LEHSYS Side Notes…- The fight to save Windows Live WriterThe bumbling dance moves Microsoft makes in their existence is just astounding... When Windows Live Writer was released, I'm sure it was meant as a complement to the blogging service that Microsoft was planning to offer to its users/members, in the form of Windows Live Spaces. Overall, Microsoft has a real problem with project concept and follow through […]
- Use Google Drive to sync blog posts with Windows Live Writer 2011I believe everyone has the same issue with Windows Live Writer; it's sync'ing the blog posts, recent and drafts to some place that can be sync'd across machines. Well, now that Google has released Google Drive you can now use Google drive to sync your data with them; beating Microsoft to the punch on their own service [postulating]… What you n […]
- Wow. There was an update to Windows Live Writer 2011…I was surprised to see there was an update to Windows Live Writer before Windows 8 came out. Honestly, I'm not able to even fathom why they did this, but only to find out if there's any bugs in it from the Windows Live Essentials team. The previous version of Windows Live Writer was v15.4.3538.513 the new version is 15.4.3555.308. In the grand sche […]
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![Google is really working the candle at both ends with trying to build a better mouse trap [per se] to compete with Apple‘s Siri. Google knows that it can’t do the things Siri does with out giving relevant answers to the questions at hand… or presented. Google’s voice recognition has made some vast improvements in the last 2 years. They improved the voice recognition of the service, and then added personalized voice recognition, sync’d with the persons Gmail/Google account. The personalization starts keeping track of what you say, how you say it and to make your device more accurate to you; building a database of your speech patterns. But with Siri, she answers your questions… You’re able to ask it questions in normal speech and she just does it. But Google is really playing catch up; now they need a brain for Majel [Google Assistant]. Majel is supposed to be the ‘answer’ to Siri…](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gvnd1c33-115x115.jpg "Google is building an answer brain with ‘Knowledge Graph’")
Google is building an answer brain with ‘Knowledge Graph’
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsGoogle is really working the candle at both ends with trying to build a better mouse trap [per se] to compete with Apple‘s Siri. Google knows that it can’t do the things Siri does with out giving relevant answers to the questions at hand… or presented. Google’s voice recognition has made some vast improvements in the last 2 years. They improved the voice recognition of the service, and then added personalized voice recognition, sync’d with the persons Gmail/Google account. The personalization starts keeping track of what you say, how you say it and to make your device more accurate to you; building a database of your speech patterns. But with Siri, she answers your questions… You’re able to ask it questions in normal speech and she just does it. But Google is really playing catch up; now they need a brain for Majel [Google Assistant]. Majel is supposed to be the ‘answer’ to Siri… -
![If you’ve been around long enough to remember Apple vs. IBM. Or when Commodore C64‘s were better than TSR-80 [coco's]; from there, you can reference everything I’m going to say here. I’d presume this comes around with being in tech long enough to see it circle back around and repeat itself. It started with the PC’s. There was a whole work up on operating system’s, hardware specifications and then how small can you make them, and then how cheap can you make them… Having to watch the history of tech just wrap around again is kind of boring… The only difference is this time, it has to do with small portable devices. Small devices, running small operating system’s; operating system’s that can do just about everything.](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wkee1bli-115x115.jpg.pagespeed.ce.zFNizTcurL.jpg "Smartphone development is just a repeat of the PC evolution…")
Smartphone development is just a repeat of the PC evolution…
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsIf you’ve been around long enough to remember Apple vs. IBM. Or when Commodore C64‘s were better than TSR-80 [coco's]; from there, you can reference everything I’m going to say here. I’d presume this comes around with being in tech long enough to see it circle back around and repeat itself. It started with the PC’s. There was a whole work up on operating system’s, hardware specifications and then how small can you make them, and then how cheap can you make them… Having to watch the history of tech just wrap around again is kind of boring… The only difference is this time, it has to do with small portable devices. Small devices, running small operating system’s; operating system’s that can do just about everything. -
![So one of the interesting things about the pending release of the Windows 8 tablets; Microsoft has decided to not allow other browsers the same luxury as theirs. And a bigger question is, does Microsoft think that their release of a tablet [PC] with Windows 8 is going to be enough to sway people to not care? Talk about a white knight’s, with a sling shot, chances in Hell… this is going to be good. Microsoft has been desperately pushing Internet Explorer 9 as a stable and reputable web browser, but the fact is, it’s still a marsh pit of security loop holes and threats; one of the worst web browsers, if not the worst, out on the web. I say this because it bares repeating… Windows 7 is one of Microsoft‘s better releases of an operating system; everyone seems to love it— it’s being received like the XP of olden days. But also noting that as more companies adopt Windows 7, they are also adopting Internet Explorer 9 as the base browser… Is this really so hard to understand? The fact is that a lot of companies are locked in to Microsoft products and IT shops have to use...](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/yujgiuv0-115x115.jpg.pagespeed.ce.o8gCxNwix8.jpg "Is it wrong for Microsoft to restrict their tablets to just Internet Explorer?")
Is it wrong for Microsoft to restrict their tablets to just Internet Explorer?
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsSo one of the interesting things about the pending release of the Windows 8 tablets; Microsoft has decided to not allow other browsers the same luxury as theirs. And a bigger question is, does Microsoft think that their release of a tablet [PC] with Windows 8 is going to be enough to sway people to not care? Talk about a white knight’s, with a sling shot, chances in Hell… this is going to be good. Microsoft has been desperately pushing Internet Explorer 9 as a stable and reputable web browser, but the fact is, it’s still a marsh pit of security loop holes and threats; one of the worst web browsers, if not the worst, out on the web. I say this because it bares repeating… Windows 7 is one of Microsoft‘s better releases of an operating system; everyone seems to love it— it’s being received like the XP of olden days. But also noting that as more companies adopt Windows 7, they are also adopting Internet Explorer 9 as the base browser… Is this really so hard to understand? The fact is that a lot of companies are locked in to Microsoft products and IT shops have to use... -
Facebook Pushes Virus Protection A Little More
Posted on April 29, 2012 | 1 CommentBack in early January, Facebook must’ve been listening to me. I published a blog post about the insecurity of Facebook. In that post, I talked about how Facebook takes advantage of their members by exposing them to games and applications that could be potentially stealing their personal and private information and using it for other nefarious purposes. I guess Facebook has determined that it’s back on the Facebook member base for them to protect their own machines and to use software that’s specially designed to help safeguard their information. This is a good tactic for Facebook, and a good position for them to take, because this takes Facebook out of the realm of responsibility for people’s machines being taken over by random applications and games, that are, or could be, infected with viruses. -
![It’s not bad enough that citizens of the Internet have to deal with new technology, new standards and new fires dodge everyday; but it seems lately the archenemy of the Internet is going to be censorship. Governments seem to think that the Internet has been unregulated for too long and it’s time that the dimwitted mines of the world, but have no idea how the Internet works, need to put restrictions on what the Internet can and can’t do. Everyone was aware that the US House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) this week [Friday / 4/27/2012], but because of other bills that were strongly opposed, such as SOPA/PIPA and ACTA, the U.S. Congress decided to sneak in a few additional amendments and then pass the bill in haste. It’s pretty obvious that Congress was trying to avoid the cyber backlash of Internet citizens that believe snooping/censorship of the Internet, of any kind, should not be permitted.](http://www.lehsys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/51h4hd25-115x115.jpg.pagespeed.ce.ypVfg9OfFn.jpg "US Congress Votes Early on CISPA to avoid Cyber-Backlash")
US Congress Votes Early on CISPA to avoid Cyber-Backlash
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s not bad enough that citizens of the Internet have to deal with new technology, new standards and new fires dodge everyday; but it seems lately the archenemy of the Internet is going to be censorship. Governments seem to think that the Internet has been unregulated for too long and it’s time that the dimwitted mines of the world, but have no idea how the Internet works, need to put restrictions on what the Internet can and can’t do. Everyone was aware that the US House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) this week [Friday / 4/27/2012], but because of other bills that were strongly opposed, such as SOPA/PIPA and ACTA, the U.S. Congress decided to sneak in a few additional amendments and then pass the bill in haste. It’s pretty obvious that Congress was trying to avoid the cyber backlash of Internet citizens that believe snooping/censorship of the Internet, of any kind, should not be permitted. -
5Gb of free online storage from Google Drive
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsGoogle has finally released a formal version of gDrive, it’s called Google Drive and for the longest time I’ve been trying to remind people about making a backup of some of their most important documents to at least a jumpdrive. With Google Drive you can accomplish this with 5Gb of free space online. 5Gb may not sound like much to most people, but for other people who don’t back up, who don’t have that much to back up and have may never thought about doing a quick backup now there’s really no reason not to, especially with it being free. I presume the only caveat to that’d be requiring a high-speed connection to the Internet… -
Apple MAC users learn that they’re not untouchable…
Posted on April 20, 2012 | 2 CommentsOver the past couple days there’s been a lot of traffic and a lot of articles written about the Apple Mac being attacked by a backdoor Trojan. At last count, it was indicated that roughly 600 to 700,000 Mac users were infected with the virus. since early April, the reports of the viruses have been coming in and for Mac users I’m sure the idea is very troubling, because Apple has always had a loyal group of users who account the operating system as the most secure, and most Mac users don’t even use antivirus or malware software because of this… Those same users are now scrambling to find software that can protect their system. They’re now finding that their systems are not impenetrable; there’s flaws in the operating system that can be exploited. What’s funny is the response from Apple in regards to the Mac’s being infected by malware and viruses; there’s not one. -
Pay-Per-View TV Suffering Because of the Web
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsMajor sporting events have long been a money-spinner for pay-per-view television channels, with millions of TV viewers willing to shell out a significant sum of money every year to see the big occasions. The rights and wrongs of charging extra for such entertainment can be debated for hours at a time, but pay-per-view is here to stay, whether we like it or not. Interestingly, there has been little to make broadcasters nervous about such arrangements over the years, but the Internet may just be making life difficult for them. The proliferation of websites which offer illegal streaming of the big events has encouraged the viewing of top events is likely to cost the TV companies dearly if something cannot be done about these operations. -
5 Apps that Use Your Phone’s GPS in Ways You Never Knew
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsWe all know the iPhone can do amazing and wondrous things, but one of the coolest features of the iPhone is the fact that it takes its own internal functions and expands on them. Your GPS, for example, is oh so much more than your every-day GPS that you can plop up in your car. No, your GPS on your iPhone is a magic wand in and of itself that can do amazing and mystical things. Well, maybe not quite – but it can be used in some pretty cool ways you never knew about. All you need are these apps. -
Organize Your Technology to Organize Your Life
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsToday’s technology makes it easier than ever for everyone from the average Joe to the business executive to stay organized at all hours of the day. There are literally apps for everything to help you manage your time and work and even more apps to help you multitask. You might have some of these awesome tools on your laptop, or on your tablet or some might even be on your phone. So what exactly do you do when you’re fumbling around between technology devices to get the information you need? Technology is supposed to make your life easier and more organized, not more difficult and challenging to keep track of. Here are some ways to better organize your use of all of your technological devices. -
Uploading images to Facebook [easy]
Posted on March 21, 2012 | No CommentsIn a previous post I talked about things with Facebook that are lacking and one of those things is the ability to upload images to Facebook. Now, apparently Facebook finds it more important to provide an Instant Messenger for Facebook, but not an easier way to send photos. In relation to that, I had a relative asking me how to upload photos to Facebook. Contemplating that process of how photos are actually uploaded to Facebook, and then contemplating how to upload them with the method they have now; it doesn’t sound fun. But there applications out there that can help you, and they can make it really easy… I have a really easy option for you… -
Three Fictional Films 3D Printing has made a Reality
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsIn many cases of the futuristic fiction genre (especially Sci-Fi), we hear stories where an advanced technology has evolved or has been created, and said technology plays a huge catalyst to the plot or memorable scene in the film. An example of this would be in the 80s and 90s, when we had the internet and super computers making us speculate what technology was around the corner. With it came many films where breaking technology played a huge part to tie in with topical trends and the market. Examples would be films like 2001: A Space Oddessy where a super computer called HAL 9000 evolves to consciousness and goes on a mission to wipe out anyone who tries to shut it down, Jonny Mnemonic where Keanu Reeves plays a man with a large percentage of his brain replaced with computer memory, and The Matrix in which it turned out that all of reality as we know it was actually a computer generated simulation. -
Four Best (and One Worst) Alternatives to Craigslist
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No CommentsWhen you’re looking for a job, an apartment, or an obscure piece of farm equipment, where do you go? If you answered Craigslist, you’re not alone. Craigslist is the most popular free classified ads website, and there are thousands of listings for you to browse. But when you’re really searching for something in particular, don’t stop at one site. Here are the four other sites you should try after Craigslist, and the one site you should avoid. -
The Best and Worst of Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No CommentsThe Windows 8 Consumer Preview has given all of us a much clearer picture of what Microsoft has in store for its next-generation operating system. This time around, it truly is “next-generation;” in fact, it’s the biggest change since DOS grew a GUI. Already, the spectrum of responses have ranged from gushing love to seething hatred — with plenty of room for gray-area confusion in the middle. Let’s take a quick look at five of the biggest reasons why Windows 8 is (or will be) a success, followed by another five indications that Redmond has made a terrible mistake. And keep in mind we’ve still got at least half a year before the finished product. -
Who is and What are the benefits of using Pinterest?
Posted on March 9, 2012 | No CommentsIn the realm of technology, there’s always something involving, something always changing like every six months; and every once in a while you get something really big. With the Internet and social technology, there’s always something new happening. Big players like Google+, Facebook, twitter, and now a newcomer called Pinterest. Pinterest has enjoyed a humble rise to popularity over the past couple of months, if you look at the statistics from compete.com, the popularity of the website really started shooting up from September of 2011, and now Pinterest is drawing in about 11 million users monthly. It was also named one of Time Magazine’s 50 best websites of 2011.
