Pogoplug review is in!

A couple of days ago, I alerted you to a sale on Pogoplug Premium.  It is a program that allows you to have access to your files on your computer from your smartphone or any other computer that has Internet access.  More importantly, the premium version of the software (sorry, sale over, it's back to $29.95) allows to stream your media on your computer to your devices as well.  After playing with it for a few days, I can say that it works as advertised.  You can set up any files on your computer to be available and you can stream your media to your smartphone (sorry Netflix).   It differs from Remote Access which typically allows you access to the remote computer, this program allows you to access your remote files and use them on the current smartphone/computer that you are on.  It is well worth the money. 

Expand your Clipboard for free!

One of the irritating things about cutting and copying in Windows is that by default, Windows only keeps the last thing you copied or cut on the clipboard.  Well, no more, a free program called Shapeshifter changes that.  When you install this free program, it allows you to copy or cut multiple items to the clipboard and allows you to pick between which entries to retrieve.  Check out the program, it will change how you copy and paste forever.

Apple now has more cash on hand than the Federal Government

So what does it say about our country when Apple has more money than the Federal government?  Maybe America should hit up Apple for a loan.  As of this last quarter, Apple has over 76 Billion in cash on hand.  The government?, a little over 73 Billion.  Keep in mind the Iphone 5 is due out soon, so expect that number to jump up a bit more.  For more, read the article from Time magazine.

American ISP companies sign on to "6 Strike Law".

Mirroring much of what we see going on overseas,  the top ISP provider's in America have voluntarily signed off on a 6 strikes policy towards Copyright Infringement.   

Much of the scheme mirrors what ISPs do now. Copyright holders will scan the 'Net for infringement, grabbing suspect IP addresses from peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. If they see your IP address participating in a swarm for, say, Harry Potter, they will look up that IP address to see which ISP controls it, then fire off a message.

ISPs have committed to forward such notices to subscribers—though, crucially, they won't turn over actual subscriber names or addresses without a court order. This is a one-way notification process.  What it ultimately means for aggressive repeated offenders is unclear.  ISP's certainly do not want to kick customers offline, they do not wan to lose that monthly bill, so where this is ultimately going is unclear.

Your own cloud and 1/2 off until midnight!

The great thing about netflix is the ability to stream media content to your devices, home or away.  But what about all of us who have all the media content we need already on our computers?  Wouldn't be nice to be able to stream it to our phones/iPad, etc?  Now you can, or more accurately, now you can for half the normal price.  Pogoplug Premium is holding a 24 hour sale that ends at 11:59PM tonight.  What is Pogoplug?  It's a program that you install on your computers and portable devices.  Once installed, you can access any file on those computers on your phone/iPad/ other computers.  You essentially turn your home computer(s) into a cloud storage device.  Until midnight you can get it for $14.99.  That'a a lifetime license that you can install on as many of your computers/devices that you own.

Repost: Buy a PC Now, and get a free XBox 360

Last month I posted an article about an offer for students from Microsoft.  If you are a student (verified with a school email account ending in .edu), you can get a free xBox 360 with the purchase of a qualifying computer over $699 from various participating dealers.  Deal is good until September 3, 2011.  Follow this link for more information on the offer.  Happy Gaming