We all have a need to be reminded about important events, be it birthdays, aniversaries, or whatever a simple “set it and forget it” reminder is a great way to make sure you don’t forget. Rather than installing an application (if you don’t have one already) to create these reminders, simply use Notepad along with the Scheduled Tasks Windows component. Here is how:

1. In Notepad, create and save a new text document for your ...<< MORE >>

A voluntary recall has been issued for the following product.  This information was gathered from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission website (www.cpsc.gov).

Fire and Burn Hazards Prompt Recall of Gas Grills Sold at Lowe’s Stores

Name of Product: Perfect Flame Double Lid Four Burner Gas Grills
Units: About 24,000
Retailer: Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., of North Wilkesboro, N.C. and Lowe’s HIW, Inc., of Tukwila, Wash.
Manufacturer: Lucas Innovation Inc., of China
Hazard: The cooking chamber of the ...<< MORE >>

According to the City of Chicago accidents are down 30 percent in the camera-covered intersections, and red-light running is also down 60 percent.  And since the cameras also stand watch against illegal right turns on red, pedestrian injuries from such turns have also decreased.

I am OK with making it safe to drive and walk around in the city, but did they have to turn it into a cash cow.  They expect to make $50 ...<< MORE >>

IE7 has a new security feature called “Phishing Filter”.  This feature helps protect you by verifying every site you visit against a database of know phishing websites.  I agree that this is a great feature that will help you feel more secure online, but it is very terrible for performance.  That is because every website you pull up has to wait for a response from the phishing database before it will display to you.

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The FDA has announced that this year’s seasonal influenza vaccines include new strains of the virus that are likely to hit the US during the 2008-2009 season.

The manufacturers of the vaccines and the name of their vaccine are as following:

CSL Limited
Vaccine: Afluria

GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
Vaccine: Fluarix

ID Biomedical Corporation of Quebec
Vaccine: Flulaval

Medimmune Vaccines, Inc.
Vaccine: FluMist

Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited
Vaccine: Fluvirin

Sanofi Pasteur, Inc.
Vaccine: Fluzone

Those are some pretty interesting vaccine names. J

To check out the ...<< MORE >>

States across the US are trying to impose an unfair sales tax on direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service.  If you have DirectTV or Dish Network, then this would apply to you.
This sales tax would be charged to anyone with satellite service, but would not be applied to cable TV service.

That is not fair!

States that have already applied discriminatory DBS taxes are: Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennesse, and Utah.

A bi-partisan group of members in Congress have introduced H.R. 3679, " State Video Tax Fairness Act"  to stop this unfair tax.

To take action against this unfair tax, contact your member of Congress at 202-225-3121 and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 3679

For information about this and other ways to take action, please visit : www.stopsatellitetax.com

        

Source: PC World

Cost: Free

Operating Systems: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 98

Description:Winlaunch allows you to create keyboard shortcuts to speed common tasks, such as opening your Web browser or sending an e-mail to a particular address, but it takes some manual tweaking to get it set up properly. It's relatively quick to set up a shortcut. For a program or document, browse to the relevant file on your hard drive, or drag and drop it from Explorer to create a shortcut. You can also create a key binding to send an e-mail or open a Web site, reboot your PC, execute Winlaunch commands or perform a range of other tasks. Choose a key or key combination (such as Ctrl+F4) for the shortcut, and you're done.

--Erik Larkin

Go to the download page now:

Winlaunch

Deep Discounts and Great Selection on Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint/Nextel

        

The following is a list of companies that have WiMAX deplpyed and in what Country.  The information was gathered from the Wikipedia and Maravedis.

Angola

MSTelcom is deploying a nationwide project at 2.5 GHz. About 60% of Luanda is covered. Data and voice over IP are among the services to be supplied to the end-users.

Australia

Unwired holds licenses in the 3.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz bands, and has plans to build a mobile WiMax network on the 2.3 GHz band once WiMax-Forum-certified hardware is available. This will be a replacement to its proprietary fixed ...<< MORE >>

I gathered the following information from WiMAX.com.

WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standard.
802.16-2004 for fixed wireless applications
802.16e-2005 for mobile wireless

Fixed WiMAX offer cost effective point to point and point to multi-point solutions
Mobile WiMAX allows any telecommunications to go mobile.

It has the potential to replace existing telecommunications infrastructures. For example, it can replace the telephone’s company copper wire networks, the cable TV’s coaxial cable infrastructure, and the mobile variant has the potential to replace cellular networks.

WiMAX is not Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Range: 100 yards, covers a coffee shop, home, one ...<< MORE >>