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From TechRepublic: As a middle-school teacher, Clarence Fisher is used to spending some time each evening grading papers and reviewing lesson plans. But this year he’s got an additional after-school task: updating his students’ blogs. Fisher set up online personal journals–Web logs or blogs–this fall for each of his students at Joseph H. Kerr School …
Over the past couple of weeks, I have talked about framing your subject for printing and cropping your photos using software. This week I will talk about getting close to your subject. Moving in on a subject is a quick and easy way to make a more dramatic photograph. It isolates your subject eliminating a …
USB and USB 2.0 tips, tricks, reviews, news, troubleshooting, problem solving and information. They have information by Windows version, host type (chip maker), an active forum, and more. If you have USB problems or question, check it out at http://www.usbman.com/
These are a few links I’ve had bookmarked that I thought I’d pass along: http://www.techonthenet.com/ Tech on the Net is dedicated to providing helpful advice, how-to’s, and FAQs. We primarily focus on software such as: Microsoft Access, Novell, Microsoft Excel, Groupwise, SQL, UNIX, Oracle/PLSQL, Linux The information presented here is suitable for all programmers from …
From CNN: To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with hacking, the cinematic sort where a snot-nosed kid thumbs his nose at authority. But, Mitnick says, the characterization is a bit overdone and the legend untrue, if not libelous. It is true, he says, that he broke into corporate computer systems and stole source …
I recently asked in a couple of issues of the PCIN newsletter if anyone had any suggestions for me. I wanted to shorten links without having to use a service like TinyURL.com and at the same time, track the popularity of these links (how often they were clicked). I did receive a few responses, with …
From Wired News: “I didn’t think it could be done,” says Tim Caro-Brice, a Stanford University graduate student and pioneering member of Amazon.com’s A9.com project team. Barnaby Dorfman, A9.com’s vice president, laughs and taps the accelerator. A nondescript sport utility vehicle eases down a Palo Alto street, and the rest may be search engine history. …
From TechRepublic: Parents who lack Internet skills could be damaging their children’s education and job prospects, leaving them on the wrong side of the growing digital divide, researchers said Thursday. According to research by academics at the London School of Economics, many parents lack the skills to guide their children’s Internet use. The study surveyed …
From CNet News: On Sunday, CompUSA offered a $99.99 PC from America Online, similar to the $99 and free PC deals offered by Internet giants and start-ups back in 1999 and 2000 in an effort to woo customers. The PC, powered by an Intel Celeron chip and teamed with a monitor and printer, typically would …
From TechRepublic: It could take 300 years to index all the world’s information and make it searchable, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt predicted on Saturday at the Association of National Advertisers annual conference in Phoenix. “We did a math exercise and the answer was 300 years,” Schmidt said in response to an audience question asking …