Several years ago when wireless networks had just started taking off, I would take the family on an evening outing throughout the small town we lived in, scanning for open wireless networks (wardriving). The tool I used at the time was called Netstumbler. The software allowed you to scan the 2.4Ghz wireless spectrum that...
Technology. It renders itself in a myriad of forms. Many are notably more high-tech than others, capable of calculations or visual stimuli that just boggle the mind. Then there are the less intelligent forms of tech that are still, none-the-less, technologically advanced in their field. Today, I invite you along on my adventure of...
Fog Creek Software has a very interesting article up about women in technology, specifically in the computer science field. Did you know that women were an integral part of the computer revolution, starting in the 1960s? The media actually portrayed programming as something that women did, not men. Fast forward to 1987 and 42%...
Wal-Mart has long been the nation’s leading seller of DVD’s, but hot on the heals of Netflix announcing price hikes to their service (splitting of the streaming and DVD packages), Wal-Mart has decided to get into the streaming business themselves. The writing should have been on the wall when Wal-Mart purchased Vudu, a Silicon...
July 26, 2011. In this maiden episode of SouthGeek Chatter (name later changed to Ramble & Review), I discuss Apple’s release of their newest OS, OS X Lion, the scrolling issue that was introduced in Lion and the quick fix. Also, know your Internet history goes over the history of the ‘@’ symbol and...
It’s as commonplace in today’s society as the dollar sign. On average, 294 billion emails are sent everyday in the world (about 1.9 billion are legitmate and not spam) and that number continues to climb. What does email have in common? Care to take a guess? Think about it. Tired of thinking? No clue?...
Apple announced a new version of iOS (4.3.5) for the following devices: iPhone 4 (GSM model) iPhone 3GS iPad 2 iPad iPod touch (4th generation) iPod touch (3rd generation) Notice the iPhone 4 is the GSM model only. As is usual, Verizon iPhones are lagging behind. According to the release notes, this ”Fixes a security...
Did you notice something odd after you upgraded to OS X Lion? The scrolling in webpages and other apps is backwards! Here’s a quick SouthGeek Tech Tip that shows how to fix it.
Just a quick video we put together showing how easy it is to install OS X Lion and how to create an installation DVD. Remember, you must create the DVD BEFORE you complete the Lion installation. Lion deletes the install files after the installation has been completed!
Apple announced the release of their new flagship operating system, Mac OS X 10.7, otherwise known as Lion, today (July 20, 2011). As we’ve stated before, Apple has departed from releasing the OS on physical media, electing to use the Mac App store. The upgrade can be purchased for $29.99 and downloaded straight to...
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