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Dell’s Rollins dismisses iPod as a ‘fad’
From CNet: Dell Chief Executive Kevin Rollins is dismissing the iPod as a ‘fad’ and a ‘one-product wonder’ and claiming the new Mac Mini won’t dent the PC market. In an interview with Silicon.com at Dell’s headquarters here last week, Rollins said that the number of headlines Apple grabs does not worry him and that …
Show Hidden Devices in Device Manager
This is a great from from the latest issue of the LangaList newsletter. If you aren’t a subscriber to either the free newsletter or the paid one, I would highly recommend you get moving! Ghostbusting In Device Manager Hi Fred, Really enjoy the newsletter. I searched the archives and didn’t see any mention of this, …
Google releases Picasa 2
Google has released the next version of Picasa. The software allows you to find, edit and share your photos. It automatically creates categories based upon the folders images are stored in, as well as by date. Create web galleries, photo CD’s; order prints online and posting images to a blog are only some of the …
LightScribe
It has been close to a year since we first mentioned LightScribe technology. While Lightscribe drives are still few and far between, it appears as though they will be here shortly. I saw my first lightscribe commercial onTV the other day. HP is now including Lightscribe enable drives in some of it’s PC’s. Bestbuy.com has …
Behold the $55,000 PC
From CNet: An Amish PC might sound like a contradiction in terms, but Truvia can make one for you–provided you have $55,000 to spare. The Redmond, Wash.-based start-up specializes in building high-end PCs into handcrafted furniture, everything from simple Amish and Shaker cabinets to ornate Louis XV creations.
Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems
From SecurityFocus: A sophisticated computer hacker had access to servers at wireless giant T-Mobile for at least a year, which he used to monitor U.S. Secret Service e-mail, obtain customers’ passwords and Social Security numbers, and download candid photos taken by Sidekick users, including Hollywood celebrities, SecurityFocus has learned. Whoa! This person had unbelievable access …
SD Flash Memory Card with built-in USB
SanDisk Corporation today introduced an innovative SDâ„¢ flash memory card with built-in USB connectivity. Flash memory always amazes me. This card has 512MB and only uses half of the actual card. The other half is used for the USB connector. This isn’t the first SD/USB memory card; apparently that honour belongs to Digimaster. But this …
Black Viper’s Web Site
This site was mentioned in one of the blogs I subscribe to, Unofficial Microsoft Office Stuff. There are a collection of guides for different operating systems. Most useful are the Services guide’s, with explanation on what each service does and whether it is safe to turn it off or not. Check it out at http://www.blackviper.com/
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware
Back in December Microsoft bought a company called GIANT which made a well-known anti-spyware utility. Yesterday Microsoft released the rebranded utility in beta. I never tried the GIANT version, but I’m quite impressed with the Microsoft version. The interface is very nice. It is very easy to do, and it seems to do a great …