Happy Cord Cutters Day! It seems a lot of technology is getting their own celebratory days lately since we just celebrated World Backup Day. Today's Cord Cutters Day is organized by GigaOM and includes local meetups and prize giveaways. Cord cutting refers to ditching your cable subscription in favor of other cheaper but legal options like using an over-the-air digital TV … [Read more...]
Type Like You’re A “Hacker” In The Movies
If you've ever laughed at the actors/actresses in movies who sit down at a computer terminal and just start cranking out code super fast, you'll love the website Hacker Typer. It allows you to just hit any keys you want on your keyboard really fast and it will make it look like you're cranking out the code. For maximum effect, visit the site and press F11 to get the full screen … [Read more...]
HBO Go – Free and Legal HBO Streaming With Lots Of Fine Print
On May 2nd, HBO is introducing HBO Go, a program to introduce streaming to HBO content, for free to HBO subscribers. I recently joined that group because of the Game of Thrones series that started last Sunday. I know many cordcutters were hoping that HBO Go would be a means for viewing HBO content without having to have an HBO subscription or a cable/satellite provider. … [Read more...]
Miro Video Player – VLC Meets iTunes For Internet Videos
Miro, the manager and player for internet videos, torrents, and podcasts, has been around for a while, formerly known as Democracy Player and DTV. Miro comes from the Participatory Culture Foundation which has had another one of its projects, Universal Subtitles, featured on 404 Tech Support before. Miro is a free video downloader, player, and organizer. In a nutshell, it just … [Read more...]
Google Introduces A Daily Puzzle To Test Your Trivia and Searching Skills
This morning, Google announced a new feature, A Google A Day. It's a little bit of trivia and a little bit of showing off what Google does best - search. Progressing like newspaper crossword puzzles, the trivia will get more difficult as the week progresses. You can visit AGoogleADay.com in order to see each daily puzzle. Along with the question appearing below the search … [Read more...]