Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

Burger King’s Windows 7 Ad: Jack Needed

Posted: October 25, 2009 at 8:49 pm by Nathan Driskell

Japan, land of the insane. If you live there, you may have seen ads for Windows 7 from Burger King. The Windows 7 Whopper is a whopping 7 slices thick, more then enough to get your mouth around. What’s worse, is the Windows 7 Whopper is around 1,000 calories, and costs around $8.50. I am not sure how one can even eat it without breaking it down into smaller parts. Who has a mouth large enough? Maybe Jack in the Box can provide a car jack. Get it?

The Trappings of Addiction

Posted: October 25, 2009 at 8:29 pm by Nathan Driskell

What is addiction? When is to much to much? How can one fully understand if they have an addiction? How does one stop an addiction, and if they succeed, are they still addicted? These are just a few of the many questions those who suffer from addictions ask. To be honest, we do not have the answers as of yet, however there is one component of addiction that is known; addiction negatively impacts one’s life.

Geocities Closing Tomorrow

Posted: October 25, 2009 at 7:30 pm by Nathan Driskell

A long time staple of the Internet shuts down tomorrow for good. Geocities, a free online website system, shuts down tomorrow with no intentions to return. All websites being hosted by Geocities will go down, with all data erased forever. Geocities has been around since the beginning of the Internet in 1994, allowing financially challenged individuals free websites. For many, tomorrow will be a dark day.

Hulu: Expect to Pay in 2010

Posted: October 25, 2009 at 7:11 pm by Nathan Driskell

Hulu, one of the Internet’s leading sources for online television shows and movies, plans to begin charging users next year. Hulu allows users to access many television shows and movies, offering high quality content. Hulu has been free to date, with no signup or members fees. Users could go to the site, search for a show and watch episodes for free. However, next year the owners of Hulu will begin to offer a pricing system, placing some of it’s content for paying customers only.

Is Broadband Internet Access a Right?

Posted: October 16, 2009 at 2:40 am by Nathan Driskell

CNN reported today that Finland is to become the first nation to declare broadband access a legal right. Starting in July of next year, telecommunication companies will be required by law to provide internet access at speeds of at least 1 megabit per second. No other nation on earth currently has this right. Finland plans to up the speed to 100 megabits per second by 2015. While you may think this is a difficult task for Finland’s government to achieve, 95% of Finland already has online access, making Finland one of he most wired countries in the world.

Full Disclosure: Coming Soon to Blogs Everywhere

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 10:20 pm by Nathan Driskell

If you run a blog that takes in money or products from advertisers, be prepared to fully disclose this information beginning on December 1, 2009. The Federal Trade Commission on Monday, September 5th, stated on December 1st, all bloggers who review products must disclose any connection with advertisers, including in most cases the receipt of free products and if they were paid in any way by advertisers. The purpose of this is to allow readers to know the full relationship between a blogger and the advertiser.

Want Windows 7? Go to Ebay

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 3:48 am by Nathan Driskell

If you simply cannot wait for October 22nd to purchase Windows 7, then you may want to take the risk and visit EBay, where you can now purchase Windows 7 at a reduced price. A copy of Windows 7 Ultimate was found for $167.50 on Sunday, with Windows 7 Professional found for $132.50. A detailed search will yield multiple sellers for multiple versions of Windows 7. Official prices from Microsoft for Windows Ultimate run for $319, while Windows Professional runs for $299.

New Partner: Forward Technology

Posted: September 30, 2009 at 12:01 am by Nathan Driskell

Things are going well at Psychcomp.com. We have recently partnered with Forward Technology, a new site devoted to technological news and information. Forward Technology provides reviews, information, and current trends in the realm of technology. While they are new, Forward Technology has potential to become a major source of technological information. Check out Forward Technology by clicking the link below.

Wordpress Attack: Upgrade Now

Posted: September 5, 2009 at 4:05 pm by Nathan Driskell

A new wordpress attack is going on, reported by Mashable, targets wordpress versions that are not up to version 2.8.4. This new attack exploits security holes within wordpress where hackers can gain access to the Administrator account. This allows hackers access to the database, where they can create new Administrator accounts then gain full control over your wordpress platform. This attack is currently only active for self-hosted versions of wordpress. To upgrade, log into your adminatration area and you should see a notice to upgrade. Click this notice and choose to automatically upgrade your version. For most people it should work, just watch to see if any errors are reported.

PHP MYSQL Database Connection Function

Posted: September 3, 2009 at 4:39 am by Nathan Driskell

If you are beginning to work with php and mysql, you may have wondered how to create a connection to a database you can reuse. The best method is to create a file with the database connection function within it, and include it in any page you wish to have database access. This saves you from duplicate code, with less chances of error. It is also rather easy to set up, so that’s get going.