For administrative purposes, you might need to log into a Windows 7 locally after it has been joined to a domain. Unfortunately with the Windows 7 login screen, you have to know the computer name in order to log into those accounts – otherwise, it assumes you want to log into the domain.
Brand Bowl allows real-time ranking of Super Bowl commercials
So you’re watching the Super Bowl today, right? Whether you are watching it for the game, the commercials, or both, you might be interested in the Brand Bowl 2012 going on simultaneously. The Brand Bowl seeks to analyze the most successful and failed Super Bowl TV commercials. Companies are paying $3.5 million dollars to reach this large audience, Boston and Mullen want to analyze the Twitter commentary and direct ratings of commercials.
As web hosting options get crowded, HostaVPS says it’s in the details
There are a lot of options out there for where you want to host your website. How do you decide where to setup your virtual presence? One company, HostaVPS, thinks the answer will be found in the details of what a hosting company is offering. In my experience, a lot of companies skimp on service in order to reduce their price but the saying “You get what you pay for” usually follows.
How various ad networks profile you
If you were driving down the road and saw all the billboards ahead of you flipping to advertise you products and services that you had recently been looking at online, writing e-mails about, or shopping for, you would probably be a bit creeped out. Whether you are aware of it or not, there isn’t much difference between that analogy and how targeted advertising works online.
You can see what information various online advertisers have collected about you and the profile they’re building. Sometimes it will be accurate and allow online ads to be more helpful and inform you about the products you are looking for. Other times, the online advertisers’ profile of you could be horribly skewed, stuck on something that was a one-time interest or not even you.
White House says ‘mums the word’ to petition for MPAA bribery investigation
Under Obama’s administration, the White House website got a lot more tech savvy and democratic. One way the White House has allowed people to voice their opinions has been through a new petitioning system on WhiteHouse.gov titled We the People. There have been a number of petitions covering current events and a variety of other topics that reached the required 25,000 signatures in order to get a response from the administration. Unfortunately, most of those responses have been a lot of words and little action.
Google tries to sort fact and fiction with response to Microsoft
Google hasn’t been getting good press lately but that doesn’t mean they have to take it lying down or let Microsoft dog-pile on their woes.
Earlier today, we told you about Microsoft’s blog post and ad campaign to take advantage of the scrutiny Google is receiving for its Privacy Policy updates. Google has fired back with a blog post of their own titled Busting myths about our approach to privacy.
NY Public Library opens archives to create stereoscopic images
The illusion of depth can be created as an animated gif between two images that have a slight offset. The New York Public Library has opened access to its archives and created a project called the Stereogranimator. The site allows you to choose an image out of the 700,000 digital images in their repository. You then find the sweet spot and get to enjoy the “glasses-free” 3D effect on the image.
Microsoft takes a direct shot at Google amidst privacy policy changes
Google is changing its privacy policies and terms of service, as multiple emails and several pop-ups have alerted me. Unfortunately for Google, this has not gone over well and has drawn a lot of criticism from fans and foes alike, including Congress asking Google for clarification on the changes. Microsoft, never one to miss an opportunity, has taken their own shot at Google as well.
