Sunday, March 16, 2008
Release memory on your Windows Mobile (Freeware)
Oxios Hibernate attempts to release as much memory as possible without damaging the internal state of the Windows Mobile device (Pocket PC or Smartphone).
Oxios CloseApps closes down other applications by sending "Close" messages.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Ubuntu: Hardy Heron Alpha 6 Test Release
Hardy Heron is the code name for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. The final stable version will be released in April 2008. Woohoo!!!
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HardyHeron/Alpha6
How They Hack Your Website
Read on, to learn the basics of how sites and web content management systems are most often hacked, and what you can do to reduce the risk of it happening to you.
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Never forget it
Never leave the office without your drive again, with a simple popup reminder that triggers at logoff. Here's how:
1. Save this one-line VB script to C:\WINDOWS\System32\GroupPolicy\User\Scripts\Logoff on Windows XP.
2. From the Run box (Start -> Run), type gpedit.msc and hit Enter.
3. In User Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Logoff, press the Add Script button and select the thumb-drive-reminder.vbs file.
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Saturday, March 08, 2008
Top 10 songs chosen to orbit Earth
ASTRONAUTS on the International Space Station (ISS) are to get an unusual treat - an MP3 player loaded with a playlist of songs specially chosen for people in orbit.
The top ten was selected by a 14-year-old Norwegian girl, Therese Miljeteig, who won a competition staged by the European Space Agency (ESA).
This was the winning selection, which beat out 1000 rivals from 10 countries:
- Here Comes The Sun - Beatles
- Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
- Rocket Man - Elton John
- Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
- Imagine - John Lennon
- Flashdance - What A Feeling - Irene Cara
- Walk of Life - Dire Straits
- Fly - Celine Dion
- Rockin' All Over The World - Status Quo
- I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly
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i.e. and e.g. mean the same thing?
i.e. and e.g. mean the same thing.
Wrong! E.g. means "for example," and i.e. means roughly "in other words." You use e.g. to provide a list of incomplete examples, and you use i.e. to provide a complete clarifying list or statement.
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Wrong! E.g. means "for example," and i.e. means roughly "in other words." You use e.g. to provide a list of incomplete examples, and you use i.e. to provide a complete clarifying list or statement.
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Chinese hackers: No site is safe
They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access to the world's most sensitive sites, including the Pentagon.
"No Web site is one hundred percent safe. There are Web sites with high-level security, but there is always a weakness," says Xiao Chen, the leader of this group.
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Saturday, March 01, 2008
Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his eye
An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye.
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Sometimes It Doesn't Pay to Have Good Eyesight
The latest strip from the Perry Bible Fellowship, a newspaper comic strip and webcomic by Nicholas Gurewitch.
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