Recent content by mjslakeridge

I have never used or owned any of Apple's products. Although I can afford them, why would I want to spend 2-3 times what they are worth? I remember seeing lines of young people lining up outside of the Apple store on my way to work a few years ago when they released one of their phones...

That's a great deal! Looks like it also is a 6,000mh external battery pack, in case your smartphone needs charging when you are out and about.

Great! It looks like you could also insert a USB flash drive into the unit and copy that way (not 100% sure of this). That way you wouldn't have to have an external HD with you.

Assuming the device I linked to would allow the transfer of the files over to the smartphone, I would just buy a couple of extra cards for the smartphone, and rotate them out as they get full. It depends on how important the photos are as to how much money I would spend to back them up while...

This thing "looks" like it would allow you to insert a SD card and transfer the files to your smartphone via a WIFI signal it generates. I haven't studied much about it, but it looks interesting...

Could be a defective camera. Are the SD cards the proper type specified in your camera manual? (Regular SD, SDHC, SDXC)? Also make sure the speed class of the card(s) are correct for the camera (Class 4, Class 10, etc.) Thinking about it some more, I don't think it is a defective camera...

You may be able to import the audio into some audio recording software and try to EQ the audio, assuming the frequencies of the people talking in the room and the tv program are not the same. But I agree with the above, technology isn't magic. An experienced audio engineer might be able to...

Since the sound coming from a sub-woofer is generally omni-directional it is common to just have 1 sub in a system. Unlike tweeters and mid-range speakers that have a sweet spot for listening in stereo. All 2 subs will do for you is to make your system louder in the low frequencies, which may...

I can't imagine the resolution (quality) of the image on the TV would be very good, based on the GPU in the smartphone.

I think your best course of action would be to report the missing laptop to your school. Do they back up the data on it to their server? Perhaps they have security cameras set up.

I have a low-end LG tv without any audio outputs. When I watch DVDs, I route the audio out on my DVD player to my audio amplifier/speakers. Sounds like you are in a similar situation.

Try it with an external USB keyboard.

"No problems there...it's hard to steal zero". I told my wife about this quote and she had a good laugh! Hopefully your boys are much wiser about computer security after this episode. Did you read the abc news article that USAF linked to? I have gotten phone calls a couple of times from...