By Greg Mills
Since the Islamic attack on the US by Bin Laden’s boys, the burden on the US Government and us as citizens has been increasing dramatically, to protect us from further similar attacks, or worse. This has cost a lot of money for increased security and some lost freedom for us as citizens. I am a veteran of the US Army. I love my country but have serious issues some times with our government.
Read MoreI can’t believe I’m saying this, but I concur with Microsoft on a recent ad in which it takes a dig at the Mac over its lack of Blu-ray support.
The ad pictures a PC laptop running Windows 7 and a Mac laptop on a long flight. The PC passes the time by playing “Avator” on its built-in Blu-ray player. The Mac says “this is so cool,” while watching the Blu-ray version of the blockbuster movie on the Windows PC.
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By Greg Mills
I no longer get much Nigerian Bank fraud email, since I developed a policy to deal with that. When you get an email, “You have won $50,000,000” or your unknown distant, long lost uncle died in South Africa and left you a million dollars, that is called Nigerian 419 spam and the email is really from a crook who wants to steal you blind.
Read MoreSooner or later, Macs will probably go 3D. A new International 3D Society (http://www.international3dsociety.com) survey says though virtually 6 of 10 adults (59%) have yet to see a contemporary 3D movie, those who have seen a 3D movie, three-fourths (74%) feel that today’s 3D movies are better than 2D movies, among whom 30% say 3D movies are “incredible.”
Read MoreApple’s upcoming US$1 billion data center could become the hub for an all-streaming broadcast network, says tech pundit Nike Carr, as reported by “InformationWeek” (http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228200358). And I think an Apple home server could fit into the picture.
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