“At Home on the Range” Book Crawl this ...

May 16, 2012 by

Come to Frenchtown May 19-20, for marvelous once-in-a-lifetime event…an “all-town” celebration of the re-publication of Liz Gilbert’s great-grandmother’s cookbook. Food! Fun! Book signings! Check out these great articles in the New York Times & Huffington Post. Don’t forget, there will be plenty of PARKING all over town, with folks to help out, and a LIMO to...

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River Net Offers Affordable Web Design to Help Your...

May 11, 2012 by

Did you know… You or your business can have a custom built website for less than the cost of just one full-page newspaper ad?  It’s true.   River Net Computers offers affordable Web Design & Development that can help your business grow with a content-rich, dynamic & visually stunning website.  It’s no secret that a website has access to potential customers on a...

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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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Frenchtown Park Community Clean-up Day April 28

Apr 27, 2012 by

This Saturday, April 28, from 9AM to 3PM, volunteers from Frenchtown and surrounding towns are invited to help with some needed maintenance of the Frenchtown Borough Park, located at the corner of Kingwood Avenue (Route 12) and Creek Road. We will be weeding garden beds, planting flowers, raking leaves, clearing brush along the creek, picking up debris, spreading mulch, refilling sandboxes, and...

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On Sale Now! Toshiba Satelite Laptop L645

Apr 21, 2012 by

Awesome laptop for sale, but not for long! Also, be sure to read our blog post: Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Used or Refurbished Laptop. Toshiba Satellite L645 – SOLD Pentium Dual Core 2.13 GHz Processor 4 GB DDR3 Memory 500GB Hard Drive DVD Multi-Burner 14″ Widescreen Display Power Supply/Charger / Wireless Ready Windows 7 Home Premium  Operating System Microsoft Security Essentials...

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The State of IT Security [Infographic]

Apr 19, 2012 by

Word is getting out that Mac is getting its dose of viruses although the truth is they weren’t really all that safe in the first place, just safer by comparison. Security is never really a thing we leave to the manufacturers because if we did, it would be at our peril. New forms of viruses, trojans, malware and clickjacking storm the Web every day compromising servers and records, stealing...

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Latest Mac Malware Attack Is a Wake-Up Call for OS ...

Apr 18, 2012 by

By Christina Bonnington / Courtesy of Wired.com Mac users were once relatively insulated from malware attacks, if only because their OS platform didn’t attract the attention of criminals. But now a spike in security threats is making it clear that the bad guys are no longer ignoring Apple’s OS X. The latest Mac security threat, a variant of the “LuckyCat” attack, takes advantage of an...

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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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On Sale Now! Desktops & Laptops from $179 and...

Apr 11, 2012 by

Incredible deals on refurbished laptops & desktops! We are trying to make some room here at River Net Computers, and we have some great machines for sale.  Every computer comes equipped with Microsoft Windows XP Operating System installed as well as Microsoft Security Essentials Anti-Virus.  We setup each and every refurbished computer as if it were going to be used by us.  No bulky...

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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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Official Frenchtown Borough Website Now Online!

Apr 5, 2012 by

The new official borough website was an idea that had been circulating in town for a long time.  After discussions future mayoral candidate Warren Cooper had with Dave and James Cahill of River Net Computers, the idea began to take shape.  Warren and Dave presented their suggestions and ideas to the Borough Council on March 11, 2011.  After the meeting, River Net presented a website...

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Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus

Mar 24, 2012 by

An infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. This was produced for Australian TV program HungryBeast on Australia’s ABC1. Video courtesy of Patrick Clair Direction and Motion Graphics: Patrick Clair patrickclair.com Written by: Scott Mitchell Production Company: Zapruder’s Other...

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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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