An American in Paris Says Au Revoir to His Laptop

This is an interesting article by Walt Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal. It's not an Apple iPad ad, although it may seem like it, but rather an experiment. As he puts it, "Lots of people are wondering whether a touch-based tablet computer that doesn’t have a physical keyboard or run a traditional operating system can replace their laptops on the road. So I decided to find out."
  

An American in Paris Says Au Revoir to His Laptop

MVPS HOSTS File for September available now

I hope there are several of you who know the drill and will download and install the new HOSTS file!

MVPS HOSTS File Update September-22-2010

 
The MVPS HOSTS file was recently updated [September-22-2010]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Download: hosts.zip (150 kb)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip

How To: Download and Extract the HOSTS filehttp://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts2.htm

HOSTS File - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm

Note: the "text" version makes a great resource for determining possible unwanted connections ...
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt (606 kb)

Flip Video Cameras

I love my Flip video camera. I have had mine, obviously an older model, for about 2 or 3 years, and I use it frequently to film family events mostly. It is simple to upload the videos to YouTube, and I do that a lot. So this week some new models have been introduced. You can read about them here and by following the link below. This article came from MaximumPC.com.

Cisco is pretty jazzed about its all-new line of affordable Ultra HD and Mino HD video cameras, the newest entries to the company's popular Flip family.

"This is without question the best line of Flip Video cameras we've ever created," said Jonathan Kaplan, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco Consumer Products. "The new line combines Flip simplicity, affordability, and fun with truly breakthrough video quality, image stabilization, and unlimited personalization options."

Sporting slimmer designs and personalization through the Flip Online Store (TheFlip.com), both the Mino HD and Ultra HD come in 4GB (1 hour) and 8GB (2 hour) capacities and offer 60FPS at 1280x720.

The new Flip cameras are available now for $150 (Ultra HD 4GB), $180 (Mino HD 4GB), $200 (Ultra HD 8GB), and $230 (Mino HD 8GB).

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