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From SourcingMag.com: Roger Green and David Cook seem like your run-of-the-mill high tech execs — well dressed, well spoken, bright guys. That is, until they tell you their business plan. (I heard it at a party last night here at the Gartner conference, then did a quick interview with them.) And then you have to …
I finally got a DVD writer. My father-in-law purchased a new computer, and before he gave his old one away (I didn’t need it), he took the DVD writer out of it. It is an LG GSA-4120B. Now I can finally backup those GBs worth of pictures I have.
From TechRepublic: After nearly a decade, Microsoft’s vision for how to protect especially sensitive information within Windows remains largely that–a vision. For years, the software giant has promised to deliver a secure way to shuttle around key bits of information. Once known as Palladium and more recently dubbed the Next Generation Secure Computing Base, or …
From TechRepublic: If you’ve put in a Web site inquiry, consultant Terry Golesworthy explains why you shouldn’t hold your breath waiting for a response. Why don’t more corporations respond to online inquiries? That’s one of the questions that continue to puzzle me as I analyze Web sites. Given the efforts marketing departments make to collect …
From USA Today: Got a prayer or a problem for the new pope? Now you can e-mail him. Showing that Pope Benedict XVI intends to follow in the footsteps of John Paul II’s multimedia ministry, the Vatican on Thursday modified its Web site so that users who click on an icon on the home page …
From VNUnet: Researchers at the University of London Institute of Psychiatry have found that the constant distractions of email and texting are more harmful to performance than cannabis. Those distracted by incoming email, phone calls and text messages saw a 10-point fall in their IQ, more than twice that found in studies of the impact …
From WiredWired: If the newly elected pope wants his own website, he’ll have to talk to Rogers Cadenhead first. The Jacksonville, Florida-based writer purchased the rights to BenedictXVI.comBenedictXVI.com on April 1 — more than two-and-a-half weeks before Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger announced that he would assume the papacy under the name of Benedict XVI. In an …
From Entertainment Weekly: It’s been 22 years since Superman first flew onto the big screen, but he’s as popular as ever online, where fans have collected enough stories and photos about the ”Super” flicks to fill a Sunday edition of the Daily Planet. At Superman Cinema, scene-by-scene analyses of all four film installments plus ”Supergirl” …
I saw this post this morning in my BoingBoing.net RSS feed. Amazon.com has compiled a list of the top 200 songs they are giving away as free downloads which also happen to be DRM free.
In the recesses of your computer, 20-30 invisible processes run silently in the background. Some hog system resources, turning your PC into a sluggish computer. Worse yet, other useless processes harbour spyware and Trojans – violating your privacy and giving hackers free reign on your computer. ProcessLibrary.com is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants …