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I can’t remember where I found this, but Planarity is a very addicting line/dot game. You have to drag the dots around (the dots are at the end of the lines) so that none of the lines overlap. I can get past the first 3 levels, and then give up on the 4th. The number …
From the New York Times: Add personal computers to the list of throwaways in the disposable society. On a recent Sunday morning when Lew Tucker’s Dell desktop computer was overrun by spyware and adware – stealth software that delivers intrusive advertising messages and even gathers data from the user’s machine – he did not simply …
I first read about this in a post at Google Blogoscoped From the Gear Live blog: In January of this year, I was pulled over by a traffic officer for “disobeying a steady red”, a.k.a. running a red light. I pleaded “Not Guilty” to the charge, and today – nearly six months later – I …
I found a link to these instructions in the latest issue of Windows Secrets newsletter. It’s a great newsletter. There is a free version, as well as a paid version. There is no set price for the paid version. You pay what you think it is worth. It is worth far more than I pay …
I just got this feed posting from NewsGator: There is now a service release of NewsGator Outlook edition 2.5 available, which fixes a few common problems folks have been having with the original 2.5 release. Some highlights: Now works with .NET 2.0 ISA server problems fixed NNTP problems fixed Most activation problems have been addressed …
I received this press release the other day. I haven’t used the product, but thought some might be interested in it: For Immediate Release 2005-07-04 Contact: Mike Fullerton (403) 258-0585 Press Release: Clipboard Magic 4.0 Released CyberMatrix Corporation has released version 4.00 of Clipboard Magic, a free Windows Clipboard extender. This latest release contains several …
From the July 8, 2005 issue of Network World Canada (I tried to find it online as well, but couldn’t): We’ve all heard of road rage and now comes the new phenomenon of PC rage. A recent survey in the United States found four out of five PC users would swear at their machines with …
From Wired News: It was inevitable: Bloggers who previously wrote endlessly about everything from politics to tech tips to how to fry an egg on a hot sidewalk can now take their commentary, advice and random experiments to the next level by filming and broadcasting their work, thanks to the latest web trend — video …
From CNN: Consumers will soon be able to recognize Web sites specially designed for use by mobile phones by the new “.mobi” suffix, which will be introduced alongside the popular “.com” and other top-level domain names. The new suffix was approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers at a Luxemburg meeting Monday. …
I’ve seen both of these sites mentioned in numerous newsletters, so I figured I’d pass them along. I haven’t relaly followed any of the links or downloaded anything from either site, but they do look interesting. Google Earth Hacks http://www.googleearthhacks.com/ Welcome to Google Earth Hacks! We offer lots of great information for you, as well …