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- India goes to Copenhagen
- See, it's all about wealth transfers.Now under the guise of 'climate debt'.Climate debt my ass. Nonsense.If countries want more wealth, here's the recipe:- get off your ass, and work;- good governance, no corruption.And stop blaming everything on the west.Of courseHumans seem incapable of any measure more sophisticated than money. We...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-26
- WordFIX 5.43 (Windows)
- WordFIX is a MS Word document repair Software for documents that will not open due to a corruption. This utility works with the following versions of Word: 2003, 2002 XP, 2000, 97, 95, 6.0, 2.0When a Word document shows an error while trying to open it chances are it is...
- Software downloads 2009-11-25
- SysCheckUp 2.1.1 (Windows)
- SysCheckUp is software designed for Windows systems (32-bit only) to keep your computer running at maximum performance. The innovative repair tool can repair multiple problems including: missing desktop icons, missing taskbar, missing drives, no audio, and denied access to the task manager and control panel. The registry cleaner can remove...
- Software downloads 2009-11-25
- U.S. will propose emissions reduction before Copehagen talks
- Total controlWhat a bunch of lies, nothing more than socialist control over the world.You cannot eat meat, you cannot drive, you cannot use A/C, you cannot use a dryer.Next thing will be a limit on children like in China.I guess our new leader will let us know if we can...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- TrueSafe Personal Edition 3.49 (Windows)
- Known for its simplicity and ease of use, with TrueSafe you can backup your data to drives, network shares, or portable storage such as a USB stick. TrueSafe backs up your computer files, providing you with protection against loss, corruption, and accidental deletion. TrueSafe is designed for people who don't...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Internet Governance Forum goes to Egypt and hits a few snags
- Yeah, leave it to the Arab countries to defend freedom.ntAllow the UN to practice "Governance" over the Internet?I will never understand the sort of cognitive disconnect required in order to think that it's a sane idea to let the world's premier body of corruption, mostly run by the world's political...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploit
- Ummm interesting....so just block 139 and 445...445? great that port aggain.Is SMB blocked to/from internet by th firewall by default?RE: Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploitPorts 139 and 445 are blocked by default for Internet access by Windows firewall in Windows 7 and any commerical hardware firewall. They are enabled...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- TrueSafe Professinal 3.49 (Windows)
- TrueSafe backs up your computer files, providing you with protection against loss, corruption, and accidental deletion. TrueSafe is designed for people that don't want to hassle with backups- it is easy to use and runs automatically. Virtually everyone has suffered data loss at some point. You know it's only a...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Auto Close Idle 3.8.26 (Windows)
- Auto Close Idle allows you to monitor and safely close unattended multi-user accounting or database applications automatically with this program. This allows you to save on concurrent users' licenses; by closing those who haven't been using the accounting or database software for a long time. Auto Close Idle will not...
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
- 60 Minutes: We're not ready for a cyber war
- Just like 9/11 thousands will have to die Before we give a damn. It's really a shame.and everything workshow's that possible?Unfortuantely, it will take a disasterIn the US, until disater strikes no one will do anything. Once it does happen then there will be screaming for heads to role....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near you
- X-ray screening is badHow about we just have everyone strip naked and pass all our cloths and carry-ons through the scanner instead? There's no such thing as privacy in the Nazi-run American airports anyway.RE: Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near youI'm just going to ask for...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes
- Mozilla and Google have released new Firefox and Chrome browsers to fix bugs. The new Firefox patches one critical bug across Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. For Windows, Mac, and Linux, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 fixes three bugs: one critical bug across all platforms, and then one lower priority one...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Game Save Backup 1.1.6 (Windows)
- Ever been concerned about loosing precious game data due to accidental uninstall or corruption on your PC? Now you can have peace of mind with the Game Save Backup tool. This utility will help to back up game saves of your favorite Windows PC games.
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- Kernel for PDF Repair 9.11.01 (Windows)
- Kernel for PDF is the excellent PDF repair tool to deal with unforeseen PDF file corruption situations. Repairing n numbers of PDF file is just few minutes affair with PDF repair tool, as it repairs multiple PDF files in one repair cycle. It recovers all data contained in the corrupt...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever
- Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Opera browser dinged by code execution flaw
- Opera releases version 10.01 to fix three documented flaws, including a memory corruption issue that exposes users to code execution attacks. by Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment
- Well DUH!Students, retired folks, IT pros, dabblers, 'nix heads, etc. would ALL find trying to UPGRADE from a 32 bit to a 64 bit OS hard. Three words - "can't be done."There, was that hard? Why is this even news?This is newsbecause some people like to keep spreading...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Bells give net neutrality the McCain two-step
- Net neutrality can only...be accomplished by a company divesting the provision of the infrastructure from the provision of the services that use the infrastructure. As long as the same company provides both services there will never be neutrality. These companies have to much at stake in delivering services that ride...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- KFC UNThinking at the UN
- With such a culture and history of corruption the UN shouldn't be lecturinganyone, not even KFC. And they should take their own advice on environmentalism. They jumped the shark to hysteria and can't even remember what precautionary means. Unlike the UN I have more respect for Colonel Sanders than I...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- KFC UNThinking at the UN
- Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow was spammed today by a top PR agency with...
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
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