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From InformationWeek: Federal investigators executed a search warrant at Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s Mountain View, Calif., offices earlier this month as part of an investigation into a high-priced call girl ring similar to the one used by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Court records show that that an Internal Revenue Service agent carried out the …
Dietitians of Canada is what you would expect it to be, the professional association for Dietitians in Canada. They call themselves “the most trusted source of information on food and nutrition for Canadians.” Their web site has a neat Recipe Analyzer tool: Use this tool to find out the nutrients in your favourite recipes, and …
From MSNBC: A painful breakup with his wife has prompted a man to put his entire life — his house, his car, his job, even his friends — up for sale online in an effort to start over. Ian Usher, a British immigrant to Australia, said Tuesday he would auction everything he owns and more …
The Boston Globe has a great article about an offshoot of Polaroid called Zink Imaging that has made a portable, colour thermal printer. Along with the article, there is a great video showing it in action. Zink has the closest connections. As Polaroid was sliding into bankruptcy in 2001, the company was trying to figure …
From CNN: If you can pay for your bills online; why not pay for your sins? Already a repository for too much information from bloggers divulging their every intimate thought, the Web recently extended its reach into territory the church once dominated. Tens of thousands of the guilty among us are visiting confessional booths at …
The March issue of Windows IT Pro magazine has an article called Yet Another 8 Absolutely Cool, Totally Free Utilities where they highlight some free utilities. You can read the first couple of paragraphs for free, but you need to be a subscriber to see it all. However, the free tools mentioned in the article …
PC Magazine has a nice collection of tips (72 of them) for “Safer Computing”: You might wonder if it’s even possible to have a safe computing experience in this day and age, beyond unplugging your broadband connection and never installing any software. Of course it’s possible, but it will take some work on your part. …
A friend and fellow photographer, Scott Simons, recently put on a presentation discussing early morning photography. During that presentation he was asked why use one macro lens over another. It was a good question and one that I will answer here for you today. This is for the most part, specific to people shooting with …
From the National Post: “Internet addiction” and “CrackBerry” are the narcotic-laced phrases we invariably use to explain our growing dependence on laptops and PDAs. Now a Canadian media research company has examined what happens to users in the absence of their virtual communication of choice and coined a term for the modern-day affliction: “disconnect anxiety.” …
Over the last few weeks there have been quite a few sites and newsletters that have linked to a new tool on the Microsoft site called Password Checker: Do you use strong passwords? A strong password should appear to be a random string of characters to an attacker. It should be 14 characters or longer, …