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Posted on 07.31.06 by templeton @ 2:53 am
What’s interesting is that Yerli told us that if you have Windows Vista and an older DirectX 9 card, you should still see better performance with Windows Vista than Windows XP, even if the hardware remains unchanged. “DirectX 9 on Vista will run faster throughout due to the better device driver model…” Filed under: General Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.30.06 by templeton @ 3:49 am
Finally Google Talk with voicemail, file transfer capabilities and show what music track you are playing in your client.
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Posted on 07.30.06 by templeton @ 3:37 am
The federal government wants to be able to know everything you do, but they don’t want anyone to know about their actions. They are willing to argue both sides of a case to prevent citizens and states from finding out what AT&T has been doing in those secret rooms. Filed under: Networks and Security Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.30.06 by templeton @ 3:37 am
“We picked two among the top social networking sites with a reported combined user base of 80 million. Within half an hour we had discovered over half a dozen potentially “wormable” XSS vulnerabilities in each site! We stopped looking after finding half a dozen” Filed under: Security Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.30.06 by templeton @ 3:36 am
The program, now in its second summer, pays 630 students to stay home and code over the summer, working under mentors that include more than a few rock stars of the open-source world. Some students admitted experiencing trepidation knowing their work would be viewed by big names in open source or even inventors of programming languages. Filed under: Cool and Linux and Programming Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.30.06 by templeton @ 3:06 am
Document Management Tool for Mac OS X using tagging, similar to iPhoto. It is excellent document organizer, with integrated scanning, tagging and thumbnail zoom. Every computer has loads of PDF files, probably scattered all over your hard disk. Use kip to search, view and manage all these documents in one convenient place. Filed under: Cool and Mac Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.30.06 by templeton @ 12:09 am
“A family in my neighborhood has been all PC since the PC XT. But the eldest son is going off to college and says he wants a Mac. It’s the vanguard of a new generation gap. He’s never owned a Mac but he’s gotta have one, a good sign for Apple.” Filed under: Mac Comments: None
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Posted on 07.29.06 by templeton @ 1:41 pm
Nintendo has announced the release of 42 All-Time Classics for Nintento DS, a collection of 42 classic parlor, bar and table games that use the touch screen for control and can be set up as multiplayer games over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. PictoChat allows players to send messages to each other—and to lie about the cards they’re holding… Filed under: Cool and Games and Good Idea Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.29.06 by templeton @ 12:16 am
“Game publisher Activision Inc. on Wednesday announced it has acquired Beenox Inc., a game developer based in Quebec, Canada. Beenox is best known to Mac gamers as a developer of Mac game conversions—a frequent collaborator with Aspyr Media Inc. that has also worked with MacSoft and THQ.” Filed under: Cool and Mac Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.28.06 by templeton @ 11:18 pm
In full knowledge that what we omit will spur as much comment as what we include, eWEEK Labs puts forward this list of the 25 most influential products of the first 25 years of enterprise personal computing Filed under: General Comments: 1 Comment
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