packages on my bench system to perform analysis on hardware.  Because of this, I run into a lot of software issues that many of you face or will face.  Typically, the fixes are easy and not do difficult to find.  Recently, I received an error stating "The program can't start because MSVCR71.DLL is missing from your computer.  Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."  Well, here is the confusing part, MSVCR71.dll is supposed to be part of Microsoft's Visual C++ Package and it seems like they just left it out!

 
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The Best Phones on Verizon
PC Magazine
We've got the highest-rated Verizon handsets, from simple voice phones to blazing-fast 4G LTE-powered smartphones. By Alex Colon The hard part is finished: You've settled on Verizon as your wireless carrier. Now it's time to pick a phone. ...
Verizon Wireless 'COLT' Offers Enhanced Capacity for Ohio State University ...MarketWatch (press release)
Visitor wireless network off afternoon of Sept. 3Duke University
Verizon offers 4G in Memorial Stadium, downtown for game weekendsLincoln Journal Star
Secaucus New Jersey News -KTAR.com -Bizjournals.com
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Sometimes, being a case manufacturer means that you have to do something special to get noticed.  It isn't always the flashy designs or the obnoxious graphics that gets your product known.  Sometimes, it is just good craftsmanship and a good design that gets people like me excited.  With a slew of case manufacturers out there, Sentey thinks they can get your attention with their Burton Chassis.

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Your friends spend most of their time on Facebook, so why not take advantage of that on your WordPress site?  Adding a Facebook "Like" button to your WordPress theme is very easy to do.  In this example, we will show you how to add a "Like" button to your posts by editing one file:

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If you are running out of space on your home computer, or you want to easily store files on a networked device that makes sharing them easy, a NAS may be the right option for you.  The thing about NAS though is that they are not as simple as they once were.  The choices are many and configuring some of these can make it somewhat of a daunting idea.  This is where the line needs to be drawn between simple network attached storage and a feature rich solution that offers probably more than most people need.  Drobo claims that their FS model is the best storage experience ever for simple file sharing and network backup for home and home office users.

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Taipei, Taiwan, August 18, 2011 – QNAP® Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce its TS-559 Pro II 5-drive Intel® Atom based Turbo NAS server received the "Recommended" award from the UK’s renown IT media, IT PRO. Great performance, versatile functionalities and user-friendly graphical interface of the TS-559 Pro II help win the highest 6 start rating by IT PRO.

Taipei, Taiwan, August 17, 2011 – QNAP® Systems, Inc. today confirmed the availability of QDK (QPKG Development Kit) version 2.01, and encouraged Turbo NAS users to extend the capabilities by developing software packages with the easy-to-use tool.

Thecus already has an 8 bay rackmount NAS, the N8200XXX featuring a quick Intel® Atom™ processor and providing a very good value. This product fills an important niche in the market and provides users with an excellently priced large storage NAS. Before this, Thecus was already known for innovative and powerful appliances such as the N8800SAS with SAS support and heavy-loaded hardware. With the N8900, they’ve decided to go one step further in performance and provide a state of the art NAS device for the most demanding users: USB3.0, HDMI output, and 10Gb Ethernet compatibility are only some of the key features included. Let’s have a closer look.

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Recently at C.O.D., we reviewed the QNAP TS-419P+ and were impressed with the products construction and software options.  There were a couple of things that we would have liked to have seen incorporated in the system's firmware like Anti Virus and a redesigned interface.  Well, QNAP is releasing an update to the Turbo NAS firmware and have incremented the version number to 3.5!

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