Roku (pronounced “roh koo”) is an American, privately held, consumer electronics company that sells home digital media products. The company is based in Saratoga, California. Roku manufactures a variety of digital media receivers that allow customers to access internet streamed video or audio services through televisions. This includes subscription based services as well as services…
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TV In Your Browser
There are many source of video entertainment and information on the Internet that you can watch on your computer in your web-browser. Netflix The best Netflix instant streaming experience just got even better, with support for English subtitles, 1080p HD video and Dolby Digital+ surround sound. Works easily with your current Netflix unlimited membership. I…
Internet Ready Devices
There are many devices that are Internet ready, among these are: Samsung TVs, Visio and other TVs, Sony PS3, Xbox Blue-ray Players, Roku Players, Google TV, Apple TV, Nook, Kindle Fire, Nexus 7, Android Phones, iPhone and many others.
Hulu Plus
Hulu is a website and over-the-top (OTT) subscription service offering ad-supported on-demand streaming video of TV shows, movies, webisodes and other new media, trailers, clips, and behind-the-scenes footage from NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, Nickelodeon, and many other networks and studios. Hulu videos are currently offered only to users in Japan and the United
How Players Work
Streaming players are small computers. They get media directly from the Internet without the use of a desktop or laptop computer.
Netflix
Netflix is a provider of on-demand Internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, United Kingdom and Ireland and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It started its subscription-based digital distribution service in 1999 and by 2009
LastPass
LastPass is a password management system. It is available as a plugin for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari. Widows, OS10, Linux. There are mobile apps for iOS, Android, Blackberry and WindowsPhone. LastPass syncs across all of these devices securely.
How Much Does LasPass Cost?
LastPass could be call freemium service. For the basic service you pay nothing forever but if you would like additional functionality like mobile apps or Yubikey support you must get the premium service for $12 per year. A real bargain!
LastPass With A Portable Browser
My favorite ways to access LastPass on a computer that is not mine is installing the plugin on a portable browser. A portable browser is a web-browser; either Firefox, Opera or Google Chrome that you launch from a thumb-drive. Install one of these on any thumb-drive you have laying around. That old 256 MB one…
Master Passwords
To secure all of your passwords stored in LastPass you really should create a very strong master-password. This can be very difficult. If it’s hard to guess it is hard to remember and if it’s easy to remember it is easy to guess. Entropy Entropy simply mean randomness. Example: “Password” is a very poor example of…
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