Biometrics In the Lunch Room?!?!

Check this out.. A Cafeteria in Georgia uses fingerprint scanners to speed up lunch lines!

How do you feel about the use of biometrics in our schools? It would be interesting to hear what some of you think about this.

Hacker Claims iPod Restrictions Cracked!

A famous hacker claims that he has cracked the restrictions that Apple places on iPods. These restrictions allow Apple to keep iPod owners from purchasing music from online stores other than iTunes and also keep iTunes downloads from playing on many other types of portable MP3 players. Full article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/10/24/ipod.code.ap/index.html

Microsoft Releases Internet Exporer 7

Finally, Microsoft attempts to play catch up to competitors Firefox and Opera with it's newest release of Internet Explorer (ver. 7).

"So what does upgrading do for me?" you ask. Well, basically Internet Explorer 7 now allows all the faithful IE users to enjoy the same benefits that Firefox and Opera users have had for some time. Some of these new features include a maximized viewing area, tabbed browsing, live search, built in RSS feed support, and new built in security features.

I downloaded IE7 today, so I have not used it enough to develop a fair opinion. I will be sure to get back to you on this at a later date. I challenge you to be adventurous and download IE7. Let us know what you think!

HELP! - My Motherboard has died and it won't boot up!

Computer won't boot? Lose video signal after just a few minutes? IT JUST HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN! Hmmm.... That brown crud looks real tasty doesn't it?

Ah yes! Another one bites the dust. We have been replacing motherboards in GX270's left and right since last school year. Most of you have probably heard from your friendly technician that there are issues with bad capacitors on many of the motherboards used in GX270's. I thought that you might want more information on what exactly causes this problem. Visit badcaps.net for a very detailed description of the problem and how to identify that you have a board with bad capacitors.

As usual, if you expect that you have a bad motherboard, just enter a workorder and we will be happy to take a look at it for you! (Don't forget to include the service tag!)