There are not one, not two, not even three, but four types of GPS signals your cell phone can use. Allow me to demystify them for you.
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March 11, 2011Cell Phone GPS Signal Options Decoded
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March 9, 2011The GPS VulnerabilityYou would be surprised how many devices rely on a GPS signal for their proper operation. You’d be even more surprised to find out how easy it is to disrupt that signal and cause utter chaos.
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March 8, 2011You’re Breaking Up, Courtesy of FacebookMore and more, the source of woe in any relationship is the dratted Facebook relationship status. Not only that, Facebook information is being used as evidence by divorce attorneys all the time. Welcome to the era of the Facebook divorce.
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March 7, 2011The iPad 2The message Apple sends the world with the iPad 2 is this: Ha-Ha suckers who bought the original iPad! You over-paid for our beta version. Thanks for all your cash. Now you won’t look so cool carrying that clunky thing around. Just toss it out and give us more money for the iPad 2. March 6, 2011Someone Else Said It: Apple Is The Evil EmpireFrom the Guardian‘s John Naughton, and I heartily agree: Apple is turning into a nightmare. It’s going to take a while before “the folks” recognize it. In fact, I would guess that the anti-Apple backlash won’t be for a few years now. But it’s coming.
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March 4, 2011Page Numbering in Weird WordOne thing that became drastically more arduous in Word 2007, and subsequently Word 2010, was the process by which page numbers are inserted into a document.
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March 3, 201125 Years of Windows UpgradesA great project: A virtual PC is setup and configured with MS-DOS 5.0. Then an early version of Windows is installed. From that point, every new version of Windows is installed as an upgrade. See what survives. See what works. Worth a 10 minute watch. March 2, 2011Twenty Years of For Dummies Books
March 1, 2011Amazing Things Your Phone Could DoSome of the 14 things listed in the article (below) your phone can do now, others are soon to come. Truly, someday you won’t need a wallet. |
