News Index: General Tech Tips/News/Fun   <<  Page 1 of 1  >>  December 10, 2008 Swiches..Time to upgrade? The last switch I purchased was a Cisco 2424 seris. A beautiful 24 port 10/100 switch with a lot of flexibility for the time. Actually it was way more than I needed. Now we are in the world of Gigabit wireless so it's probably time to upgrade our gigabit wire connections. I say it's time because they seem to be dirt cheap. For home users that need a minimum of highspeed Gigabit ports Netgear makes a nice little unit with 5 ports that has a street price of 55 do  December 09, 2008 How to disable Internet Explorer If you want a real scare go to google.com and search for IE exploits, IE problems, IE security,Mcirosoft Spys IE, and the list goes on and on. The problem is you really can't delete IE without screwing the pooch on your Microsoft operating system.It is so tightly woven into microsoft products that removing it could cause a bunch of problems which is another article altogether. So what do to. Just sit back and let IE contact Microsoft and exchange God knows wh  December 09, 2008 Is Adbright circling the drain Tech tips cover all aspects of technology and one of the Technologies currently on the rocks is Ad Networks. Your sign up with them and you put some html on your site....boom instant cash. That was the way for a while at least. Like any sector of the Internet certain Industry's shake out. In this case it's the pay-per-click/pay-per-view ad networks. I have been with iBill when they went out and Epoch systems still owes me 300 dollars from 5 years ago for possible chargebacks...come on. The common thing is the symptoms. Adbrite currently went from paying Publishers Net30 to Net60 smack dab in the middle of September 2008. Each email to support was returned with a different excuse and the check is out, will be sent, and nob  December 09, 2008 The Demise of MSN Groups In Feb 2009 MSN groups will displace most webTV users and millions that enjoy them. I personally am not one but I see it as an opportunity for Forum and Chat sites everywhere. While Forum posters and Chatters are very different breeds. Forum posters like to see their post up in lights while chatters are interested in real time conversation. I think the demise of MSN groups will see some devotee's dabble in realtime chat. And that's a good thing for CHATROPOLIS.COM and other indy Chat opera  December 09, 2008 Celebrity for Nothing Sarah Palin seems to be the medias latest creation since Paris Hilton. Being famous for nothing. Although Ms Palin is the Governor of Alaska and former beauty queen she is basically a young (If that's possible) Paris Hilton. Famous for being famous. I find Jessie Ventura to be far more interesting Politically and since I met Arnold in the late 70's he much funnier that Paris Hilton who is just dumb as a stump and will piss through her family fortune if it is at all possible. Our problem is America has no heros. Yes I know the Police/Fire department on 911 bu  December 09, 2008 Funny 404/file not found File not found a default message when you make a typo on a page or a link is broken. Some Web Maters have taken it into their hands to make this funny, offensive or just pplain stupid. But anything is better that usingthe standard 404/File not found message. Here are some(ALL OPEN IN NEW WINDOWS); The Hystericaly offensive Gunnery Saqrgent Lee Ermy is on http://www.chatropolis.com/404.html The nutty,Technocally Superior stupid or the no effort AT ALL. Some webmasters take the time to put something of themselves eve