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Fixing CSS Drop-Down Menus That Hide Behind Flash Objects

everydaytech — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:21:17 +0000

This guest post was written by V Scott Ellis of Blackbox Technologies, a business that helps companies to maximize their web presence. If you have WordPress knowledge and are interested in writing a post for WordPress Hacks, please contact us. One of the more common issues with embedding a flash object on your home page (or [...] Read more…

Music-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become wildly popular, so it only makes sense that similar games are being created for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Both devices have a plethora of gaming apps, but only a handful of those are free and based around music.

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Yesterday, I was with my wife in the L’Occitane store. The shelves were filled with fragrances, soaps, lotions: all sorts of handcrafted beauty products. It occured to …

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New HP ultraportable first to use AMD Neo chip

everydaytech — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:21:11 +0000

AMD is introducing new chips at CES that target the no-man’s land between Netbooks and notebooks. Enter HP’s Pavilion dv2. Read more…

If are an online business owner, it is likely that you have given an affiliate program some thought. Affiliate programs, if they are properly run, can help to increase the number of sales your busin… Read more…

Logitech’s last Harmony launch was of the subtle and sneaky variety, but there’s nothing at all quiet about this one. The big, bold and brash Harmony 1100 is showing itself here in Las Vegas, and the primary selling point is the customizable, 3.5-inch QVGA full-color touchscreen. Rather than getting your buttons all gummed up with pizza grease, you can now smear a nice, innocent panel as you attempt to alter volume and change channels. As expected, the unit packs a rechargeable battery and RF capabilities, and the guided online setup should make programming a lesson in simplicity. Can’t wait to get your own? Tough luck, ’cause this one’s not shipping to the US and Europe until next month for $499.99.

[Via Electronic House]

Filed under: CES, Home Entertainment

Logitech’s Harmony 1100 remote is more touchscreen, less buttons originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Dark Side of Free Internet Service - I

everydaytech — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:21:14 +0000

Internet privacy has been emerged as one of the key issues in the fast-growing information age. There has been much debate and concern about the exponential growth of personal information that the internet companies collect, store, use and disclose for various purposes. In this paper, we explore the facts and motivations behind free internet services, describe the common techniques used to collect information, and then discuss various thoughts and arguments on privacy issues. Read more…

You need to perform monthly checkups on your tape backup device. Read more…

Downturn may turn techies to crime, say reports

everydaytech — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:21:16 +0000

PricewaterhouseCoopers and security vendor Finjan expect insider fraud and cybercrime to rise as IT jobs are lost. Desperate IT workers who have been laid off will go rogue in 2009, selling corporate data and using crimeware, reports have predicted. The credit crunch will drive some IT… Read more…

Seven months before the first astronauts landed on the moon, Apollo 8 made a key round-trip into lunar orbit. Read more…

What Is An Email Header Trace And What Can You Learn?

everydaytech — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:21:11 +0000

An Email header trace is where you take an incoming email Locate the header information Take that header information analyze it and attempt to determine the origin of the email… Read more…

What is SEO It is the acronym for Search Engine Optimization and is the science of getting a high placement in search engine results There are a lot of helpful SEO methods that can be used to optimize your website, and Texas Web Designers know how to make them work for you… Read more…

Using the tool WGA

everydaytech — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:21:17 +0000

If you have Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista, you have the tool WGA. This is a tool designed to reduce the appearance of copies of Windows. Although it will not eliminate the problem of illeg… Read more…

IT departments and their parent organizations must make significant decisions on letting employees download and use outside applications. This is a tricky situation: While many of these apps bring value to the business, they are real security risks. Processor offers some good insight into this vexing issue. The first step as it invariably is when the [...] Read more…

The Different Web Browsers on the Market

everydaytech — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:21:11 +0000

This article presents some web browsers available on internet. Perhaps you do not know it, but Internet Explorer is not the only browser! There are dozens of others. Read more…

It turns out that typing form can be one of the most important determinants of ultimate typing speed and efficiency. The most effective method of typing is referred to as “touch” typing. With touch typing, the hands are placed over the keyboard with the fingers in a specific formation. Read more…

Using the tool WGA

everydaytech — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:21:20 +0000

Remember watching Star Trek The brightly colored shirts, black pants (that always seemed a bit too short) and the unusual triangular shaped ornament on their shirts Captain Jean-Luc Picard would find himself in some life-threatening situation and he would simply touch the ornament (referred to by Trekkies as a Starfleet Communicator) and he would be in instant communication with someone on the Enterprise… Read more…

Yahoo and Intel hope products to be shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in January will mark the beginning of their Internet-fueled expansion to the world of TV. Yahoo and Intel built their success upon widespread use of personal computers, but the two companies hope products to be shown… Read more…

Photos: Apollo 8’s mission round the moon

everydaytech — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:21:24 +0000

Seven months before the first astronauts landed on the moon, Apollo 8 made a key round-trip into lunar orbit. Read more…

You know what they say — if you can’t buy it, mod it. Michael “Bibin” Moffitt’s backlighting job on this Game Boy Pocket is a case in point. Unwilling to shell out the dough for a Game Boy Light on eBay (but more than willing to destroy two old LCDs in pursuit of his mad dream), this guy removed the reflective layer and adhesive behind the handheld’s display (”almost as hard as reasoning with a rabid PlayStation 3 fan,” he writes) and built a backlight out of an LED, some perspex, and a diffusive layer. That’s it — now our man is playing Donkey Kong, in the dark, in all its monochromatic glory, and with no noticeable change in battery life. Hit the read link for plenty of naked GBP pics.

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

Game Boy Pocket fitted with backlit screen, one man’s life now complete originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The perfect complement to ION’s Drum Rocker kit, dreamGEAR has unveiled the WarBeast wireless guitar controller for PlayStation 3 and PS2. It’s compatible with Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and Rock Revolution games and features a removable faceplate for customization and removable neck and headstock for easier transport. Officially licensed by B.C. Rich, the company is touting this axe as the first and only full-sized guitar controller on the market — although we bet Starpex and maybe even Gene Simmons would beg to differ. It’s now available on the company’s website for $130, though if you can’t afford that Rock n’ Roll lifestyle, Amazon’s got it for $90. They’ve also got a new Quad Dock Xbox 360 controller charger and some refreshed versions of their PS3, Wii lineup, which aren’t out yet — according to Electronista they’ll go for around $30 or $40.

[Via Electronista]

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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

dreamGEAR unveils Warbeast guitar controller, Quad Dock controller chargers originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Japanese DIYer shows ASUS how not to make an Eee Tablet PC

everydaytech — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:21:13 +0000

ASUS hinted at some alternative Eee form factors in the Spring of last year, but it’s a Japanese modder that’s showing the company exactly how it shouldn’t approach an Eee-branded tablet PC. It’s a touch tough to understand exactly what’s going on, but here’s what is (partially) clear: the hack job took around ten hours to complete, and the outer edges are inexplicably covered in aluminum foil. It’s encased in some sort of transparent housing — which we suppose is pretty nifty for showing off the internals — and the retrofitted touchpanel provides the tasty tablet functionality. Apparently this guy spent around 11,000 ($128) over and above the cost of the Eee PC in order to construct the final result pictured above — the question is: was it really worth it?

[Via Fashion Funky, thanks Bob]

Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs

Japanese DIYer shows ASUS how not to make an Eee Tablet PC originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We hate to harsh on Toshiba here, we honestly do, but what in the world is it thinking? As if its clearly unimpressive Super Resolution Technology wasn’t embarrassing enough, we’re now hearing that the outfit is expected to release a line of prototype players at CES next week that tout SD card slots. Why, you ask? To accept the flash card movies that — you guessed it — no one on the entire planet is interested in. Okay, so maybe a handful of people (you know, the same characters who thought slotMusic was a solid idea) will buy in, but seriously, this has failure written all over it. The move comes hot on the heels of a Toshiba / Mod Systems tie-up to establish kiosks that sell films on SD cards, though we’re still curious as to whether these SD card players will be of the standalone variety or integrated into upscaling DVD decks. We’ll keep an open mind ’til we see the final product(s) at CES, but it’ll take a belated Christmas miracle for this to be even halfway awesome.

[Via Video Business]

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Storage

Toshiba introducing SD-friendly players for flash card movies that no one buys originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The year in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks can be described pretty simply: Bigger, dumber and more dangerous. At least that’s the conclusion not in those words, of course reached by Arbor Networks in the fourth edition of its Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report. The firm found that DDoS attacks are surpassing 40 gigabits — double [...] Read more…