Shiny New Gadget of the Month
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Roku
About the size of a large thumb drive, the Roku Streaming Stick allows you to watch TV shows, games and movies on demand via the Internet on your TV.
The Streaming Stick costs as little as $50; for that price, you can create smart TV on the cheap. Simply plug the Streaming Stick into a special port in the back of your TV. The device uses its Wi-Fi connection to set up your service and instantly stream shows on demand via the Internet. With 550-plus free and premium videos, music and game channels from HBO, Disney and Major League Baseball, Roku is becoming the new cable box.
It's predicted that in the next 4-5 years, the bulk of TV and movies will be viewed over the Internet through subscription services like Roku. As you can imagine, Roku has stiff competition with the likes of Apple TV (which leads the market with over 4.2 million devices sold). Google is also getting into the TV streaming game with Nexus Q.
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GaeltekTimes November 2012 |
New Security Breach Notification Laws: What You Need To Know
It's Monday morning and one of your employees notifies you that they lost their laptop at a Starbucks over the weekend, apologizing profusely. Aside from the cost and inconvenience of buying a new laptop, could you be on the hook for bigger costs, and should you notify all your clients?
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Are You Inviting Criminals to Rob You?
The next time you think about "Checking In" with Facebook or Tweeting about your vacation, don't. Burglars are now using social media sites to target homes when people are away on vacation, business or just out at dinner.
One such web site, PleaseRobMe.com, swears they never intended to encourage burglars; however, this site pulls information from social networking sites like Twitter, Foursquare and Google Buzz to expose how much information criminals can easily learn about you online.
The Dutch developers, Barry Borsboom, Boy van Amstel and Frank Groeneveld say they like social networking, but that their goal is to shine a giant spotlight on the dangerous side effects of location sharing. Regardless of their intention, our recommendation is to keep your location private. |
October Trivia Winner
The winner of September's Trivia Challenge was Jessica Hospelhorn of Bloomington, IL. Since Jennifer was the first person to answer our quiz question correctly from last month, she won a $25 gift card to Amazon.com. The trivia question was:
QUESTION: Which two American Presidents were born during the month of October? a) Lincoln & Jackson b) T. Roosevelt & Carter c) Reagan & Clinton d) Taft & Garfield The correct answer is B) T. Roosevelt & Carter
Congratulations, Jennifer!
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November Trivia Challenge
This is your chance to win! Based on readers' feedback, we're changing things up: the FIFTH person to submit the correct answer to us via email (trivia@gaeltek.com) or phone (703-652-4685) and you will win a $25 gift card to Amazon.com. This month's question... QUESTION: Which U.S. President was elected, defeated, then re-elected? a) Cleveland b) T. Roosevelt c) Jackson d) Johnson |
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