Archive for June, 2005
What's on the Front Page of the Newspaper?
Newseum will give the answer for the front page of any paper in the world. Pointing at a dot on the world map will show the current front page for the linked paper; clicking will give you a close-up of the front page in a new window. The close-up page will also allow you to head over to the newspaper’s site
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Google Desktop Plug-ins: Take Desktop Search to the next level.
Google has one of the best free desktop search engins out there. With some tools and plug-ins, it is now even better. Some of the Plug-ins and Tools include:
- Manually Reindex
- Index INFO tags from AVI’s
- Google Desktop for Firefox search bar
- Improve indexing of Media and Image files
- wrappers for coding your own plug-ins.
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Shareaza 2.1.2.0 Beta Released
Shareaza gives you the power to take advantage of all the latest Gnutella features, and keeps you in control every step of the way. It connects to 4 networks: G1, G2, ed2k, and BitTorrents. Although it’s a beta, it improves on many features.
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Rip DVDs to a 1.9 gig file with ratDVD
Last week, ratDVD just release version 0.6.1119. This version include many new feature and bug fix. Want a better way to compress your 9GB or so DVD down to 2GB or less without loosing any valuable quality…
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Microsoft OneCare beta
Microsoft plans to start beta testing their new project called OneCare in a few weeks combining antivirus, anti-spyware and firewall security all in one subscription based service. The company announced plans for the service earlier in May which was beta tested internally but now is looking for beta testers.
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Study Shows Big-Brained People Are Smarter
Here is a perfect artical for bigBrains.com. People with bigger brains are smarter than their smaller-brained counterparts, according to a study conducted by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher published in the journal Intelligence.
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Get Ready for Fiber to Your Home
You can now get fiber to your home (if you live in the right area) with speeds downloads speeds from 5 and 100 Mbps, and 2 Mbps for uploads. FTTP Changes Everything.
It may be difficult to comprehend my enthusiasm, so I want to be clear about something: When we consider FTTP as another broadband option alongside DSL and cable, we’re not comparing apples to apples, or even apples to oranges. We’re comparing the tortoise to the hare. Fiber has the potential to be not just a little faster than cable but hundreds of times faster. FTTP promises to transform online content delivery into the home.
JVC switches to hard disks
Digital video cameras with a hard disk storage system were bound to appear, and JVC is the first manufacturer to embrace this idea, because it has announced that from August it will cast aside the DVDs and tapes and launch a new line of digital camcorders.
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MIT 1876 Entrance Exam
Could you have gotten into MIT in 1876? Check out this real exam.
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Build Your Own Magnetic Marble Launcher
Learn how to shoot a steel marble using magnetic acceleration. This is something easy and fun to do and only takes a few minutes of your time.
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Microsoft Announces New Graphics Tool
“Acrylic” is the codename for an innovative illustration, painting and graphics tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in print, web, video, and interactive media. Download a trial (beta) version of the Acrylic software and give it a test drive.
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INTERNET EXPLORER NOW HAS TABS!!! with the new MSN Toolbar.
With the newest version of MSN Toolbar you can add 3rd party filters for desktop search, and TABS!!. This will kill FireFox. I still love FireFox, but this will really hurt its growth.
IE is on all Windows PC’s. FireFox is more secure, but the vast majority of users seem not to care about this much. If they did, more than a 10% or more of home users would keep their anti-virus up to date.
FireFox will be come another Netscape for the Techno Elite, and the anti-Microsoft zealot’s.
FireFox is a better product, but when did that stop a good product from going under.
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Longhorn to be able to run multiple Operating Systems
Microsoft reiterated plans to launch its own Windows-based “hypervisor” software for running multiple operating systems.
Bob Muglia, senior vice president in the Windows Server Division, said on Tuesday that the software will be “built directly in Windows and will allow companies to virtualize multiple operating systems. “
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Merry Christmas…..StarWars Style!
Little kid gets lightsaber for Christmas. Very Funny!
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Stealth Bomber Shows Up On Google Map
Be weary of what you Google Map. The men in black will be here soon.
Via: http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-05-26-html#n74
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Intel's 'mac mini' rejected by vendors
INTEL’S EFFORTS to interest Taiwanese manufacturers in its 915GM-based platform have met with mixed results so far. Aopen accepted Intel’s proposals, and went ahead with its ‘Pandora’ Mac mini lookalike, which has attracted huge attention.
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AMD edges Intel in early dual-core benchmarks
Advanced Micro Devices was second in coming to market with a dual-core desktop chip, but it in first in benchmark scores, according to sites that test the chip.
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