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There is an auto dealership in Austin, Texas named Texas Auto Center that is using a technology that can disable a vehicle if the owner is behind in their payments. The dealership claims this is a way to remind people that their payments are late. The system from a company by the name of Webtech Plus can be remotely controlled by employees at the dealership who have access to the database. The cars that are equipped with what are being called ‘black boxes’ that are installed at the dealership can turn off the vehicle or sound the horn repeatedly. According to one report here is what happened: The alleged capers of Ramos-Lopez have...
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A few weeks ago I received an email from KIA offering me $75 if I took a test drive in their new 2011 Kia Sorento. I had seen the Kia advertisements on TV and had noticed a few of the new models running around town already. So this morning I had a doctors appointment and on my way back stopped into the local KIA dealership. What surprised me was that there were only a 2 of the new models on the lot. But I noticed 3 by the main office with sold signs on them. I was greeted by a sales person and presented the form I had received from Kia...
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 Thanks to this powerful insider information, over 64,075 dog owners worldwide have been successful with their dog training, and solved their dog’s behavior problems.
Put an end to the stress and annoyance of your dog behavior problems and slash your dog obedience training time in half by using techniques that give you immediate results! Why do you want a well-behaved dog? Do you have a generally disobedient dog?Does your dog embarrass you in public?Are you sick of excessive biting, barking, whining, etc.?Are you sick of dealing with dog aggression issues?Do you want to know how to fix virtually...
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Some people who have been online since the last century will remember a time when hackers wrote programs simply for the glee of wrecking computers. There was some joy in making a computer run slower and slower until it imitated a brick. The hackers and cybercriminals today want your computer to run efficiently so that the malware can do its work. There is personal information to steal for identity theft or the intent of turning the compromised machine into part of a spam spewing bot network. Nevertheless, that hacker maliciousness still survives. There is the example of a disgruntle former employee allegedly disabling automobiles remotely: “… Ramos-Lopez’s account had...
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I often receive questions from Office users wanting to know how to add certain symbols in Word. A common request is with regards to adding a slashed zero. One method is to use the Symbol dialog box and find a font that includes the slashed zero. An even faster method is to use your keyboard. Simply press CTRL + / followed by CTRL + O. The resulting symbol is a ø.
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EraseTemp is a utility that automatically deletes old temporary files from your computer. (You will need to have the .NET framework installed. [Discovered via Major Geeks] [123K] [Win95/98/Me/2k/XP/Vista/7] [FREE]
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 Know in ten minutes what takes others hours to learn, and keep up with the latest trends in the industry.
In this summary, you will learn: How to position and pitch a new businessHow to get the most benefit from branding and staffingWhy starting a business is akin to a spiritual undertaking, requiring belief in the project’s worth and its benefit to societyThis is not a manual, but rather a collection of mostly useful tips for people who wish to start businesses, or even, as author Guy Kawasaki claims, other sorts of projects, including nonprofit organizations. Kawasaki may over-use...
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I guess we sometimes just accept how new technology has replaced older technology until one day we need to use the old technology once again. I recall a time when having an automatic transmission was a luxury item and cost a heck of a lot more than a manual transmission. Automatics also didn’t get as good as mileage as the manuals did [at least that is what we were told], and automatics were expensive to repair or replace when they broke. But over the years having a car with an automatic transmission, at least for me, seemed, well, just normal. Who wanted to...
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I have used eBay off and on for years. Nothing worth bragging about, but I have been able to both make a few bucks and sell off stuff at the same time. But lately I have been seeing commercials for a website called Beezid.com. The idea is quite a bit different. First of all, you are buying your bids. Yeah, that’s right. You actually purchase the ability to place bids on products from the website. Secondly, you are buying exclusively new products only. So unlike eBay, you will not have to worry about being burned with products that don’t work. But is it legit? In a word, yes. However depending on...
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Not everyone out there has the programming skills to jump right in and begin working with the WeatherBug API. Not because the API is difficult to worth with, because it’s actually very straight forward. Rather many individuals out there just never had a chance to get their feet wet with creating an application of their [...]
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 If you’re the type of person who invokes the “not enough time” clause when it comes to exercising, it’s time to find a new excuse. Researchers who have been studying interval training have found that it not only takes less time than what is typically recommended, but the regimen does not have to be “all out” to be effective in helping reduce the risk of such diseases at Type 2 diabetes.
The study appears in the March issue of The Journal of Physiology. “What we’ve been able to show is that interval training does not have to be ‘all...
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 Alice has fallen down the rabbit hole!
After landing in a nonsensical yet familiar world of wonder, she must earn her ticket home by prepping and serving tea to whimsical characters in various tea shops across the land. To succeed she must please impatient patrons like The Hatter and keep the crazy Cheshire Cat from disrupting her customers and stealing their orders. Will Alice keep her customers happy and earn enough tips to get home? [Download free trial of Alice's Tea Cup Madness]
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In what is being described as a strange set of events, Apple is going to pull protective screen film from all of its retail stores and also their online store. Apple is banning all protectors no matter who the vendor is and also includes and case protection that uses a film protection. But what makes this strange is that Apple is not saying why. Other companies such as Amazon will continue to offer screen protectors and cases for the iPods, iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers. According to a recent article at iLounge it states that: It is believed that Apple’s move will have ramifications for the accessory industry outside of its own...
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 Researchers have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech.
The findings, based on the study of infants aged between five months and two years old, suggest that babies may be born with a predisposition to move rhythmically in response to music. The research was conducted by Dr Marcel Zentner, from the University of York’s Department of Psychology, and Dr Tuomas Eerola, from the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research at the University of Jyvaskyla. Dr Zentner said: “Our research suggests that it is the beat rather than...
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An associate for Walmart was terminated after the man failed a random drug test. The man lives in Michigan which is one of 15 states that approves of marijuana for medical purposes. He has stated that he suffers from sinus cancer and also has a brain tumor and was legally using the drug for pain relief. But Walmart didn’t seem to care and the man was fired from his job. In a recent article it also stated that: Casias, 29, just couldn’t understand how Wal-Mart or any employer for that matter could fire a worker for using medical marijuana, which was prescribed by his doctor and has been legal in Michigan...
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 It might sound like a mashup of monster movies, but palaeontologists have discovered evidence of how an extinct shark attacked its prey, reconstructing a killing that took place 4 million years ago.
Such fossil evidence of behaviour is incredibly rare, but by careful, forensic-style analysis of bite marks on an otherwise well-preserved dolphin skeleton, the research team, based in Pisa, Italy, have reconstructed the events that led to the death of the dolphin, and determined the probably identity of the killer: a 4 m shark by the name of Cosmopolitodus hastalis. The evidence, published in the latest issue of...
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 Are you ready for March Madness? Have you filled out your bracket selections? This is the time of year when people want to check the latest scores, follow their favorite teams and, perhaps, watch that impossible last second shot that somehow found the hoop. You even may have signed up to receive the scores from some Internet service.
Criminals and hackers know there is an increased interest in basketball at this time of year. They have geared their malware to meet this interest. These cybercriminals take March Madness just as another opportunity to spread their malware trash and infect...
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With online video continuing to take over the Internet, some of us may forget that there’s also this thing called picture sharing that happens online. For quite some time, picture sharing services were all the rage, but you can’t help but notice that some of the buzz has died down and been directed at other services. We may feel like we’ve seen it all when it comes to picture sharing online, and even though that may partially be true in some ways, there are always other alternatives to look into. If you’ve been using Flickr or a similar tool for a long time and want to try something else, take a...
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 Help Fiona win ‘The Finest Flowers’ garden beauty contest!
Plant flowers in beautiful gardens in various locations. Cross breed flowers to discover 50 beautiful new species! Sell flowers then buy fruit trees and process your harvest using machines. Optionally accept orders and deliver goods before the timer expires, for fast income. Use Fiona’s special skills to make growing flowers, selling goods, and completing orders a breeze! [Download free trial of Fiona Finch and the Finest Flowers]
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Process Lasso is a unique new technology intended to automatically restrain running processes that are consuming too many CPU cycles. Oftentimes, processes that are ‘out-of-control’ can bring an NT system to a near halt. Once one or more processes have become CPU resource hogs, termination of the offending process(es) is very difficult since it is nearly impossible to even open the task manager. With Process Lasso, these processes are temporarily reduced in priority so that the system is returned to a responsive level. Process Lasso can even work when multiple processes are responsible for a decrease in system responsiveness. [Discovered via Major Geeks] [1.53M] [Win2k/XP/Vista/7] [FREE]
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