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Learning to speak a foreign language can be especially difficult for adults.  After all, adults have years, decades, of word associations to overcome when learning a foreign language.  With many other languages having different word orders and verb tenses that are not used in English, adult learners are not only tasked with learning a new language, but with thinking an entirely new way.  Fortunately, not every language is as difficult as learning Chinese and there are some great programs for those who want to rise to the challenge of learning a foreign language.  For learning German, there is arguably no better resource than Fluenz German 1+2+3. Read more »

With identity theft remaining one of the enduring problems with modern communications, it is unsurprising how many products and services there are that offer to protect your data.  When it comes to data storage, there are several products that encrypt your files to protect them, like the industry-leading Ironkey Flash Drive that makes transporting your data incredibly risk-free.  It is hard to find an analogous product when it comes to communications technology, though.  That is about to change, thanks to Silent Circle. Read more »

Anyone who has enjoyed the recent advances in high definition digital video technology knows there are two issues that frequently stymie video enthusiasts: battery life and video memory card storage capacity.  Batteries running out of power are a real downer, but when your power supply is uninterrupted, you may easily make long, memory-intensive videos that quickly fill up your video memory cards.  To avoid that, you need a video memory card that has great capacity and is durable.  Easily meeting those criteria is the 64 GB CombatFlash685 CF memory card. Read more »

The fax, the facsimile which was essentially a scan sent from one machine to another over the phone line, is a dying technology.   Scanners and e-mail provide essentially the same services and they are easy-to-use technologies used in every industrialized nation on Earth.  However, e-mails do not have the legal authority of faxes.  As a result, Fax Over Internet Protocol technology has emerged as a new industry.  Choosing the right FOIP provider can be a challenge.  Three of the best are: Read more »

For a long time, the fax was a tool of businesses everywhere.  The facsimile was a great way to transmit documents that was quicker than using mail or courier services.  With the rise of the fax machine, many laws involving acceptable forms of documentation came to include facsimile copies of important documents.  Ironically, the speed of the rise of the Internet and e-mail communications radically outstripped the speed at which laws are altered.  As a result, today facsimile copies remain legally relevant for many important documents, whereas e-mailed copies of documents do not carry the same weight.  One solution to this problem is Fax Over Internet Protocols. Read more »

Technology, as you know, changes exceptionally fast.  It seems like just last year that Cloud-based services were just appearing on the Internet!  Now, Google is releasing its personal Cloud service and, in advance of that, the competitors who got the jump on Google are revising their services to remain relevant.  Some of the well-established personal Cloud services may be changing the services you have come to rely upon!  Some of the most significant changes are coming to the following: Read more »

Good journalism requires sources.  Reporting a story requires facts, verification from authorities and precise language.  In the tech sector, however, virtually every otherwise ethical and authoritative journalist throws out the book when it comes to reporting on Apple products.  Apparently, speculation on Apple’s next major release allows journalists to become absolutely sloppy and report loads of information which they later retract.  Read more »

There are some combinations of services that you would not expect to work together, but when they do, they work surprisingly well. One example would be airlines’ recent use of social networks to connect passengers. On international flights with a few companies, passengers can now upload their social network profile to the airline website and see other passengers’ profiles.

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The bane of laptop computers is overheating.  No matter how laptop computer manufacturers work, they have not created a laptop computer that keeps the internal components cool enough to allow them optimal functioning conditions.  While laptop computer fans have been manufactured to run quieter than they used to, often laptop computers need an additional cooling device.  One of the most stylish laptop computer coolers is the Cryo LX aluminum notebook cooler. Read more »

With streaming technology becoming more and more prevalent, there is an emerging unease among network television executives as well as major movie studios.  The entertainment industry knows that technology is drastically changing the traditional models by which they make money.  But consumers have a real chance to benefit.  Never before have there been more ways to interface between computers and televisions.  An array of exciting new products continue to make it easier for consumers to legally stream television, movies and video games and get the benefits of both your computer and high definition television.  One of the premiere devices that is changing the way consumers use their appliances and computers is the DarkCrystal HD Capture Station SDK! Read more »