Technology
An Open Letter To Facebook Users Who Keep Friends In “Friend Request Purgatory”
By The Marksman at September 30, 2011 | 7:41 am | 0 Comment
Written By: Damon To the one person who refuses to neither accept nor deny my Facebook friend request: I don’t know if you will read this, but I am not-so-secretly hoping that you do. That’s why I’ve opened this note up to friends of friends. We have around 50 mutual friends, so this has a better chance of getting to you than a bottled note set out to more...
Facebook Adding Features To Stay Ahead Of Google+, When Will the Madness Stop
By The Marksman at September 22, 2011 | 6:45 am | 0 Comment
In the coming weeks Facebook is expected to introduce a feature that will allow users to update their Twitter accounts when they post a Facebook status update. It is a move that is part of a larger effort to make Facebook more user friendly, and position the social networking giant to be ready for any challenges from a fully featured Google+ implementation from more...
Fired IT Worker Uses McDonald’s Wifi To Delete Former Employees Network Servers
By The Marksman at August 23, 2011 | 6:50 am | 0 Comment
A lot of people think about what they would do if they were fired from their job, and although many say they would do something malicious to get revenge most don’t’ go through with it. That is not the case for a former Information Technology employee of a U.S. Pharmaceutical company named Jason Cornish. Cornish like so many others resigned from his post at the more...
Man Steals MacBook, Owner Uses Hidden App To Catch Him!
By The Marksman at August 18, 2011 | 6:45 am | 0 Comment
Geeks are very obsessive about their technology these days, and people in growing numbers are taking extreme measures to protect their data and investment in technology. In March, a dude named Joshua Kaufman had his MacBook stolen out his house. Luckily for him, he had installed the Hidden App on there. The app takes pictures without the knowledge of the person who has more...
Apple Wants To Disable Your iPhone Camera At Concerts, Do You Agree With It?
By The Marksman at August 2, 2011 | 9:08 am | 0 Comment
Apple recently filed a patent application for a system that will disable the iPhone camera at live performances. Apparently there will be some sort of infra-red receiver in the venue somewhere, and when the iPhone camera is aimed at the performer it will be disabled. This is more than likely being done to protect the copyright of the content, and preventing the more...
The Truth Is Even Those Free Apps, Aren’t Really Free!
By The Marksman at July 27, 2011 | 3:13 pm | 0 Comment
Written By: Tiffany Haddock I can clearly remember having first discovered Pandora at work after a friend recommended the website as a way to help pass the monotonous workday with customizable streaming music stations, and the toe-tapping joy that instantly washed over me. Within a few weeks however, my employer started hating and made Pandora inaccessible from company more...
Has Microsoft Already Failed With Windows Phone 7?
By The Marksman at May 31, 2011 | 7:42 am | 0 Comment
Microsoft’s Windows 7 Phone has been on the market for several months now, and although the people who have purchased one are generally happy with it they are still far behind in market share penetration. In March 2011 the Windows Mobile/WP7 phones only account for 7% of the overall market share in the smartphone market, and is not expected to hit double digits for a more...
Verizon Releases The Sony Xperia Play, Will It Revolutionize Mobile Gaming?
By The Marksman at May 26, 2011 | 6:46 am | 0 Comment
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (AKA, Playstation Phone) is set to be released by Verizon Wireless on May 26th (Today). This is the first phone to be released specifically targeted at gamers because of its built in gamepad control system. People will say you can play games effectively on a touch screen only phone, but that is only effective with games designed for a more...
New Mac Malware Threat Arises, Are Hackers Now Targeting Apple Products?
By The Marksman at May 23, 2011 | 12:25 pm | 0 Comment
Many recent Mac converts switched to the platform because they believe that Macs are not susceptible to malware and viruses. Many of these users do not understand that viruses and malware are simply malicious computer programs written to target a certain platform, as more users switch to Apple then more viruses and malware will show up for the platform. A new type of more...
Why You Should Not Panic About The Playstation Network Data Breach
By The Marksman at April 27, 2011 | 7:21 am | 0 Comment
If you have a Sony internet connected gaming device you may be upset right now because the Playstation Network has been unavailable to users for the last seven days or so. Many people initially had no idea why they could not connect to get their trophies, or play their favorite games online with friends. In recent days Sony started sending emails out to explain more...
