My most frustrating computer finally fixed,...I think

For three years, my dell optiplex GX520 has continually tripped from a green light to an amber light while unexpectantly shutting down.  I have tried every solution that I can think of, until the latest one, which I think may work.  Will keep you posted.  I don't want to jinx myself.  I have been through dozens of boards, crying with dozens of other users who have experienced the same issue.  Switched the power supply, memory, hard drive, CMOS battery, data cables, tried every bios setting, updated the bios, tried three different operating systems(XP, Vista and Windows 7), but I think I figured it out, finally, if not by accident.  Ebay, a couple of days and I will let you know if it works...

Samsung cleared of charges of installing keyloggers on new laptops

A previouse post discussed how Samsung was being investigated for allegedly installing keylogger software on new laptops.  The investigation has concluded and has cleared Samsung of any wrongdoing.  Apparently a antivirus program mistakenly detected a Microsoft folder in the windows installation as a keylogger.

Google picks Kansas City over Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh made the finals in the Google sweepstakes but we came up second.  Google will be installing a fiber network in Kansas City in the upcoming year.  It promises speeds upwards to1000 times faster than current high-speed networks are today.  Google has been planning this for years and were scouting smaller cities to roll out the service.  It is believed that Google ultimately wants to take it national, and needed a large, but small city to test the service.  I tell you, the speed of that network alone would tempt me enough to move back within city limits again.  Check out the article on the Pittsburgh Post Gazette here.

Never trust a kid with a laptop

One of my frequent customers just dropped off a laptop that he purchased for his nephew.  This is the second time that I had to work on it since I sold it to him a couple of months ago.  The first repair was not even a repair, he simply crushed the pin inside the AC Adapter.  Simple fix, gone.  Now this one is more interesting.  He actually snapped the steel hinges that holds the LCD screen to the base of the laptop.  This is a first for me.  I'm trying to figure out how he could snap the steel hinges, yet the rest of the laptop is still in working condition, relatively undamaged.  The screen works, the laptop boots and operates, yet the screen is only attached to the base by the LCD cable that sends the picture from the base to the screen.  Hmmm.

51% of Americans now have a facebook profile

According to the upcoming report from Arbitron, Inc. and Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2011: Navigating Digital Platforms, more than half of all Americans ages 12 and older are on Facebook. The study, fielded in January of 2011, indicates that 51% of all adults 12+ have profiles on this dominant site.

I previously reported on how Facebook is cited in 20% of all divorce cases, now it makes sense.  Half of us are on facebook, the other half is divorcing us for being there, lol. 

OMG, that's officially a word now?, LOL

Well it's official, the Oxford English Dictionary has made the web acronyms OMG and LOL official words in the most recent updates to the official dictionary.  I apologize to all the English majors that are jumping off of bridges after hearing this news.  For more about this and other words that made the cut, check it out here.