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- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers
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- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- wReplace (exe)
- Which allows you to change/replace multiple letters and phrases at a time. It is easy to create and save lists of changes/replacements, so that you can reuse them. wReplace resembles Notepad. Like Notepad, it works with plain text Unicode files. Applications: Character conversion, Romanization latinisation, Transliteration, Cyrillization, Transcription phonemic orthography,...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System
- If you consider this upper midrange $3,220 AVADirect's Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System representative of the value and build quality available from this small custom builder, we can report that we were mostly happy with this PC, even if we found it loud and its gaming performance a bit...
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- Does True Knowledge see value in distance from the bubble?
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- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Tiller Beauchamp on the Recon 2008 conference
- Guest Editorial by Tiller Beauchamp Earlier this month I had the opportunity to present RE:Trace at the Recon conference, a reverse engineering conference held every other year in Montreal, Canada. The conference consisted of three days of training and three days of talks in a single track. Topics...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel
- Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- StudyBase Mandarin Basic (exe)
- Mandarin Chinese Learning program including dictionary, PinYin Input Method EditorIME, MSN Messenger & Skype Chat IME's, notes editor, translating Web browser, FlashCards with sound, Glossary/Index with sound, Translation window, Large practice test, and Example Encyclopedia Documents. Learn to write Chinese simple and original characters by scribbling on the FlashCard next...
- Software downloads 2008-07-02
- StudyBase Mandarin Light (exe)
- Mandarin Chinese database viewer including dictionary, PinYin Input EditorIME, MSN Messenger & Skype Chat IME's, notes editor, translating Web browser, translator window. With imports also views FlashCards, Practice tests, Dictations, Chinese Texts, etc. Learn to write chinese simple and original characters by scribbling on the FlashCard next to large version...
- Software downloads 2008-07-02
- Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain
- Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Samsung BD-P1500
- The most important question for any standalone Blu-ray player is whether it's better than the Sony PlayStation 3. Let's answer that one right off the bat: Samsung's new BD-P1500 is not. They both cost the same ($400 list), but the PS3 has better image quality, currently supports both Blu-ray Profile...
- Product reviews 2008-07-01
- Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer
- Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A ComputerThinking Machines Are Truly Science FictionMan can never build / create anything more intelligent than himself: natural law prevents this from happening. It is the lack of recognition of the law which states that nothing can create something substantially greater than itself, which...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer
- So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Combat Arms (exe)
- Welcome to war. Prepare to drop into a lush, ever-changing theater of conflict, where you are in complete control of your gameplay--from your customizable character and your lethal arsenal of weapons to the scenarios you want to experience. Combat Arms offers a first-person perspective of immersive environments, multiple gunplay modes,...
- Software downloads 2008-07-01
- Garmin Nuvi 880
- Ever since the Garmin Nuvi 880 was announced at CES 2008, we've been excited to get out hands on this portable navigation system. Given the good track record of the other Nuvi series devices, we expected more of the same, solid feature list and good performance. However, we were most...
- Product reviews 2008-06-30
- Asus Eee PC 901 (Windows XP)
- We've been impressed by the Asus Eee PC line from the very first 7-inch model in the fall of 2007, and it seems as if every time we turn around, there's a new version hitting store shelves. This 9-inch version, the
- Product reviews 2008-06-30
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA
- Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- The Steve Jobs Standard
- Ever since the black turtlenecked one appeared at the Worldwide Developers Conference, there has been no shortage of discussion about the health of Steve Jobs, the worry that he is mortal and who might succeed him.There's the photo by photo rundown of the increasingly thin Jobs. There's the discussion...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- WALL-E: Steve Jobs meets Al Gore
- Since it's summertime, this column will have the occasional off-topic diversion. Today, I have to take a few minutes to talk about the new Disney-Pixar film, WALL-E. Don't worry, no spoilers here, but I will try and tie in education. I took my kids and a good...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Biometric IDs for African penguins?
- University of Bristol researchers have developed a non-intrusive visual surveillance system for wildlife habitats. They've used their system to monitor the behavior of 20,000 African penguins on Robben Island in South Africa. By definition, conventional tagging techniques can only monitor animals which have been tagged. On the contrary, the 'Penguin...
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
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