Eye On Technology By: Mike Cipriano

Haitian Earthquake Relief Fraud Alert

Mike Cipriano — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:21:02 +0000

Washington, D.C. – The FBI today reminds Internet users who receive appeals to donate money in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti to apply a critical eye and do their due diligence before responding to those requests. Past tragedies and natural disasters have prompted individuals with criminal intent to solicit contributions purportedly for a charitable organization and/or a good [...]

New web site tracks internet bargins

Mike Cipriano — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:26:38 +0000

A new web site came online this week that promises to track bargains, deals, coupons and codes from around the internet. Bargain-Trek located at http://bargain-trek.com, seems to offer a very simple way of finding the web based bargains.

Adobe Releases Security Update for Flash Media Server

Mike Cipriano — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:21:48 +0000

Adobe has released a security bulletin to address multiple vulnerabilities in Flash Media Server (FMS) 3.5.2 and earlier. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe security bulletin APSB09-18 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks.

Microsoft Word sale prohibited as of Jan. 11, fix promised

Mike Cipriano — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:09:40 +0000

Office workers of America, enjoy your Christmas break. Because come the new year, things could get a little hairy around the office. Microsoft Word is now scheduled to be prohibited from sale beginning January 11, 2010. That’s less than three weeks away. The good news: Microsoft has promised a fix, one which will be rolled [...]

Thomas Edison Laboratory Complex To Reopen With Expanded Exhibits

Mike Cipriano — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:06:59 +0000

Thomas Edison Laboratory Complex To Repen With Expanded Exhibits

Edward Kennedy dies aged 77

Mike Cipriano — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:04:24 +0000

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, has died at age 77, his family said on Wednesday. [...]

New Jersey town ‘tweets’ crime alerts to residents

Mike Cipriano — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:18:52 +0000

OCEAN CITY NJ – A new city map allows neighbors and prospective homebuyers to find out what crimes have been committed in recent months in their neighborhoods. Call it Mapquest – with burglaries. The city also signed up for Nixle, a new Twitter-style service that will let the Police Department “tweet” about crime. In a world increasingly dependent [...]

Streaker Hacks Wildwood NJ Fireworks Display

Mike Cipriano — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:57:01 +0000

A young man who appeared to be in his twenties, suddenly started running south to north in the area of Pine Ave., wearing only his birthday suit.

NJ Physicians Advocates Approve EHR Vendor

Mike Cipriano — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:18:15 +0000

NJ Physicians Can Fulfill State EHR Mandate with iMedica iMedica Corporation, a leading developer of healthcare EHR and EMR software solutions for physician practices, announced today that it had been selected as a preferred electronic health record (EHR) vendor by NJ Physicians (NJP), a physicians' advocacy organization in New Jersey.

New Web Site e-MedRecords.net comes online

Mike Cipriano — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:23:15 +0000

A new web site, e-MedRecords.net attempts to answer EHR and EMR questions. With the so-called millions up for grabs, for medical offices that implement EHR (electronic health record) systems, or EMR (electronic medical record) systems, using whats become quickly known as HITS (Health Information Technology Systems), non experienced practice managers are scrambling to get the facts

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 out today

Mike Cipriano — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:42:44 +0000

It hasn’t gotten nearly the amount of buzz that Vista Service Pack 1 got last year, but the Windows Vista SP2 is now available for download. Right now, Vista SP2 is an optional download, most easily downloaded by visiting the Microsoft download site and grabbing it manually (it’s a 348MB download, but downloads this morning are [...]

Sheriff’s office in New Jersey to use anonymous two-way texting technology

Mike Cipriano — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:34:00 +0000

Cape May County, N.J., introduced new technology on April 24 that enables anyone with a cell phone or computer to provide anonymous information to the sheriff’s office through text messaging. Tipsters can send a message to TIP411that will enable real-time, two-way chat between the tipster and the sheriff’s office. The technology also allows tipsters to [...]

HP recalls notebook computer batteries

Mike Cipriano — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:28:42 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co. is voluntarily recalling lithium-ion batteries used in HP and Compaq notebook computers because of fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. The recall for Palo Alto-based HP (NYSE:HPQ) includes about 70,000 units, with the primary hazard being that “the recalled lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to [...]

Risk of Swine Flu Associated with Travel to Affected Areas

Mike Cipriano — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:45:11 +0000

Risk of Swine Flu Associated with Travel to Affected Areas Public health officials within the United States and throughout the world are investigating outbreaks of swine influenza (swine flu). Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by a type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not [...]

New security tool RISING PC DOCTOR, Released FREE!

Mike Cipriano — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:50:21 +0000

We have tried this tool and it seems to work great! It's simple to use, easy to install and best of all it's free! This one is a winner. On April 15th. 2009, RISING, a security software vendor, released Rising PC Doctor, the professional and free security tool,

Stop & Shop’s new SCAN IT! is a shopper hit

Mike Cipriano — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:24:38 +0000

Morris Plains NJ….. Stop and Shop’s Rt. 10 location in Morris Plains, New Jersey, along with other select locations in the chains operating territories, has given it’s shoppers greater flexability. The store recently introduced Scan It! Consumers receive a superior shopping experience, allowing them to save time and money with intuitive self-service scan and bag, [...]

Update Tuesday Will Challenge Computer Users with Core Updates

Mike Cipriano — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:52:27 +0000

Update Tuesday will launch a big workload for IT departments with a critical Windows core update requiring reboots for all supported Windows versions. The patches also plug spoofing holes in Windows, including Server 2000. Patch Tuesday will not include a fix for an Excel vulnerabililty that Microsoft said could allow remote code execution. Microsoft plans [...]

Revolutionary “Green” Clothes Dryer Technology Receives Approval from Underwriters Laboratories

Mike Cipriano — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:13:32 +0000

Hydromatic Technologies Corporation (HTC) has received approval from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) on its revolutionary DryerMiser™ – a device that will allow clothes dryers to become energy-efficient and could be the first dryer to obtain the Energy Star designation. First introduced at the 2008 International Builders’ Show® in Orlando last February, the DryerMiser™ is a new technology [...]

Low cost Epson printer cartridges available again

Mike Cipriano — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:31:13 +0000

In a past article we covered the court rulings regarding Epson printer cartridges. It appears that their are still legal compatible cartridges available for Epson printers at a low price. We recently purchased several so called “PATENTED” cartridges for Epson NX400 printers and they all worked jut beautifuly! The cartridges which we procured from Clickinks.com [...]

No More Blocked Numbers-Always Know Who’s Calling You

Mike Cipriano — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:37:13 +0000

A new service set for launch Tuesday allows cellphone users to unmask the Caller ID on blocked incoming calls, obtaining the phone number, and in some cases the name and address, of the no-longer-anonymous caller. The service, called TrapCall, is offered by New Jersey’s TelTech systems, the company behind the controversial SpoofCard Caller ID spoofing [...]