PS3 launches “HOME” so you don’t have to go anywhere for the Holidays!
Comments OffSony, Launches “Home” today and according to the Washington Post and I’ll quote:
PS3 owners will be able to download and check out the new service starting tomorrow. Home is free to Web-connected owners of the game console, though users may opt to spend money to spiff up their avatars and virtual apartments.
[via Washington Post]
It looks very much like it will be a success with the users. This should make it a lot easier to meet people and discuss what they are playing. It looks like they are trying this in BETA and should out of beta in a couple of months. Sony should start offering service for everyone as they roll out it to all parts of the world. It will take time for it to get to all the pople so please be patient.
How to disable autorun the easy way!!!
Comments OffI read a report from Cnet about USB devices spreading Virus and I will quote:
The bad guys are intentionally developing new flavors of malware designed to propagate through USB devices,” said Gunter Ollmann, chief security strategist for IBM’s ISS security division. “They are today’s floppy drives.”
An infected computer can spread a virus to a clean USB thumb drive that is inserted. That USB drive will then be spreading the virus onto other computers if the operating system on those machines has an AutoRun-type feature enabled. The AutoRun function in Windows launches installers and other programs automatically when a flash drive or CD is inserted. The Mac has an equivalent function, according to Ollmann.[Via Cnet]
In order to disable “autorun“, which in Vista is called Autoplay. In order to disable Autoplay from starting when you insert media into your computer here is how you do it:
You will need to be Logged in as Administrator before this can be done:
Next click start and type “Autoplay” without quotes. It will bring up a screen but all you have to worry about is this:
Hulu Launches the Hulu for the Holidays!
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Some movies or show that will probably come to Hulu are going to be Christmas themes. I would wager it will be Charlie Brown, Peanuts, The Grinch who Stole Christmas. I am sure there will be even more later on, ones that I didn’t think would come to Hulu. We shall see what comes from what they want to do the next few weeks. To bad they aren’t doing clues this time around people seemed to like doing that.
