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Escort Entourage CIS silently tracks your wheels

crave — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:50:00 +0000

With the Escort Entourage CIS installed in our CNET test vehicle, we staged a few mock thefts to see how the device would help us to retrieve our “stolen” car.

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

CES: Escort Entourage tracks your car on the Web

crave — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:59:00 +0000

Escort shows off it’s Entourage PS and CIS, two devices that let you GPS track your car with a Web app.

Originally posted at 2010 CES

PC Hardware Scan-What Does a PC Hardware Scan Offer

techgeek — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:26:16 +0000

If you want to know about all or some of the specifications of your computer for free then getting an online free pc hardware scan is the wisest advice that you can come across.
A pc hardware scan is usually an online program that is meant to tell you all the specification of your PC. Basically it is needed when one needs to know about the System, OS or BIOS etc of the PC. These scanners are very simple and completely safe to use and they produce the results in the matter of seconds. First of all, the pc hardware scan will tell you about you computer systems manufacturer and model. The space it usually requires ranges from 2000 KB to 1 GB, depending on the manufacturer. Almost all such programs do fine on the latest versions of the Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Firefox and Mozilla. However most of these products are licensed to be used for personal computers only. And the good thing is that mostly they are free. About the memory it will tell you about the capacity and portioning of the physical disk drives and the virtual memory and how much about the space that is occupied and the space that is vacant. Then it will proceed to the video and the sound devices. For example the resolution, color depth and the refresh rate etc. it will also tell about the models and manufacturers of the optical devices, key board, pointing devices and printers. Sometimes some users face difficulty in successfully installing a pc hardware scan program. This is because they have a firewall or some security software that does not allow any more software installations. To deal with problems one has to check the security and firewall settings and alter those to get the desired program installed. There is another concern raised by many people that after installing a pc hardware scan program they do not see the CIS or the Center for Internet Security Benchmark. It will also scan through the video devices and the several different cards (such as sound and graphic cards etc.) of the system. It will quote the color depth, resolution, refresh and flicker rate of the video devices. So check the settings of your firewall to permit these programs to run. Also keep in mind that you will see a ‘Centre for Internet Security Benchmark’ only if you have older versions of the Windows.The PC Hardware Scan program that worked for my computer system is the Registry Easy. You may visit their site for it’s full of useful information on the subject.

PC Hardware Scan-The dynamics of a PC Hardware Scan

techgeek — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:22:29 +0000

In this age of internet it has become very easy to know about the specifications of your pc by getting a pc hardware scan.
Many people wonder about the extent to which information is extracted during a pc hardware scan. Some people argue that it is possible for the websites to extract personal information during the process. but this is a misconception and does not hold true. The scan program does not collect any personal information or any sensitive information regarding the security of the computer system. Then it will tell about the version of the Direct X and locale of the Operating System. Then it will proceed to the BIOS and the mother board telling its manufacturer and model. It will also give you a complete picture of the processors and the memory. For example it will tell the number of processors, maximum clock speed, the sockets and the versions of the respective processors. But if you want to switch from one hardware scan program to the other then you will have to uninstall the previously installed program first. If you do not do it then several software clash problems will arise in your computer systems that are hard to deal with. Sometimes some users face difficulty in successfully installing a pc hardware scan program. This is because they have a firewall or some security software that does not allow any more software installations. To deal with problems one has to check the security and firewall settings and alter those to get the desired program installed. There is another concern raised by many people that after installing a pc hardware scan program they do not see the CIS or the Center for Internet Security Benchmark. It will also scan through the video devices and the several different cards (such as sound and graphic cards etc.) of the system. It will quote the color depth, resolution, refresh and flicker rate of the video devices. Other than these things the scan program will scan through the pointing devices (mouse or joy stick etc.), optical devices, printers and CD Rom of the system and will give their specifications. You will also be provided information about the networking of your system. For example your will be told about your IP address, default gateway, primary DNS, firewalls and the subnet mask.To get a PC Hardware Scan I recommend the users to try the Registry Easy. It is very proficient and reliable software and their web site too is very informative. Check it out by yourself.