House Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Measure CI...

Apr 28, 2012 by

Written by David Kravets / Courtesy of Wired.com The House on Thursday approved cybersecurity legislation that privacy groups have decried as a threat to civil liberties. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, sponsored by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Maryland), passed on a vote of 248 to 168. Its goal is a more secure internet, but privacy...

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Pirate Bay Promotion ‘Promo Bay’ Attrac...

Apr 12, 2012 by

The Pirate Bay Launches Promo Platform For Artists Hollywood and the major music labels frequently describe The Pirate Bay as a piracy haven that ruins their businesses. On the other side, however, there are many independent artists who would like nothing more than to be featured prominently on the world’s largest torrent site. For the latter group The Pirate Bay team have just released a new...

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Hunterdon Collection Day for Electronics on April 1...

Apr 11, 2012 by

Hunterdon County Collection Day for Electronics DATES: Saturday, April 14, 2012 and Saturday, October 13, 2012 TIME: 9:00am to 1:00pm / Rain or Shine LOCATION: Route 12 County Complex, Flemington, NJ (directions)   WILL ACCEPT: TEN (10) CIRCUIT BOARD CONTAINING ELECTRONICS Such As: Computers, Monitors, Speakers, Televisions, VCR’s, DVD & CD Players, Fax Machines, Stereo...

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Scientists create quantum computer in a diamond

Apr 7, 2012 by

Article written by Ryan Whitwam and courtesy of ExtremeTech.com The fundamental laws of the universe could spell the end of Moore’s law in the not too distant future. What is a society with rapidly increasing computational needs to do then? One answer could be to make use of quantum computing, where the quantum nature of molecules themselves are used to process data. A new experiment out of...

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How Graphics Cards Work

Mar 14, 2012 by

Intro to How Graphics Cards Work Courtesy of How Stuff Works / Written by Jeff Tyson and Tracy V. Wilson   The images you see on your monitor are made of tiny dots called pixels. At most common resolution settings, a screen displays over a million pixels, and the computer has to decide what to do with every one in order to create an image. To do this, it needs a translator — something...

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Your Future Desktop Will Be a Supercomputer

Mar 6, 2012 by

1,000 Core CPU Achieved: Your Future Desktop Will Be a Supercomputer BY Kit Eaton | 01-04-2011 | 10:33 AM Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Lowell laugh in the face of Intel’s weedy handful of cores in its new CPU lineup: They’ve just squeezed over a thousand processor cores onto a single chip. We’ve heard a lot about the potential for future desktop-sized...

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Windows 8 Computers to Have Remote Kill Switch

Feb 25, 2012 by

The Kill Switch Comes to the PC A feature common in phones will let Microsoft remotely disable malware By Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg Business Week   Janne Kytömäki, a Finnish software developer, was cruising Google’s (GOOG) Android Market for smartphone apps last year when he noticed something strange. Dozens of best-selling applications suddenly listed the same wrong publisher. It was...

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River Net mentioned in New Jersey Cops magazine

Feb 7, 2012 by

River Net Computers is honored to have been mentioned in the February 2012 issues of New Jersey Cops magazine, the official publication of the New Jersey PBA!  The article is about our participation in the laptop donation to a local Frenchtown family in need.   View the article below, click the image for a larger...

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River Net Computers will donate Frenchtown website

Feb 5, 2012 by

In Frenchtown, River Net Computers store owners will donate website to municipality By Frank Mustac / Hunterdon County Democrat   FRENCHTOWN — River Net Computers on Bridge Street, run by borough residents and brothers Dave and James Cahill, is donating its technical expertise to create and maintain a website for the municipality of 1,400. The Borough Council by voice vote on Feb. 1...

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Welcome to the new website for River Net Computers!

Jan 7, 2012 by

Thank you for visiting River Net Computers‘ redesigned website at RiverNetComputers.com! River Net Computers is a family owned and operated, professional computer service company, which provides Residential and Business IT solutions, network security solutions, technical assistance, graphic & web design, hardware repairs & installation & much more. River Net Computers was...

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Holiday Gift from Frenchtown PD & River Net!

Dec 29, 2011 by

 Just like every year, Santa Claus was very busy this holiday season, but still found time to spend with the Collins and Scully families in Frenchtown, thanks in large part to the borough Police Department. …Santa also visited a young man named Stephen E. Scully of Frenchtown and his family. Stephen was born with an often painful genetic neuromuscular disease called spinal muscular atrophy...

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