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IOCOM Releases Visimeet Statistics
Update July 2023: Consider this a HISTORY lesson in videoconferencing. Enjoy! I love stats! When I was at ESnet (https://es.net) I built Perl programs to sift thru the Gatekeeper stats to give me almost any bit of interesting usage information I could calculate. Until today, my stats were the only video conferencing industry stats I…
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Logitech Harmony 650 Remote
Lori could not learn the process I had for watching a movie on the blu-ray or on VUDU. Geeez what is her problem? Using a combination of three remotes, 27 button pushes, and moving one wire (just kidding)….it was easy! She wanted me to write the process down….well, I do not have time to write…
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Barnes & Noble Introduces a New Nook
Surfing the Internet today I spotted this article from the NY Times stating that a new Nook eReader has been introduced! Very cool. Here are some basics of the $139 eReader: It is WiFi only, it uses e-ink technology so glare will not be a problem, the entire display is touch screen, they claim the…
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Google Docs Application Sharing
Note: Fast forward to time 5:48 to see how you can share a doc. This past week, I tried something new: Joleen and I worked remotely, but, together, on a proposal we submitted for a new project. In the old days, application sharing (working together on a document) with video conferencing stuff was unheard of.…
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Gmail Phone Calls
You have probably heard by now that you can make a phone call using Gmail. I can verfiy…it works! But voice only, no video…..yet. Here is how it worked: Using my trusty Toshiba laptop (now over 4 years old and going strong) I got on my Gmail account and saw the prompt “Call Phone”. (I…
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The Computing World is Changing
Got a call yesterday from a friend who is buying her daughter a computer for college. Once we got through the pricing for the system she picked out (it was a good price for a 4 Gig RAM, 320 Gig HD laptop, with web cam) we moved on to discuss virus protection, browsers, and Office.…
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Can I Live Without a Newspaper?
Update August 2023: Consider this a HISTORY lesson. 🙂 Enjoy! This week, our beloved Tracy Press announced it would deliver the paper once a week. Friday. That news drove home the fact that, sadly, print newspapers are quickly going the way of the 8 track tape, tubes, the Edsel, and ISDN videoconferencing… Sunny (our 10…
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Home Networking Paradigm Shift
Figured I’d change the tone a bit for this blog. Instead of heavy emphasis on product testing (which is time consuming and sometimes expensive), I’ll start commenting on things technical that strike my fancy or when I see interesting developments that I just can’t keep quiet about. The Old Days – Way in the Past…
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Logitech V450 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse
Rating: 4 WaterTowers (cool laser wireless mouse) Last night we went to Best Buy in Tracy, CA and, as usual, I browsed the aisles to find technology that, to me, might be new and exciting. In the computer section, I saw the Logitech V450 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse and picked it up. $50 or so.…
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VUDU Introduces HDX
UPDATE July 2023: This is a History lesson in streaming video. Enjoy! 🙂 If you have not yet experienced VUDU Internet streaming of movies…..now may be the time. As you may know, I am a big fan of VUDU and now even more so. Check out my review of VUDU here. With over 6000 movie…
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