Roku looking good, Now for some Independents!!

I have in the past talk about Roku and Hulu.   Since We are starting to see Hulu Plus channel in the line up, I wanted to talk about how studio’s are wasting their money by not going to the Roku!!

Studio’s don’t know the potential!

Now I am not saying that studio’s aren’t making but they are at least loosing some great potential cross show advertising.    If let’s say Discovery Channel would come to Roku, they could easily add advertising for other shows that you might want to watch from their channel.  After all, they do have shows like Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs that could easily cross advertise each other.    I simply love Mythbusters and have already subscribed to season 9 of it, so you can see that no matter how they do it they would still be making money.

Then you could also consider cross advertising from studio, if more studio’s would come on board then that would be a great way to bring in more viewers.  Although most studios will argue about revenue and I totally understand that, they could easily just go back to the television standard advertising but I think most want to be able to know what sells and what doesn’t.

Advertisers need to get aboard fast!

Since Hulu is definitely coming to Roku, we have to ask what advertisers to do? Will they come to the Roku??  I would say they will go where the shows go.   That being said some of them might even flock or run to Hulu as soon as they realize how many people are actually watching Netflix in the US alone!  That being said, I fully expect Roku to be in every home in 10 years.  Although that is just a really good guess, I would imagine most people will agree that if Roku keeps adding content it will be more of a demand!!

We will see more independents studios come aboard!

Studios like Syfy Channel, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, and channels like TNT, HBO, and Nickelodeon will flock to the Roku or even pay Hulu to be part of the Hulu plus.  Now I don’t expect them to be on board any time soon, I think once Hulu becomes widely used on the Roku that these other small studio’s and channels will see the benefit of streaming their media to the Roku box.   Most of these sites already have a way for you to watch them on their own site in one form or another with advertising!  If Google TV doesn’t worry these studio’s and channels then I would expect them to jump aboard soon!

Do you think it is inevitable for these license holders to not Come to the Roku?   I’d love to hear what you think!

Have a Good Friday, See you Monday!!

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Get your Free Superantispyware Lifetime License — Cybersecurity Awareness Month

I am going to give out 5 License for anyone who might want one. These license are good for a lifetime.

How do you Enter Contest?

This is going to be a very simple.   There are going to be 3 ways to enter and I will pick winners on October 16, 2010:

• You must follow me and have this in you tweet: (One License will be given away)

Just entered the SUPERAntiSpyware Pro License giveaway. You can win by following @laforge129 and retweet http://bit.ly/cR95ge.

• Leave a Comment and tell me why you need it.   I will use Sign up for my Newsletter and confirm your subscription. I will never sell your information or spam you. This newsletter is to get to know my readers and give you even more exclusive content that you wouldn’t  get on my blog (2 Licenses will be given away using Random.org).

You can tweet that once a day and increase your chances of winning. The more ways you enter the better chance of getting one of those lifetime licenses from Superantispyware. You can read my review of Superantispyware and decide if you want to enter. I will tell you I have been using this for quite some time and am thoroughly pleased with it!!  Do you have enough security on your system?  If not you really should enter to make your system is more secure!!  Thanks to Mike Duncan for the 5 Licenses.

Good Luck, And you will find out the Winners October 16, 2010

The Free Giveaway is ended and the I will be posting Monday 10/18/10 on who the winners are!!   Thank you everyone who entered!!

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Achievecard in the Mail and they have my Social Socurity Number?? WTH??

As you can see Achieve Card sent my wife an unsolicited mail with this card in it.   In order to “activate it” You must your last 4 of your Social Security Number!!  Now I talked about Netspend doing this also but they didn’t keep the IP‘s of who referred them.   This seems to be the same way and I am very concerned.   I would like to stop these companies from getting my Social or my wife’s Social.

Don’t tell me you don’t have my Social, You just tell me you do!!

When I made the blog post about Netspend, There was a comment from Staff101 and he said they didn’t have my social but if that is the case with this card. Then why would they have the pin being the last 4 of my SSN(see picture above)?? Again, if you are going to comment telling me that you don’t have my social. Your gravely mistaken, and that really concerns me and others. My privacy and security is essentially something that I take seriously. I haven’t called this company because they are probably like Netspend and will tell me they don’t have the information on who gave them the information. I am not happy and would like to find the person/company doing this. This seems to be a continuing problem.

Should I Activate this Achievecard??

Well, I will tell you I am not going to activate this card because of all these problems:

• Better Business Bureau (Rating D Minus)


• Achieve Card Mastercard Complaints


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Companies Just don’t Get it about Spam!

Referrer Spam is a Big Problem!

As you can see this referrer spam is really malevolent, because of how many times it tries to hit my webpage.   It is on different IPS but they wanted to make sure I know about http://dentistinbrooklyn.org and the Address:

Thanks to one of the referrers, if you look closely you will see one for Google Maps and that Brings here:

Best Dentist In Brooklyn
718-544-4545 (866) 690-2935‎
9644 brooklyn st
Brooklyn, NY 11234

As you can see this company paid some other company to ADVERTISE For them without thinking of the consequences of the questionable company can bring your business to it’s Knees. I don’t say this lightly just by talking about this company and how it is doing business by doing a Refferrer Spam makes the company look bad in my eyes and probably gives you a bad taste in your mouth. When people spam, it makes me wonder just how trustworthy they are. I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone and you shouldn’t either!! If your looking for a Good trustworthy Dentist, I would recommend checking the Christian Blue Pages and looking their!!


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Five ways to reduce spam in your Comments — From my perspective

With there being so many different ways to rid you self from comment spam. I figured I would suggest some ways to help reduce your spam. On Growmaps Post about Akismet, We were discussing some ways to help reduce spam in her comment moderation and I wanted to post about what I use to help reduce the bots from posting. Anyone can do this because of all the problems we are having with Akismet, I have disabled that on my blog and I haven’t looked back yet.

Having been working to minimize my spam intake.   I have talked about about some email spam problems in the past.  Although there are many reasons why you get spam, the main reason is for someone trying to make money from something they want you to buy or even install!!

As you can see that image I have up shows you the type of spam I get and you probably like me asking yourself why are they trying to leave those comments.   I think I know but this is to help those who might want to get rid of some of the most common comment spam.

• Bad Behavior Plugin — I am using this plugin with conjunction with my Project Honey Pot to help harvest those bad guys.   This little plugin works in conjunction with Project Honey Pot to determine if it is posting same comments from the same IP.  You will need http:BL API Key to get Bad Behavior to talk to each other.


• Project Honey Pot — You should understand, there are more than the API KEY.   I installed a few Honeypots on my server to help other content management systems administrators help collect data of possible comment spammers.  This helps others who are trying to fight spam see if there are other sites that this IP is commenting on!!  The more who sign up and install their own honeypots the better off the community is in the long run.


• WP-Recaptcha — Now this works with logins and Comments to help reduce the amount of possible bots.   Although it is somewhat harder for comments to be written by a true person.   This helps reduce bots but won’t reduce them to much.   You should also protect your Wp-admin subdirectory by using this to help detour scripts from dictionary attacking your password.


• WP-BAN –  This is proactive solution from just sitting back and doing nothing.   Here you can watch spam and figure out which IP’s are making the most comment spams and prevent them from even accessing your website.   This is great because this will alert the user who has an infected system that can’t access your site and to email the admin.   I haven’t had one of the banned IPS to send me email yet.   So either they don’t want to get on my blog or they are just bots.


• Comment Spamtrap — This is almost like Project Honey Pot but instead these are hidden to all real users and bots who fill in these forms are reading from HTML and not from the screen. If you fill in all the forms then you will be consider a spammer. So it automatically deletes them or marks them as spam. These are the one that I use to help detour spam bots.

You have to understand in order to fight spam you have to find more than one way to block spam.   I will not be going back to Akismet because I feel I fight back with spam and figure block the ones that I know are spam commenter.     You got to give your comments almost a firewall for bots to get past to get to post comments but there are no guarantees that this will work on all blogs but I do think it is working well with me because of the spam I haven’t gotten in the past few months.   I hope this blog post has helped you and if you know a blogger who is having problems with spam send them to this page.

Have a Good Monday, See you Wednesday!!

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Facebook starts the long spiral downward!

 As you can tell we are seeing how more and more people aren’t using Facebook.   I am one of them, I haven’t used Facebook for over 3 weeks.   Why might you ask? I have several reasons and i would like to talk about them.

Security Issues

Yes, that is definitely one of them.   I have seen how they have dealt with it and I am not that comfortable with them.   So I haven’t felt compelled to be on Facebook because of this.  I am not the only who has quit Facebook, check out my Poll.  Here is the current Standings in my Poll:

Are you Going to quit Facebook?

• 24% Voted Yes


• 45% Voted No


• 14% Voted Maybe


• 17% Voted (Boycott June 6, 2010)

As you can see it means half the votes are staying and other half are leaving or possibly leaving.  Which doesn’t do well with me being that people are leaving it.

The Games on Facebook

I was mainly using Facebook as a way to play games on it. For One of my Favorite games on it is Zynga games.  Although I am unhappy how Facebooks gets to keep that game on there, I do know why though.   This was a last attempt effort to keep on Facebook.   I am sure of it.   So since I won’t be on Facebook, I have no need to play games.   I am hoping Zynga creates there own way to play the game without being on Facebook, if they do that I might return.

Facebook has becoming uninteresting

This is the final reason why I haven’t been on Facebook for over 3 weeks, I am uninterested with Facebook and have no desires to go back. I haven’t however deleted my account but merely haven’t been on Facebook. I see no reason to even go there to delete or put suspend my account. That would merely make it harder to go leave it, because I would want to read messages and other such things. I have decided just to keep away from it for the time being. If Facebook does make a come back, then Maybe but for right now. I have better things to take up my time.

Have a Good Friday, See you Monday

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Email Oppurtinities that seem Phishy!!!

Subject: Service manager position. Job ID 1278757758

Subject: New employment opportunity. Vacancy ID 1278793388
From: Xyla Cleveland <lopes_vivian@diamond-sky.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:29:22 +0100
To: (hidden)

Our company Diamond Sky, which is dynamically developing with every passing year, is going to offer you the convenience of various perspectives on the prospective position of a service-manager.

We are acting as concierge services in  7 highly-developed countries of the world. Our managers provide assistance in different spheres of business and leisure such as:
- booking of air tickets
- hotel bookings
- car renting
- search, hire and design of conference halls
- search, purchase and delivery of presents

As a result of our managers` assistance our clients are exempt from spending their personal and business time. Due to the fact that the services we deliver are in great demand all over the world, we expand  the stuff and we invite you to participate in the contest for the position of the Service MANAGER and to join, become a member of our company.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES of the service-manager are mentioned below:
-work with clients
-processing of orders of our clients
-processing and updating of our database of services

Position Requirements:
- efficiency in processing of orders
- responsibility in carrying out your duties
- good communication skills

We are constantly looking for diligent individuals, at all levels, to join our winning team, across all our concierge services divisions.
At Diamond Sky, we distinguish ourselves as a high performance organization with hard-working people who provide quality service to our customers. We believe that one of the most important functions of management is to provide employees with the possibility to develop their talents to the full. The benefits are job satisfaction for our employees enabling them to make a positive contribution to the success of the company.

If this position seems to be interesting to you, you fit the requirements and would like to become a member of our company
send your resume  and your contact phone number to vivian_lopes@xxxxxx and we will contact you.

My Wife got this email and I wanted to talk about how this looks phishy!!   After doing my research about this company, by going to their website. You’ll probably thinking they have a website, well it isn’t a very useful website just a page that has nothing clickable or even any phone numbers or where they are actually located.    This is why I suspect there is more than meets the eye.   I wanted to warn people not send your resumes to people you have no way of verifying because like anything else if you have done your homework, you will have found my website.  This is most likely a way to get your personal information from your resume,   like you name, your email address and you home address and other sensitive stuff.   Since there was no way to contact them directly I would advise caution when you find emails like this and the possibility of a job.   It seems like more and more these scammers and other nefarious people will lure you into giving out your personal information in hopes of landing a job to help pay off your bills and other such necessities.     If you get this email, I would just delete it and do not even consider this a viable source of a job opportunity.    My Wife got 3 different emails from the same place, I also did some searching and I found the website in question was recently made June 29, 2010. Stay Safe and remember do your homework before you jump into anything like this!!


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Roku offers more Television for your money!!

New Stuff for the Channel Store:

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  New Stuff for the Channel Store:

  
  If you haven’t visited the Channel Store lately, I wanted to talk about the new channels that have been installed since previous mentioning of this.
  
  
  
  • Radiotime
  
  
  • Nasa TV
  
  
  • Film Fun 5
  
  
  • Radio Paradise
  
  
  • Blastro
  
  
  • Liberty News Radio
  
  
  
   

Premium Channels:

• MHZ On Demand


• Midwest Caged Championship


• Weiss Money Network


• BigStar.Tv

I am really glad they are adding more channels and making it easier to use theRoku.   Even though Netflix hadproblems with the last update, this seems a good step for those of us who like to listen to Music or watch a Space shuttle Take off.

 

I am hoping they will add Hulu to the Channel Lineup in a couple of months.  We have heard about the possiblility from many sources about Hulu becoming a subscription, and this would be one of the many Hulu would want to develop for.  If you haven’t bought a Roku maybe it is time to go check them out!!

 

 

Have a Good Wednesday, and I will see you Friday!

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Troubled Waters with Roku and Netflix

Photo by: Amancay Maahs



I know some people have been having problems with Roku and I wanted to comment and tell you how to fix it. You will need to go to your Roku settings and Disable the browse and search feature. This seems to have fixed my issue but I still wanted to warn people how to fix the problem with “Retrieving…” in the NetflixWindow and getting the error message “unable to connect to Netflix at this time” messages. If your getting these message try deactivating the search feature. Although a quick not people are want to roll back to the earlier version of Netflix. I do hope they fix this problem because I really did like the search feature!!

Anyone else having these Problems??

UPDATE 10/21/10

If your are unable to connect to the Netflix through the Roku box, there is a quick way to watch shows from your queue. This has worked for me in the past! Go into your Settings and under Netflix disable “Browse and Search in Netflix” to be able to watch shows and movies from your Roku box!!


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Don’t Do business with: “Check Management Services [CMS]” (collection agency)

I recently got what I would call a Scam because they made me feel like they were REAL Police Officers and that my wife was in the court systems. I thought I would warn people about this company because of their UNETHICAL Way of how they get their money for claims. I have been tricked and to a point scammed to give them my money and I wanted to warn everyone else about their tactics and who they are. I tried to file a police report but they said that this is unfortunately not a crime because they used the WORD “Investigator” and not Detective in their Voice mail Message. I would encourage anyone and everyone who reads this and being harassed by these people to do a few things:

 

1. Record your Call with them — It is however Mandatory to have tell them so they know you are recording the call, and get all the information about them. (This will help you tell people)


2. Get everything in WRITING — Another way that will help in this message because you can warn others of this company who will probably change their Phone number in the future because of this blog Post!!


3. Now your Rights with Debt Colelction — This is great resource that I should of looked at when this was being done but didn’t. I know know what they can and can not do! Read it and make sure you know your rights. Help fight this injustice by reporting them to the FTC if they try this on you!!!

Anyway these are some of the things you can do to fight back against this company. I know will tell you what I numbers and people I have found to help others who have scared us honest working Citizens.

Some of the People that I found to be with this company are:

1. Chief investigator Morgan or “Lead Investigator”¹


2. Case Investigator Rogers¹


3. Investigator Mills


4. investigator Tyson


5. Todd Williams


6. Lester Kincaid

These are just a few that I have found but If you get a call from someone else please leave a comment on what happened so others can find this post and also be warned about this company. Now I will talk about the Numbers that I have found to be associated with this company:

1. 877-485-5040²


2. 877-499-9473⁷


3. 877-269-1745¹


4. 877-313-4402³


5. 1-866-794-3646⁴


6. 847-631-0800⁵


7. 877-269-1745


8. 800-825-8131⁵


9. 716-941-9829

I did Find out about who this company is really:

Midland Credit Management ¹
8875 Aero Drive Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92123

BBB.ORG about Midland Credit Management

If This post has helped you avoid giving them money and you would like to repay my efforts in finding all this information and posting what I have please consider bookmarking my My Site(Drag link to the toolbar to bookmark this link) and using that whenever you go to Amazon. You see they took quite a lot of money from me because I was foolish enough to think they are a legit and I want to warn people of this and try to get my money back. If you know any numbers or find a new “investigator” and you would like to warn people please leave a comment and tell us your story so others can be warned as well.

If you feel this has been help please consider clicking on a link and buying something, other than that thank you for reading this.

P.s. I tried to get the address but this Collection Agency won’t give me the address they also sent me a Reciept for this complaints: northerntier.agency@gmail.com Which seems to be Norther Tier Agency. I will do my research to see if I can find the Address but if you know the address I would love for you to make a comment or contact me!! The address on the reciept was:

Check Management Services
78 Webster st
Tonawanda, NY 14120
Google Maps of the Place

As you can see the street view is quite concerning and I can not find any real building, all I see is an a empty LOT!!


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5 things to do when You get scammed and burned!!

I usually don’t like to talk about this but I was recently scammed by a scam artist who tried to make me believe they are Police Men and they were court appointed “Lead Investigators“. Suffice it to say that I found out two or three days later from friends and family that this was not right. After Googling the Number “1-877-499-9473“. Which if you are like me quite confused but thankfully I had other resources like what my Credit Card said and they said it was “CHECK MANAGEMENT SERVICES 716-6942500 NY“. Anyway I have already talked about one scam when it comes to cash checking.  I also want to talk about how you can tell if it is scam, some of the more common things t hat I find are:

 

• Must Pay Now — These are scams that say that you can get something for really cheap, if you pay now.   This should always be the first flag.


• Scare Tactics –  These are scams that try to scare you into buying a product or giving them money because something is about happen.   They try to confuse you into paying.   This is also one of the RED Flags.


• Free products –   Here is another that I find because you have to read the fine print and see that you aren’t really getting it for free but trial and that you will be charged for the product after a certain amount of time.   This is another RED Flag, in my opinion.


• Pressure Tactics -- This can be anything from constantly calling you to making radical claims about product.   If you have any doubts.   Always ask yourself “Could this be to GOOD to be TRUE??“

I know I will have missed a few key ones but these are the ones that I see all the time. I know want to talk about what you should do:

1. Call your Local Police Department and File a Complaint–  This is a must because most banks and credit card companies require proof that there was a crime committed.   By doing this you are fighting back against the scam and showing them you will fight for your rights.


2. Call Your Bank or Credit Card Company — Now since you made the complaint you should now have your bank or Credit Card company reverse the charges so you can get your money back. You will have proof that this was illegal and the bank/Credit Card will comply with all Local or State laws. This seems a sure way to get your money back.


3. File a Complaint with the BBB — This one can be tricky if you don’t know who the company is but if you look at your credit card information and Google it you might get an idea to where look


4. File a Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission — This is one of those that you have a choice in how your proceed but this will help out when all else fails. They might even be able to give you more information about the company and help you get your money back. This is however just a guess but it is a good way of fighting scammers.


5. Tell you Family and Friends about the Scam — This is also important because most of the time these scammers find you by talking to your family or friends. So warning them can keep them from getting to close. Although it will not always work, it does provide a little protection down the road.

I intend to file my complaints to all the above plus more to fight this particular scam so I can get my money back. I am sure this isn’t over by a long shot but I do Hope this has helped you in a small way like it help me. If you have come here trying to find out information about the number and haven’t paid them, don’t do it. Call you local Police and report them and still report them to as many places as possible to help those who have been scammed or could be scammed. If you know anyone who has been scammed maybe it is time to show them this article so they can find out how to get their money back.

Have a Good Wednesday, See you Friday!!

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Watch Star Trek 2009 Online

Rent: Star Trek (2009) $3.99

Buy: Star Trek (2009) $14.99

Star Trek (Single-Disc Edition) $29.99

Star Trek (Three-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray] $39.99

Synopsis:
The future begins in J.J. Abrams’ smash hit Star Trek. When Romulan Nero comes from the future to take revenge on the Federation, rivals Kirk and Spock must work together to stop him from destroying everything they know. On a thrilling journey filled with incredible action, the U.S.S. Enterprise will voyage through unimaginable danger in one of the biggest and best reviewed movies of the year.

Product Description
The greatest adventure of all time begins with Star Trek, the incredible story of a young crew’s maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled with action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind. The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk (Chris Pine), is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before.

Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes

Release year: 2009

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content.

My thoughts:

I simply love Science Fiction movies, and Star Trek. Although you can buy the Seagate Ultra Portable Hard drive and have this come with the movie on it!! I have been watching this movie every so often and I can say without a doubt, I have had a great movie experience. I would recommend this movie to anyone who grew up with Roddenberry’s dream.

My Rating: 4.5/5

Family Friendlyness: 2.5/5

My Favorite Quote:
Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy: I may throw up on you.
James T. Kirk: I think these things are pretty safe.
Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy: Don’t pander to me, kid. One tiny crack in the hull and our blood boils in thirteen seconds. Solar flare might crop up, cook us in our seats. And wait till you’re sitting pretty with a case of Andorian shingles, see if you’re so relaxed when your eyeballs are bleeding. Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence.
James T. Kirk: Well, I hate to break this to you, but Starfleet operates in space.
Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy: Yeah. Well, I got nowhere else to go, the ex-wife took the whole damn planet in the divorce. All I got left is my bones.

Reviewing the Seagate 500 Gb FreeAgent Go Ultra-Portable HD (ST905003FGA2E1-RK): Special Star Trek Edition

I recently got to test out a new Seagate FreeAgent Go Ultra-Portable Hard Drive with movies pre-loaded onto it.    I wanted to talk about it and let everyone who might be interested to find out more about it.

Product Features

• 5,400 RPM Spin Speed, 8 MB Cache Buffer


• USB 2.0: up to 480 Mb/s


• Sync and back up quickly at your desktop without having to search for cables.


• Guard the privacy of important files and folders.


• Get your storage solution up and running quickly.

System Requirements:

To create and activate a Paramount account for your FreeAgent Theater+ media player you will need a
system with:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer


• Microsoft Windows XP operating system (any version, including MCE) with Service Pack 2


• installed, Windows Vista or Windows 7


• 1.5 GHz CPU or faster (minimum of 600 MHz)


• 512MB or more memory (minimum of 10GB)


• At least 20GB or more, free hard disk space on your computer and drive


• Windows Media Player 10+

For the best viewing experience of the films on your computer we recommend you have a screen
resolution of 1024 x 768 (minimum of 800 x 600) and speakers or other audio output. Internet access is
also required.

A choice of up to 20 popular Paramount titles can be unlocked for a fee including:

• Star Trek (2009) (Free when you buy the Special Edition Hard Drive)


• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


• GI Joe


• Shooter


• The Hunt for Red October


• The Italian Job (2003)


• Ghost


• Patriot Games


• Beowulf


• Enemy at the Gates


• The Spiderwick Chronicles


• The Love Guru


• Coach Carter


• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)


• Nacho Libre


• Jackass 2.5


• A Plumm Summer


• Carriers


• Dance Flick


• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius


• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

I had a chance to test out this hard drive and I wanted to tell you about my experiences with the software and with the Star Trek (2009) movie.   I must say after playing the movie, I was impressed with the High Definition.   My computer can support High Definition and I was quite shocked that it wasn’t Standard Definition.   While playing the movie, you will notice the Hard Drive will get warm but it isn’t a problem.

In order to view these movies on your laptop or computer your will need to acquire the license from the Paramount store to make the movie you choice available to be watched from your computer or if you have the Seagate FreeAgent Theater+1080P HD Media Player STCEA201-RK. This is good for those who might want to view this on your High Definition Television sets. It is just as cheap as the Roku. After your get the rights to watch the movie on that computer, you no longer need to have Internet Access to watch it. Great for when you are traveling and can’t get internet access. You only can give three systems the rights to view that particular movie that you bought through the Paramount store, but the prices are comparable to those you get fromAmazon Video on demand. The only drawback is that you will need to use Internet Explorer 8 or Higher to buy or acquire a license from the store. You have to make Internet Explorer your default browser when you want to buy a new license for a movie off the hard drive.

I never heard a sound out of the hard drive while it was running. I could tell they made sure to keep it quite when they made the hard drive. The other nice thing about the FreeAgent Hard drive is that you only need to have one USB port to use this, and no power cords are required either. I must say that is also nice to have when you are on the go, no need to find an extra power outlet.

Seagate FreeAgent Ultra Portable

Amazon: $99.99 (Silver / Black)

Mwave: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 2.5 Ultra-Portable Hard Drive STAA500100 USB Black

Mwave: STAA500102 USB Blue

Freeagent Go Special Edition(movie)

Seagate: FreeAgent Go Pre-loaded with Star Trek on it(No longer Available).

Amazon: No links available

NewEgg: No links available

Seagate Docking Station

Amazon: $16.99

If your backing up a lot of GB’s of data, the drive does get warm but that is also normal. It was never hot enough to burn me or hurt anything. I find the small size to be quite nice to have when traveling and going places with it. Not bulky or overweight, only about 1/2 pound of weight when you pick it up. The only drawback that I can see is the way they use the lights to show you when the hard drive is being used, a few small holes will dim and light up and unless you are really watching those lights you won’t know!

The Programs that come with this are quite powerful. Great Backup tools and Syncing tools for keeping your important data backed up. There is even a Carbonite trial on the Hard drive to encourage your to keep your data backed up off site. I do recommend people trying Carbonite because you never know what will happen to your home or your computer.

Would I recommend this to My Science Fiction Friends?

I most certainly would recommend this to any one who might need to have a way to backup their files and also have a way to have portable movies on the go. I can say that this idea of having media on a portable device like this is a great way to watch movies offline.

I’ve also asked them some questions that I am waiting for a response but when I do find out, I will update this post for those who might have the same questions. I will also update the links so you can buy these hard drives online!

Reviewing the Logitech Anywhere MX Mouse

I recently purchased the Logitech Anywhere MX mouse, and I must say it is quite impressive. I wanted to talk about it some for those who are curious on how well it works.

Technical Details

• Device Type: Wireless Mouse with Receiver


• Connection Type: USB


• Hand Orientation: Right


• Tracking Method: Laser


• Scrolling Capability: Yes


• Colors: Black


• Special Features: Blackfield Laser Tracking


• Special Features: Unifying receiver

I’ve put this through a series of test and I must make a comment “WOW“. I don’t say this often and I don’t say this enough from everything I have done with this mouse it still works magnificently. So let’s talk about:

Who can use this mouse?

Anyone can use this as far as I can tell. The size is just right for small, medium, and large hands. I am a large handed person and it still fits me comfortably. It weighs around one pound and can easily be taken anywhere you go with little or no effort.

Battery life?

I’ve tried leaving it on 7 days straight without turning it off and right now it has two Duracell Batteries, AA Size, in it when I started testing it. According to my meter it still has 85% of battery life on it and it has been 2 weeks. I would say the mouse battery life would last for several weeks 5 to 7 weeks is my estimate.

Unifying receiver stub?

The receiver for the mouse takes up one usb port and can be removed and stored in the leather case that comes with mouse. Although I just keep it to the laptop and it works when I need it to.  It takes so little room on the laptop that it is not going to be a big bother when I take the laptop with me.

 What surfaces does it work on?

Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX
Amazon: $79.99 [Affiliate Link]
Logitech Performance Mouse MX
Amazon: $99.99 [Affiliate Link]

Every surface I tried it worked on. It claims to work on the glass surfaces but I haven’t tried it. I have however tried my leg, my couch, and my floor and it works without a problem. I tried some restaurants and it works just fine their too. It slides on surfaces easily and works flawlessly. I’ve not had any trouble with this mouse since I got it.

I would definitely recommend this to anyone who travels a lot or go places a lot with their laptop. It is also very good with playing games with. The sensitivity of the mouse makes it a good gaming mouse for those who like to play LAN parties or just wants a wireless option. I have been really impressed with this mouse and expect to buy another one when the time comes. This is great buy for me and I don’t regret buying this mouse for home and travel!