Starbucks used to be an official T-Mobile Hotspot. Whatever agreement Starbucks and T-Mobile once had, it’s now over and Starbucks has turned to AT&T to provide in store Wi-Fi access. The new offering is more affordable, but it’s NOT free as some news sources are reporting. For a nice write up on the topic, check [...]

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In some respects, the Internet is the “wild west” of bits and bytes. Anyone that steps into this digital frontier runs the risk of becoming a victim of some type of personal scam, malicious computer virus, or insidious malware undermining their computer. And with an individual’s increased involvement in the “digital wild west” comes an increased risk of falling victim to some cyber annoyance/crime. Blogging is one of the ways of increasing your risk to becoming a cyber victim; however, there are some steps bloggers can do to “beef-up” their security.

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Last week I wrote a 3 part series explaining how to copy (a.k.a. rip) a DVD movie to your iPod: The first article listed the two pieces of necessary software (DVD43 and Handbrake) The second article described how to install and use those two applications together to decrypt and then copy a DVD movie into [...]

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In the first article in this series I identified the basic free software you need to rip a DVD for your iPod (DVD43 and HandBrake). In the second article I gave instructions how to install and use these two pieces of software. If you’ve been following the series since the beginning, you should have successfully ripped a movie from a DVD. Also, if you got that far in the process, you’ve probably already imported that movie into your iTunes library and synced it with your iPod; however, just in case you haven’t done that last step, this article will walk you through the final piece of the puzzle.

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This is the second article in my three part series on how to rip a DVD for your iPod. The first article in the series outlined 3 available options for putting movies on your iPod. Then it focused on the third option and listed the 2 pieces of software needed. In this article, it’s time to install those two applications and learn how to use them together to rip a DVD movie for iPod viewing.

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If you own a video capable iPod, and already have a few favorite movies on DVD, then you’ve probably wanted a simple way to bring the two together. Set aside the question of whether it’s legal to rip a DVD for your iPod, and consider the question of “how” to put a DVD movie on [...]

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