Recent content by ditzilla

Kind of like the XBox? Tape over the camera and it stops working?

I'm sure ... the newer Lenovos have an audio, but it's for headphones only. There are 1 or 2 built in mics at the top of the screen, there is nowhere to put a microphone, I've checked :( I don't normally use earbuds for one, and an inline mic might be fine for talking, but it's not going to...

Hi So I'm considering going from the (huge) desktop I have to a laptop (and selling the desktop) to save space. Needs: General web browsing very light (i.e.: flash based) gaming SOUND - input with a mic very important - hobby is online karaoke (yes, really) -- currently using just a...

that should be "old V M - not V W" *lack of edit, lack of sleep*

Between FB and Gmail/Google constantly wanting my cellphone #, it's like argh! Oh we need it for you protection in case YOU get hacked or can't get into your account for whatever reason - we can text you a new password. I have a "dumb" cellphone ... An old VW oyster (I'm still on the with...

If Mr. Assange is extradited to Sweden, which it looks like he will be, there are treaties between Sweden and the U.S. (and other countries) making it quite easy for Sweden to send him here after they are done with him. One of the odd statements from the Guardian U.K.: "Swedish criminal...

Well, Flame has apparently hit Iran's Oil Industry: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/iran-acknowledges-that-flame-virus-has-infected-computers-nationwide/2012/05/29/gJQAzlEF0U_story.html

The House votes on CISPA on Friday, it's not too late to call, email, see if they're on FB (especially since FB is in favor of this mess) and comment on their page, etc. This was a sneaky thing, while we were all fighting SOPA this little gem was quietly sitting waiting...

the only log out ad I've seen is for bing and there's an "X" in the upper corner to close it (which is kind of dumb since you're logging out of a site). Usually I just close the browser too, but have hit log out on occasion.

Says in the description for one "Tailored to fit your 15 inch Macbook or similarly sized laptop" and yes, there's a 13" version. Thinks this is ridiculous, I think they're ugly - especially for the price, but that seller has now been given some free advertising. Waits for Apple to sue Etsy...

Feels the same way, many of these companies are far from ethical. eBay? ethical? BestBuy?! Colgate Palmolive? L’ORÉAL? Shiseido? Time Warner (well better than Comcast I guess?), Wegmans - they're just now starting to get on the stopping of selling "pink slime", PepsiCo .... This list is...

I would have a huge problem with a prospective employer asking for my FB, email (there have been cases) or any other password. It's NONE of their business. Not only are they invading YOUR privacy, but the privacy of anyone you've got as a friend. And they can read your private messages or in...

I think you're onto something with the generational thing. And I don't mean older men or even the field being mostly men. I'm a bit older, but when I was in HS the courses I wanted to take were woodworking, auto mechanics, metalworking - I wanted to know how stuff worked and how to make...

If you're a parent and you're buying/allowing your child to play violent video gamesor you let them watch violent movies, violent shows on TV, sporting events (player being paid to take an opponent out of the game?) and you never talk to them or pay attention to them - they're out of your hair...

I do know about the whole wearing orange on St. Patrick's Day. I have been in my share of, um, physical altercations when I was younger and the whole orange thing was a really, really big deal (4th generation Irish here, yes I'm female but in my late teens especially I was more or less a...