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From USA Today: This is where computers go to die a green death. Inside Hewlett-Packard Co.’s cavernous recycling plant in the Sacramento suburbs, truckloads of obsolete PCs, servers and printers collected from consumers and businesses nationwide are cracked open by goggled workers who pull out batteries, circuit boards and other potentially hazardous components. The electronic …
Both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 are great tools that offer precise control over your photographs. Back in the days when I printed my own black and white photographs in my basement darkroom, I used tools for both burning and dodging (adding or holding back exposure) specific parts of my photos. Today’s photo …
From BBC News: The seemingly exponential growth of portable technology has sparked fears that people are becoming addicted or swamped by gadgets and their uses. One major consequence of this phenomenon is that the line between work and private life is much more blurred, now that e-mail and phones provide a 24-hour link between employers …
The How-To Geek is a nice site that has tips for a variety of operating systems. There are currently 88 tips for Windows Vista. I haven’t tried Vista yet, so I can’t vouch for any of the tips, but they seem pretty straightforward. Check it out…
It is obvious that people would find life extremely difficult without computers, maybe even impossible. If they disappeared for just one day, would we be able to cope? Be a part of one of the biggest global experiments ever to take place on the internet. The idea behind the experiment is to find out how …
From the New York Times: Two years ago, when Congress passed a law to extend daylight saving time by a month, the move seemed a harmless step that would let the nation burn a little less fossil fuel and enjoy a bit more sunshine. Representative Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, predicted that children would rejoice …
From BusinessWeek: Struggling Dell provided a glimpse into just how difficult its turnaround will be, reporting disappointing fourth-quarter results that include its first quarterly sales decline in five years. Adding to the uncertainty surrounding the world’s second-largest PC seller, the company didn’t shed any light on months-long investigations by the Securities & Exchange Commission and …
From USA Today: Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday. The new online service is part of a larger move to introduce ad-supported online services to complement its …