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From Computer World Canada: Could the jocks and the nerds of the world unite? With the amount of technology that is popping up all over the world of professional sports, the answer seems to be a definite ‘yes’. The level of technology adoption by sports teams lags that of other larger industries, in part because …
VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, today introduced VMware Server, a free new entry-level hosted virtualization product for Linux and Windows servers. The product is available as a beta download at http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
From TechRepublic: Not able to remove or uninstall an application in Windows XP using either the Uninstall option or the Add/Remove Programs tool? Try using the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility. As long as you installed the application using the Windows Installer, this utility will remove all the folders, files, registry keys, and entries from your …
From MSNBC/Forbes: The death of a loved one is never easy, but death in the digital age can create knotty problems that add to the anguish. Just ask Roger van Oosten. “My father had a niche Internet business,” he says. “When he died last year at 71, he left no provision for the business. I …
From the New York Times: If you work in the camera industry, February is an exciting month. That’s when you head down to Florida for the annual Photo Marketing Association convention, where your company will unveil its latest camera models, thus making the ones everybody got for Christmas obsolete. But this February is more exciting …
Last week I talked about some of the equipment that will be helpful when taking photographs at night. This week I will build on that by discussing some of the techniques that can be used. Manual mode is necessary for proper exposure when shooting at night or in low light situations. Any of the program …
My wife plays the piano, and when we hear a good kids song, she likes to find the sheet music so that she can play it for our kids. The other night my sisters were singing the “Arky, Arky” song that Rod and Todd sing on The Simpsons (“God said to Noah, there’s going to …
A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception. My favourite section of the site are the photos, especially the old ones. People who creating fake photos long before photoshop. Check out the Museum of Hoaxes…
You can read Problems with Dell Tech Support – Part 1 here. So, my replacement Axim came, and I immediately noticed that the case had a couple of scratches. No big deal, I thought. I can handle that. But there are 2 small scratches on the screen, and I won’t accept that. I haven’t even …
From USA Today: If your child surfs the Web, chances are he or she already has seen pornography — maybe even hard-core porn. More than a decade after the American public started cruising the Web, it is clear that children can find everything from nudity to sites featuring sexual violence and other extremes. For parents, …