YinzCam... My Cam!

     Miss the replay? Haha... or most likely... you hated the angle of the replay shown! Thats usually my case. Especially for a pens goal or a steelers play I missed because I was in the bathroom. Well, there's a thing called Yinzcam. It streams video from inside the Mellon Arena (eventually to be switched to Console Energy Center) to your own wi-fi enabled device! I could go on about it or you could just watch this video. Carnegie Mellon is awesome.





ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS:


iPhone/iPod Touch
1. Tap "Settings".
2. Tap "Wi-Fi".
3. Wait for "Choose a Network" to populate.
4. Tap "CMU-YINZCAM".
5. Press the "Home" button.
6. Open Safari Web Browser.
7. Enter address "test.yinzcam" in the browser's address bar and click enter.

Blackberry Bold
1. Click the Blackberry button to open up the device's main menu.
2. Go to "Manage Connections".
4. Go to "Mobile Network Options".
5. Navigate to "Set Up Wi-Fi Network".
6. Press "Scan For Networks" button.
7. If prompted, click "Turn Wi-Fi On".
8. Connect to network "CMU-YINZCAM".
9. Open the Blackberry browser.
10. Enter address "test.yinzcam" in the browser's address bar and click enter.

Windows Mobile Phones
1. Enable Wi-Fi.
2. Click on Start Menu.
3. Open Settings.
4. Go to "Connections" tab located at the bottom of the screen.
5. Click on "Wi-Fi" button.
6. Tap and hold "CMU-YINZCAM" until menu appears.
7. Click "Connect".
8. Verify that the device connected to the "CMU-YINZCAM" network.
9. Open Opera Web Browser.
10. Enter address "test.yinzcam" in the browser's address bar and click enter.

T-Mobile G1 Phones
1. Navigate to "Settings" through the main menu.
2. Select "Wireless Controls".
3. Ensure that Wi-Fi is enabled.
4. Tap "Wi-Fi Settings".
5. Connect to "CMU-YINZCAM" network.
6. Return to home screen.
7. Open the device's web browser.
8. Enter address "test.yinzcam" in the browser's address bar and click enter.

Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm for XBox Live

      Xbox is now working with facebook to add the social network to Xbox Live, to view and edit through your xbox. Twitter and Last.fm are also being developed into Xbox Live. Here's a video from Xbox, with Felicia Day,that explains and shows you basics.
Tonight is Stanley Cup Finals game seven, Go Pens!

Bingggggo?

     Whats your search engine? ...or decision engine or something along those lines. Microsoft has come out with a brand new one and they have called it Bing. Catchy, easy to remember, and hard to misspell are probably a few main reasons they decided on calling itself Bing. I have no arguments against it, either. So today, and yesterday I decided (without the help of Bing) to explore this new web engine and see how it's runs. To my surprise, I liked it. A lot, even considering I'm not sure how exactly things work to the T. Especially a feature they have similar to Google's shopping, except this is different. This has cashback which pays you back money used for a purchase from an eligible retailer. Cash pay outs are limited to a five dollar minimum payout and a 2,500 payout maximum payout a year. The most important paragraph that was listed in the Terms and Conditions was the following:

     You will not earn cashback savings on purchases where (a) you close your browser or open the store's web site in a different web browser or tab; (b) you click away from the store after clicking on an eligible advertisement; (c) your browser is not configured to accept cookies; (d) the purchase is not completed in the same web browsing session in which you click on the eligible advertisement or listing; (e) the order is later cancelled or the goods or services are later returned; (f) the store does not report the purchase to us; (g) the goods or services are acquired for resale or other business purposes; (h) you use a separate discount or coupon with your order; (i) you exceed the annual monetary cap on cashback savings; (j): you purchase gift cards or gift certificates; or (k) you make a purchase from yourself or from entities that you control or otherwise in collusion with other people.

     Hopefully you took special note of the use of tabbed browsing and eligible advertisers.

Gas Station and ATM Scams

     If you've never heard of this, I'm glad to touch on the subject again. I did a presentation on this about a year ago. High tech criminals are attaching credit card readers to legitimate ATMs and gas pump card readers. They do nothing but skim over the information on the card and record it... giving this scam the name "skimming".
Little cameras installed on these devices record pin numbers, or even a fake one installed over top the legit one. The attachments are very well made to blend in with the current machine, so you'll have to keep your eye out.