First Samsung Galaxy Tab commercial, official site launched
In addition to announcing the Samsung Galaxy Tab at IFA in Berlin, Samsung on Thursday released the first official Galaxy Tab commercial.
No Such Thing as Free Gas Online
In the latest blog post from SiteAdvisor, they look at the search term “free gas cards”, as gas prices increase, these type of search terms will be used more and more.
Many people turn to the Web for help and find plenty of sites offering “free gas cards” for $500, $1000, even $1,500. But it’s a search that could leave you with computer indigestion. In fact, search Google for “free gas” and your screen will be inundated with unsafe results. Six out of twenty first page results link to red sites for this recent search for “free gas.” And five of the top eight sponsored links go to red rated sites.
First, many free product sites use the allure of the “free offer” to encourage unsuspecting consumers to divulge their e-mail addresses. Once submitted, the address is provided to advertisers who inundate users’ inboxes with solicitations. We know because we’ve signed up at each of these sites with unique, one-time-use e-mail addresses, then tracked the results.
Some consumers might accept an inbox full of spammy e-mail in exchange for $500 or $1000 in gas coupons. But the unfortunate truth is that the vast majority of consumers will never successfully complete the requirements to collect the gas card. Source: Fill’er up with Spammy Email
In the example they use, the website shopherefree.net, never actually lets you get to the point where you can claim your free gas card. They jumped through all of the hoops they could, and still did not get to the point where they could get their gas card, what happened you ask? When they clicked “Click Here (to) complete the sponsor’s requirement”, the website forwarded them to Everyfreegift.com and an affiliate offer where, you guessed it, you have to fill in your email address and complete some more “offers” where you have to jump through hoops to get a gas card. One site, brandsurveypanel.com, spammed the email address they signed up with, with 361 emails a week!
No thanks, I think I’ll stick to actually paying for my gas, even though my Dodge Ram loves it, I think I’ll be happier this way.
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Printing Mailbox and Presto Services
Do you have family members who live far away but want to see your pictures, and they can’t or don’t know how to get online? Presto Services Inc and HP are looking to fix that problem for you this fall. All you need is the Printing Mailbox inkjet printer from HP and a phone line to plug into it. The printer doesn’t actually need an internet connection, but it does need to download email, email you send to it with the pictures you want to send them.
Are you hooked on e-mail but your parents aren’t? Do they want to see photos of their grandchildren but aren’t up to using a computer much?
Presto Services Inc., a Mountain View-based startup, plans to announce details Tuesday of a service that allows baby boomers and their parents to stay digitally connected without both needing a computer.
Instead, the less-tech savvy recipient would only need a special inkjet printer designed to receive and print out the sender’s e-mails of text or photos ? similar to a fax machine. The printer would have to be hooked up to a phone line but wouldn’t need a special Internet connection. It only receives e-mail and cannot send anything back. Source: Yahoo.com
The only thing that could cause problems is when they run out of ink, or refilling the paper. They are aiming for a pretty simple setup, where you plug a phone line into it, and the more tech savvy person would actually setup the account. You can send pictures or regular text emails, much like a fax machine. No pricing information has been released, but that will be the big sticking point, if you only send a few emails to them a year, say around the holidays, you certainly wont want to pay a monthly fee.
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Repairing Windows XP with Six Simple Commands
okay, just realized I had dugg an article earlier that had the same information from Information weeks Fred Langa, here. Changing links in the blog to point to that article instead.
Article describing how to repair Windows XP when your PC is inaccessible from the standard boot procedures, and you have to use the recovery console as your last resort!
Nice rundown of what to do when you experience some of these Windows boot errors. Uses the BOOTCFG /Rebuild to rebuild the boot.ini and the Fixboot command to write the new boot sector. Written by a guy who worked at Bestbuy and saw many of these Windows errors and wanted a better way to fix them than doing a system restore.
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
Windows NT could not start because the below file is missing or corrupt: C:\WINNT\System32\Ntoskrnl.exe
Windows NT could not start because the below file is missing or corrupt: C:\WINNT\System32\HAL.dll
NTLDR is Missing
Press any key to restart
Invalid boot.ini
Press any key to restart
In short the commands are
Boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console
attrib -H -R -S boot.ini
del boot.ini
bootcfg /Rebuild
chkdsk /R /F
fixboot
And these are all run at the c prompt c:\>
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Everyone Seeing X-Men This Weekend
Over at ign.com they are saying to stay in your seats when the credits are rolling, as there is a 30 second scene you will miss if you don’t. They say it’s something you won’t expect and it will be one of the more talked about scenes in the movie.
I say it’s a scene about Wolverine and possibly a preview of him in his own flick. But, that’s just me hoping. 
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Top Tech News
Here are the top tech news articles from Topix.net.
Samsung (finally) officially announces the Galaxy Tab
One of the most poorly kept secrets in recent memory, Samsung officially announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab on Thursday in Berlin at the 2010 IFA electronics show.
Amazon VoD counters Apple TV; Fox, ABC episodes at 99 cents: buy, not rent
Following right on the heels of the Wednesday Apple TV announcement, in which the new Apple TV service will allow 99 cent TV show rentals from Fox and ABC , Amazon.com has gone Apple one better.
Samsung unveils new tablet PC Galaxy Tab, meant to rival Apple's iPad
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.
Chris Hadfield to become first Canadian to command ISS
Astronaut Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station, Gary Goodyear, the federal minister of state for science and technology announced Thursday at the Longueuil headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency.
Samsung unveils iPad rival
SAMSUNG unveiled on Thursday what the South Korean electronics giant hopes will be the first major rival to Apple's highly successful iPad tablet PC.
Windows 7 Family Pack returns (again for a limited time)
Windows 7 Family Pack returns September 1st, 2010 10:12 pm ET Windows 7 Photo: Microsoft The Windows 7 Family Pack returns, or at least it will, starting Oct. 3rd.
Sony brings e-reader to Australia
Sony's Pocket Edition e-reader is coming to Australia. Sony today unveiled its new range of e-readers, which it will launch in Australia for the first time later next week.
Nova Scotia priest plans to bless the faithful's cellphones
Reverend Lisa Vaughn, pictured on the screen of an iPhone, blessed electronic devices at Saint Timothy's church in Hatchet Lake, N.S., on Sept.
Yahoo to lose search advertising partner NHN in November, leaving small dent in finances
Yahoo Inc. is about to lose one of its search advertising partners in South Korea as the Internet company prepares to convert to Microsoft Corp.
HP rolls out new notebooks and minis
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard has launched its new lines of consumer notebooks, aiming to capture attention heading into the end-of-year holiday seasonand maybe catching a few people who aren't ready for the back-to-school blitz yet.
Two different approaches: the new Apple TV and Google TV
Apple unveiled a new version of Apple TV on Wednesday. As opposed to many such initiatives, including Google's upcoming Google TVs, Apple has their own view of what consumers want in the living room, and whether or not they or Google will come out the big winner is the question.
Apple's Sept. 1 event about iOS, revamped iPod line, and new Apple TV
Apple's September 1st event was streamed, giving us a clue to a possible video streaming announcement.
Review: News app that lets you choose your editor
Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors.
Motorola Milestone 2 officially announced; coming in Q4
Since the Motorola Milestone is basically the GSM version of the Droid, you had to be expecting a Milestone 2, hadn't you?
Local authorities, the Web, chase "puppy thrower"
Several Facebook groups have been born, and rewards have been posted, as the Internet and Bosnia police search for a young woman who appears on an Internet video throwing squealing puppies into a river, where they undoubtedly drown.
Amazon.com planning subscription video streaming service: sources
As Apple reportedly prepares to announce anA Apple TV - Netflix hookup , Amazon.com is seen to be working on a new subscription service that would stream TV shows and movies, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal .
Sept. 1 Apple event to be streamed live, but only to Apple users
Apple will stream its Sept. 1 event later today live. That's perhaps the biggest sort of confirmation so far that the event will involve some sort of announcement over video streaming.
Can Navigation Satellites Stand Up to a Stormy Sun?
Depiction of coronal mass ejections oming off the Sun's surface heading toward Earth.
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Top News Stories
Here are the top news stories from Topix.net, a news website listing links to newspapers, ap, and other news sources. This listing may be up to six hours old.
Obama tells Leno he was stunned by AIG bonuses
President Barack Obama has told Jay Leno he was stunned when he learned of the bonuses that bailed-out insurance giant AIG was paying its employees.
Obama to Iran: Washington committed to relationship with Tehran, overcoming past divisions
President Barack Obama told Iran's people and leaders that the United States wants to engage with their country and end decades of strained relationship, but not unless their officials stop making threats.
Jaguar, Buick dethrone Lexus in reliability study
British luxury carmaker Jaguar surged to the top of J.D. Power and Associates' closely watched vehicle dependability study this year, tying Buick for the No.
13 firms receiving bailout owe back taxes
At least 13 firms receiving billions of dollars in bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a key lawmaker said Thursday.
French stage nationwide strike as economy crumbles
As many as 3 million people took to the streets across France on Thursday to protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's handling of the economic crisis and demand more help for struggling workers.
New jobless claims fall more than expected to 646K
New jobless claims fell more than expected last week, but continuing claims set a new record for the eighth straight week and few economists expect the labor market to improve anytime soon.
Austria's Fritzl gets life in psychiatric prison
Josef Fritzl stands in the courtroom before being sentenced to life for homicide, enslavement, incest, rape and other charges.
Earth shook - " then the sea exploded
HUGE columns of ash, steam and smoke spewed thousands of feet into the sky yesterday from an undersea volcano in the South Pacific.
Man convicted of murder in bridge deaths of 4 kids
A jury has convicted a man of murdering four young children who were thrown to their deaths from an Alabama bridge last year.
US planning to free Iraqi detainees
Thousands of Iraqis held without charge by the US on suspicion of links to insurgents or militants will be freed by the summer.
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Microsoft, Lenovo Launch ‘Pay As You Go’ Computer
Microsoft Corp. and Chinese-based computer maker Lenovo said Monday they will launch market trials for pay-as-you-go purchases of computers in China and India. Consumers will be able to purchase a Lenovo PC for about half its retail price and pay off the balance over time by purchasing pre-paid cards from Lenovo.
Much like the pre paid phones of today, with the exception that the pc’s will eventually be paid off and the pre paid cards will no longer need to be purchased. This is a fantastic idea, and will hopefully help people who really can’t afford it to get a computer and get online.
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Web Development Cheat Sheets and More
A nice assortment of cheat sheets for web developers/designers, including CSS, PHP, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, and more! This is a nice list, includes things like mod rewrite, html code and more.
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Mirror Your Web Site With rsync
This tutorial shows how you can mirror your web site from your main web server to a backup server that can take over if the main server fails. We use the tool rsync for this, and we make it run through a cron job that checks every x minutes if there is something to update on the mirror.
Sorry, post for me, didn’t want to forget to check this out.
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MySQL Cheat Sheet
A fantastic quick reference sheet for when you are working with MySQL from the command line.
Not a huge list of commands, but enough to get me started breaking stuff.
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