Recent Natural Disasters Spark a Renewed Interest in Emergency Generators
February 1, 2006
Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards—severe weather can interrupt power service for hours or even days. Without electricity, business usually comes to a complete halt while costs escalate. A reliable power source can keep computers, lights, heating units, pumps, freezers and medical
Lawsuit against Apple’s iPods
February 1, 2006
In a previous blog post, we talked about the dangers of using earbuds to play music at excessive levels. While the article was not specific to Apple’s iPods, it did reference the iPod manual’s warning that hearing loss can occur
Dial It Down – Earbuds Can Cause Hearing Loss
February 1, 2006
Mom was right, again. “Turn down that god awful music,” sound familiar? Nowadays that truism should come with the caveat, “and wear the right earbuds, dear.” We’ve heard for years that when a person is exposed to high sound levels
Deep Freeze – One Way to End Computer Downtime
December 1, 2005
If you are as tired as we are of computer downtime and related technical support costs caused by software conflicts, registry corruption, virus attack, or any other problem, we have a suggestion that may help. In researching products to solve
Avocent Announces Wireless Media Streamer
September 1, 2005
*Avocent Corporation, a leading supplier of connectivity solutions for enterprise data centers, service providers and financial institutions worldwide, announced their new wireless media streamer at InfoCOMM. The Avocent Emerge WMS1000 wireless media streamer broadcasts high quality, full motion streaming video
Mall of America Tycoon Video Game
July 1, 2005
Imagine our surprise when we found out one of our projects, Camp Snoopy at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN is the cornerstone of a new “Tycoon” video game. For those of you not up on the latest and
Video-conference With Your Cell Phone??
July 1, 2005
It seems that Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone did not set the bar high enough. Nor did AT&T’s Videophone demonstration at the 1964 World’s Fair. Soon, we will be able to video-conference between our mobile phones. Demonstrated earlier this year in
Demolition Noise and Vibration Monitoring
May 1, 2005
Last month one of our High Tech clients came to us with a neat problem. They will be tearing down a warehouse building built in the early 70’s. The problem is that the building shares a party wall and interlocked
Video Conferencing Over the Public Internet
May 1, 2005
We have been told that you can video conference over the public internet for a few years now. TA has been skeptical about the quality of these types of calls. Historically, the internet did not support a continuous presence. By
National Systems Contractor Association (NSCA) Trade Show Wrap-up
March 1, 2005
It seems that if you want a new product, just say it does not exist, and it will appear! It happened just last month when Panasonic brought one of their new projectors that self focuses the image, great for the