Saturday, July 29, 2006

Biggest and weirdest computer hack- crash a PC with a cell phone (video)

Tens of thousand of DELL business computers could crash IN THE VINCINITY OF A CELL PHONE!! Are your companies hit? Do you use any of these lines? This is the most bizarre and unexplainable computer bug ever.

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

Amazing Video! Tiger Woods Sinks it from 209 Yards Today!

With a four iron from 209 yards Tiger Woods proved once again why he is the greatest golfer ever. Today at the British Open he finished the day out with a magical shot from the 14th fairway holing an incredible shot.

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Friday, July 21, 2006

FREE AJAX based Word Processor

This seems to be what everyone thought Google was going to do, but someone else has now beaten them to it. AjaxWrite is just as it sounds a Ajax based Word clone. It seems to have the basic functions that I would need. But I can already tell it is not as functional as word. I like the ability to save as PDF, that's a nice touch.

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Down with Brown - Changing Login / Splash Screen on Ubuntu Dapper Drake

Let's be honest. Ubuntu is a beautiful operating system, but whoever decided that brown was going to be its signature colour wasn't playing with a full deck.

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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Ubuntu 6.06 Is Current Desktop Linux Champ

Review: The distro's usability and active community earn it high marks; its long-term support will appeal to businesses.

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Quake 3 is officially revived!

The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) announced today that it will use id Software's Quake 3 as the primary featured one-versus-one game for the soon to be announced CPL 2006 World Season.

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Ten tech-related YouTube clips you shouldn't miss

Ten tech-related YouTube clips you shouldn't miss

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The dumbest bug on earth (video)

Guy draws a border around the bug. Hilarity ensues.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Frappucinos pack more fat than a Big Mac and Coke COMBINED

Wake up and smell the coffee - that frappuccino you just drank contained more fat than a Big Mac and a medium Coke combined. A survey of national coffee chains Starbucks and Gloria Jean's Coffees, published in this month's Consumer magazine, reveals your coffee break could see you breaking the scales.

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Sunday, July 16, 2006

NTFS-3G - Full NTFS read / write support for Linux

Finally, a read-write ntfs driver, capable for unlimited file creation and deletion.

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Pug Bowling

A guy took some plastic bowling pins, glossed his hardwood floors, and got his girlfriend's Pug to chase a laserpointer into the pins. I wonder if he still has a girlfriend?

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World Firefox Day

Are you a fan of Firefox? Want to spread the word to a friend who hasn't heard of it yet? If you can convince just one person to switch to Firefox before September 15th, you'll both be immortalized in Firefox 2.0's source code.

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Friday, July 07, 2006

How to Bypass BIOS Passwords

Many BIOS manufacturers have provided backdoor passwords that can be used to access the BIOS setup in the event you have lost your password. Here are some from some manufacturers.

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The Best Whiteboard on the Internet

This is one of those great tools that the Internet was
born to host! A free white board that you can easily invite people to collaborate with.
With a plethora of features and no membership required.
Great for small businesses, not for profits and just people that want to share
ideas.

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'google', verb, small 'g', added to Webster's Dictionary

The word 'google' with a small 'g' has been added to the 11th edition Merriam-Webster dictionary as a verb. The definition: "to use the Google search engine to obtain information � on the World Wide Web." As in, "Let me google that."

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The greatest table tennis volley ever seen

Must be seen to be believed (and no, it's not that goofy matrix-style table tennis video). Amazing point...

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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Instantly Start Your Operating System

Forget Live CDs! Check of Linux Bios. When you start your PC, you have an OS running. You might have seen a Bios that's aware of your mouse. That's nothing. You can run Firefox from the Bios. Software to flash your Bios at this page. Instant On is here today.

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Massive case mod - the tallest ever?

This guy has taken a massive Lian Li PC70 case, added a vapour cooling box on the bottom and a custom watercooling housing on top. Sandwiched together with plexiglass, the end result is a spectacular (and incredibly tall) custom case. Sweet pictures and build log!

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Ubuntu Gamers Arena

Latest drivers list , latest games , all for Ubuntu

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Microsoft drops its XP pirate checks

Microsoft has dropped elements of its Windows Genuine Advantage Notification after they ignited a firestorm of controversy.

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Get windows to shutdown fast

Windows has a hard time shutting down because of resource issues caused by third party programs, and Microsoft software. Get the free profile hive cleanup service and start shutting down in seconds...instead of minutes

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Saturday, July 01, 2006

Writing Linux Scripts Compendium

With the thousands of commands available for the command line user, how can you remember them all? The answer is, you don't. The real power of the computer is its ability to do the work for you. To get it to do that, we use the power of the shell to automate things. We write scripts.

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