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I read on Ken Jennings’ Blog about a site that reviews Trivial Pursuit questions and summarizes their accuracy. That final percentage in the lower-left corner of this table tells the amazing story… over 95% of Trivial Pursuit’s original questions are still accurate 25 years later! Impressive. If you are into trivia, you should definitely check …
Regular reader Pat sent along a link to some file conversion utilities: Ever get that need to convert a file and you don’t have the software to do the job? There are two sites that I have been using, and are quite handy. One is Pixer.us, and the other one is Zamzar.com. Pixer.us let’s you …
From PC Magazine: Most software is expensive and bloated. Yet free software typically does one task and does it with precision and elegance. Among the thousands of free apps available on the Web, how do you find the best, most reliable ones for your needs? To produce this story, we asked PC Magazine staffers to …
From USA Today: The topic of data protection stole the show at the RSA Conference on computer security here this week. Identity theft and corporate espionage were dominant themes among the 15,000 attendees. And with good reason. Data are the new currency of the Internet age for legitimate — and illegitimate — businesses, says Howard …
Create your own Wheel of Fortune style word puzzle at Atom Smasher: I read about this on Google Blogoscoped.
From the New York Times: Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, jolted the record industry on Tuesday by calling on its largest companies to allow online music sales unfettered by antipiracy software. The move is a gamble for Apple. Its iPod players and iTunes Store have defined the online music market, and they have much …
From NewsFactor: Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002. Experts said the unusually powerful attacks lasted as long as 12 hours but passed largely unnoticed by most computer users, a testament to the …
I briefly discussed cold weather photography in a previous tip. Today I will expand on that a little more. In my tip on not being a fair weather photographer I talked about keeping spare batteries inside your coat to keep them warm. I also suggested that you do not take your camera out of your …
From the Washington Post: Can YouTube rise above cute kittens, bad singing and goofy stunts? Sure. But this evolving chaos needs some guiding principles. Here’s a Web-wandering critic’s call to arms. YouTube turns two this month, which presents a fitting opportunity to decry it. The video-sharing Web site — whose name has come to stand …
From BBC News: Security tools that work with Windows Vista have failed tests to see if they can detect viruses circulating online. Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare security tool was one of four products that failed independent tests carried out by the Virus Bulletin. The security testing group found that Live OneCare missed far more active …