a computer in your pocket

The Cotton Candy is a USB stick sized compute device allows users a single, secure point of access to all personal cloud services and apps through their favorite operating system, while delivering a consistent experience on any screen.  Check them out at http://www.fxitech.com/products/

do not track feature coming soon

Last week, the White House announced a new Internet privacy agreement with the companies serving nearly 90 percent of "online behavioral advertisements," theoretically forcing the likes of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL to stop monitoring the Web-surfing habits of users who click a "Do Not Track" button on their browsers


read the full story at


http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/can-do-not-track-tame-the-webs-cookie-monsters.ars

Windows 8 live updates

Join us for Microsoft's Windows 8 press conference tomorrow at 9:30am EST!

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/29/live-from-microsofts-windows-8-press-event-at-mobile-world-cong/

see you there

Cable, Cables and more Cables.

With the fasting changing world of technology we are always in need of a cable of one type or another but which do you buy. I have had people ask me do I by the $40 gold connector thick HDMI cable or is it ok to use the $25 one? Well let me tell you what the Techs I know do we go to monoprice.com and buy the $4 cable and in most cases they work fine. I've only seen one case where a person needed the gold connector, heavy shielding cable, the person's power meter was on the outside of the wall directly behind the TV. so if you need a cable of any type check mono cable first.

power management

Question from Cathi Getter McLaughlin on Facebook " o.k smart guy why does my pc lap top go off if i don,t use it for about 2minutes if i walk away say to answer the phoine or whatever when i get back i have to sign agian. please help lv"

Answer:  This is an easy one. Its caused by your power management settings you can find instructions to change the settings at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785751(v=ws.10).aspx

Ask a tech

Do you have a question about computers, tablets, smartphone or Smart TV drop me a message at gray.forest1968@gmail.com or comment on this post  and I will post the questions and answers .

Virtual Machine

OK this is a little advance but I'm going to put it out there. Recently I learned about Virtual Machines. This is a really cool tool. It allows you to to run another operating system within your current OS. So basically you can run Linux from your windows desktop . this is a great way to try Linux for the first time if you want to.So how do you do this? download and install VMplayer at https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/player_pubs.html.  If your running windows 7 visit here to do it. http://www.howtogeek.com/56158/beginner-how-to-create-a-virtual-machine-in-windows-7-using-virtual-pc/ good luck and enjoy...

Chrome Web Store

Have you seen this?? I just discovered it today get apps and addon for Google Chrome just like you would your android phone at Chrome web store. Its got allot of free apps for Google chrome lots of fun

Raspberry Pi's $35 Linux computer on track to launch later this month

that right a $35 Linux computer to be release check them out at http://www.raspberrypi.org/ they sound interesting and I think this is a great way to try Linux. Keep an eye open they are coming soon.

Windows 8 consumer preview

Are you wondering what windows 8 is like well you wont have to wait long the Windows 8 Consumer Preview will be available for download on February 29. Check here regularly I will update you and have links when they come.

Another reason not to use norton

Symantec offered hackers $50k to delete stolen code in alleged "sting" read at http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/symantec-offered-hackers-50k-to-delete-stolen-code-in-alleged-sting.ars

Web Browsers

You have allot of choices out there on web browsers Firefox, Google Chrome, IE, and Safari. are the most common If your using a windows based computer it cam with Internet explorer (IE). a few weeks ago I read an article that compared the security of the different web browsers and it rated Chrome the best. Well I have tried all of them and they all have pros and cons and in the end I chose Chrome so let me tell you about the rest. Ill start with Firefox it rated the lowest in the security rating and has a know memory leak. Next IE because of the way IE intergrades with windows it makes it harder to correct any type of problems when they occur. Google chrome hides allot of its features so it takes awhile to get use to. So my suggestion is  keep IE up to date as a backup and use Google chrome.