Archive for November, 2011

Best PC games for Christmas 2011

November 28th, 2011 | Category: Technology

Christmas is the perfect time to buy your loved ones a present they will love. Video games are a gift that will excite anyone from kids to your friends and maybe you can treat yourself to one as well. Here is a look at the hottest games out this season.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

This is a must for fans of role playing game fans. It involves having to kill a Nordic dragon god who is said to destroy the world.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

The game will feature single and multi-player modes and will be the last of the game set in the series set in the renaissance the last to feature Altair and Ezio Auditore. It is set to be released on November 29.

Battlefield 3

EA’s take on Activision’s first- person shooter, Call of Duty. The Battlefield franchise is not particularly famous for it’s single-player campaign, which is decent. They are famous however for their multi-player mode, which also features co-operative play.

Be warned though that this games works only on Windows Vista and up, and requires a DirectX 10 compatible graphics card.

Batman: Arkham City

Released by Warner Brothers Interactive it revolves plot resolves about Batman being imprisoned in Arkham City.

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The Lojack

November 20th, 2011 | Category: Technology

If you have ever watched a police drama on television, you have probably heard of a lojack. A lojack is a device that is installed in cars so their location can be monitored from a distance. The original lojacks required a special hand held device to be used in close proximity to actually locate the vehicle. The lojack was one of the first anti-theft devices. If your car was stolen, police could find your car because the lojack constantly sends a wireless signal out that can be detected with a few miles.

They were used until gps tracking was developed. Once gps tracking was developed, it was much easier to find a stolen car. The car did not just send out a signal for several miles, but sent its gps coordinates to a satellite in space. Every single parcel of land on the planet has unique gps coordinates. Once the gps coordinates are sent to the satellite, it is a simple process to find where those coordinates are on the planet. Once this is known, the police can retrieve the car in a timely fashion. Sometimes, vehicle tracking gps are coupled with more advanced measures. If they car is reported as stolen, the satellite can communicate with the car and instruct it to shut off.

Although vehicle tracking gps has been around for awhile now, more advanced functions are on the way. Some companies are using these coordinates to automatically drive the vehicle down any road without any human intervention. In other words, the car can drive itself

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Lo Jacks

November 18th, 2011 | Category: Technology

A lo jack was a device that was the forerunner to gps in cars. Although a lo jack only broadcast a signal for a few miles, gps changed all of that. With a lo jack, the signal could only be picked up with a special hand held device that was within several miles of the care.

Since gps broadcast its signal all the way into low orbit satellites, the information can easily obtained by anyone who needs the information. If your car is stolen, gps can be used to track it anywhere in the world. It can effectively tell the authorities where it is located. In effect, it tells on itself and says it is stolen and someone needs to pick it up.

Once this technology started being used in cars, it was not long until it was used for truck tracking. When semi trucks were dispatched from headquarters, they did not know the location of the truck until the driver called back into dispatch. This often caused shipping delays because if a truck was late for one delivery, they were definitely going to be late for the next pick-up.

One way to eliminate the shipping delays and to utilize the entire fleet to its fullest, gps fleet tracking was implemented. This allows dispatch to know the location and speed of all their trucks at all times. If one truck was falling behind schedule and would be unable to pick up the next load on time, a new truck could be re-routed so the load was picked up on time.

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Hidden Cameras – Great to See What Your Babysitter Does

November 13th, 2011 | Category: Electronic

The hidden cameras are a reality today. Although the idea to be watched without knowing it might frighten you, it is a relatively useful option in particular situations. Let’s assume you have a kid you need a babysitter for. With more and more frightening cases of abusive babysitters you see on the news, all the parents are very cautious. The good recommendations and a respectful company are not always convincing enough, so what do you do then? Nothing easier. You go to the closest electronic shop, purchase a spy camera and place it in your home. The more you get, the more covered your home is. You will be surprised about the wide variety of options you can find. Such a camera can be placed in the eye of the big teddy bear from the corner of the room or in a new clock on the wall. You may also opt for a smaller camera, such as a fake lighter, but it might be discovered.

The camera has an internal memory so you can see what happened while you were out. Some more advanced technologies imply hidden cameras wireless connections. Basically, you don’t have to worry that the internal memory is not enough. With such a connection, all the video files are stored on your computer. You can even watch live how the babysitter deals with your kid.

Overall, these gadgets are excellent to help you gain trust in the foreigner who takes care of your baby. With such a camera, you lose all your doubts and worries.

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