With 5GB of free cloud storage, Google Drive is the hub for all your stuff: documents, pictures, videos, presentations, the kitchen sink. Access any file type from anywhere—in your home, at the office, on the road and of course, in the cloud. Then share with others so everyone has the latest and greatest available, even if you’re not. You can pay to upgrade to 20 GB up to 1 TB … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
Easily delete ‘cached’ Custom Field entries from WordPress
The default WordPress 'Posts' post type has a section called Custom Fields that greatly increases the extensibility of WordPress. Many plugins and themes make use of the custom fields to hold extra metadata about a post or display special information. If you have installed and deleted plugins before or even mistyped the name of a custom field before, those entries can keep … [Read more...]
New software arrives for CPUsage
CPUsage, the company that pays to use your processor's spare cycles, shipped a new version of its software over the weekend. The company also recently sent out its first round of payments to early participants. With new work coming, you can earn points again. Grab this new version of the software to participate. … [Read more...]
Earth Day 2012
Every Earth Day, as part of our Energy Saving category here at 404 Tech Support, we compile some of the green tech-related news (2009, 2010, 2011). In 2012, it seems like a lot of companies are pushing their green news in this week leading up to Earth Day. In no particular order, here's a selection of green news from the past year. … [Read more...]
The 2012 Illinois Electronic Waste Recycling Law
Public Act 097-0287 went into effect January 1st, 2012 for the state of Illinois. It updated the Illinois Products Recycling and Reuse Act to cover seventeen electronic products that must be recycled. It also introduced a number of mandates, fees, and deadlines for manufacturers that sell electronics in Illinois (such as recycling 40% of previous years' sales, by weight). … [Read more...]