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Goodbye, Disposable Battery

October 18th, 2011 by Anthony

Disposable Battery

This has been coming for a while now, but: the disposable battery is on its death bed thanks to the heavy use of non-user-serviceable, cheap, rechargeable, and durable batteries in modern devices. But is this necessarily a good thing? Let’s analyze this.

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Saving Key Devices From Surges

October 13th, 2011 by Anthony

Transformers

Due to a change in the type of power plug that ships with smaller devices (i.e. the “magic little boxes” that us integrators install for clients) in the past several years, said devices and power supplies are more apt to be wiped out by lightning and power spikes than older supplies in exchange for a lower manufacturing cost. However, with a simple change in how you merely plug it in, you can alleviate this key disadvantage AND lower your electricity bill in one fell swoop.

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How to Cut Electricity Costs (Without Spending Money)

September 25th, 2011 by Anthony

Save energy by using these tips and make your outlets happy again!

Appalled by your electricity bill or just want to cut costs where you can in this horrendous economy? Well here are some energy management tips you can employ that cost little to nothing to implement, but save you loads on your electricity usage (which you can verify using our TED Energy Management products).

Most of these rules I myself use, and my power bill is $50.

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Hacking 101: What Exactly Does My iPhone Transmit?

August 25th, 2011 by Anthony

iPhone

So you have an iPhone/iPod/iPad, and you use it quite a bit. Every wonder just what data is sent to and from the device to remote servers over the Internet? Or are you worried after the whole Apple tracking scandal or the recent news that fraudulent malware apps are becoming increasingly discovered in the Android and Blackberry app stores?

I’ll show you exactly how you can view what data of yours is sent/received, with the technique here applicable to any other wireless mobile device – not just iPhones.

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Irene

August 23rd, 2011 by Fred

Many years ago, I was faced with balancing the emergency plans of our family owned business with those of my family and our parents.  The attached document was compiled from a number of different sites (a collective wisdom if you will) that helped me coordinate the focus of everyone around.  As Hurricane Irene appears to have lessened her stronghold on our attention, I share this information in hopes that it may help you.  Also, please use the following web links to assist you with more information or should you want to follow the progress of the weather alters and our respective community responses.

Tough Tax and Spending Decisions Ahead

August 15th, 2011 by Fred

OK America – our government is spending $1½ trillion more than our tax revenues.  It is the equivalent of a household with a combined income of $50K spending $86K – funding the $36K shortfall from their credit cards!!  How do we fix this beast which is clearly out of control?  Let’s begin with a view of the playing field.  In summary, the numbers are as follows:

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Darlington School District: 81% poverty BUT 12th Best District in SC

August 11th, 2011 by Fred

The poverty index in Darlington is 81%. Wow! Darlington is performing significantly better than districts whose poverty index is 20 percentage points lower. Mind you this is not the exceptional performance of just one school with high poverty. This is the exceptional performance of an entire district of schools with high poverty.  Read more in John Warner’s Swampfox article: Darlington School District. 81% poverty. 12th best district in SC. Why? No excuses, and people over programs | Swamp Fox.

What The iPad is Missing

August 10th, 2011 by Anthony

iPad

iPad

Ever since the iPad initially came out (and before it did, but that’s something I can’t discuss here), people have been in love with it – well, almost everyone.

From my little corner in the tech scene, I’ve been scoffing at it and its missing features for the longest time. And my criticism is not unfounded, as my credentials in the industry will show. My name is Anthony Cargile, I hate the iPad, and here is why.

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S&P Pencil Pushers…Don't Tread on Me

August 8th, 2011 by Fred

A bunch of chicken-sh#! pencil pushers.  I clump the S&P numb nuts into the same MBA crowd that stopped calling our US laborers people and staff, but instead “head counts.”  After having read their release (highlights shared below), they have screwed with the wrong group of people, the United States citizens.  Yes, we have elected these lawmakers and although they may or may not have fumbled the ball, the responsibility falls on the electorate.  And just like a commercial I viewed a while back about the credit bureau poorly rating the head of a family working multiple jobs to pay off his debt simply because he was paying slowly… that fact was he was paying.

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The Future of the Processor

August 6th, 2011 by Anthony

A modern processor chip package

A modern processor chip package

Undoubtedly, you yourself have seen the rapid evolution of the processor (or microprocessor, if you’ve been in “the loop” for long enough). It’s fairly common knowledge that processors have gone from large, room-sized spaghetti messes of wiring spanning several human-sized circuit board to exponentially faster, multicored, nanoscopic masterpieces. But, where do they go from here?

This article, for clarity to seasoned readers, focuses generally to Intel architecture (x86/x86-64/IA-32/AMD64) processors used in generally all current PC and Mac computers, excluding certain ARM-based netbooks and Apple iDevices.

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Industry Links

  • iPhone 5



    Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News

  • New Privacy Concerns



    Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis

  • Bye Bye iPod Classic



    Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

  • New Hacker Frontier



    Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com

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