Following the State of Illinois passing HB3659 and Governor Quinn signing it into law, the Performance Marketing Association brought a lawsuit against Illinois over the nexus tax in federal court. Since the beginning of June when the suit was filed, the jurisdiction of the case has been questioned. In response, PMA has dismissed its federal court action and filed the same … [Read more...]
Microsoft Releases Codec Pack That Brings RAW, TIFF Image Support to Vista and Windows 7
RAW images are the original data that your digital camera captures, uncompressed. They can allow you to do further tweaking to get the perfect image unlike the jpegs that most cameras will give you. The .jpeg files are already processed with the camera automatically deciding what it thinks will make the best photo. The RAW allows you to make those changes yourself to find the … [Read more...]
Wal-Mart Joins The Video Streaming Club
Wal-Mart acquired VUDU a year and a half ago and is now putting the video streaming service to work directly from Walmart.com. A banner on the left side of the home page directs you to the digital rental or purchase storefront. Walmart.com/vudu will also take you to the correct page where you can browse the movies available for streaming or find devices able to stream like … [Read more...]
Heads-Up: Friday is SysAdmin Appreciation Day
Just a friendly reminder that this Friday, July 29th (always the last Friday of July) is SysAdmin Day. Show your appreciation to your IT Professionals that keep your networks and server up and running 24/7. Throw in a bonus if they have the skill of taming rats' nests. (Image via Reddit) … [Read more...]
Product Review: LaCie Iamakey – A Durable USB Key
I've been in search of a more durable USB key for a while now. It seems the only USB key stocked in local stores is the SanDisk Cruzer USB key with the slide-out drive (pictured below). The drive works fine, it's affordable, and the slide mechanism keeps the drive compact. Besides coming with the dreaded U3 software, my only other complaint about the drive is its flimsy little … [Read more...]