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From the Globe and Mail: In the cyber underworld’s never-ending quest for weak spots, home computers are coming under increased attack as businesses tighten their defences, according to the latest Symantec Internet security threat report. “What really surprises is the way that attackers are moving,” says Dean Turner, Calgary-based editor of the twice-yearly threat report. …
From CNet News: Microsoft has confirmed that all versions of Vista will be shipped on a single DVD, in a feature called Windows Anytime Upgrade. The idea, said a company representative, is to let customers more easily and directly upgrade to a higher edition of Windows Vista from within their current edition. Vista is scheduled …
Adobe has released the next beta of the their new Lightroom product. It can be downloaded from the Adobe Labs site: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/
I first read about this at DownloadSquad… RSS feeds (commonly called blog feeds) are a great way to get quick and current information. However, it normally requires another piece of software or another web site that you need to visit. SimpleHeadlines is a service that tries to simplify this, and send you an email with …
From BusinessWeek: Martin Fleischmann put his faith in online advertising. He used it to build his Atlanta company, MostChoice.com, which offers consumers rate quotes and other information on insurance and mortgages. Last year he paid Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO )and Google Inc. (GOOG ) a total of $2 million in advertising fees. The 40-year-old entrepreneur believed …
I talked last week about using focus lock to ensure your subject was in focus while still maintaining control over your composition. This week I will discuss using negative space in your photographs. Negative space is the space around your subjects in your photographs. The space of nothingness in your photographs is just as important …
From CNN: Kids aiming to persuade their parents to buy the PlayStation 3 have some new ammunition — donating their PS3’s down time to researchers could help cure Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or mad cow disease… “It has so much horsepower and, of course, when you’re playing a game all that horsepower will be used for the …
From DownloadSquad: It’s easy to forget all of the computing operating systems that existed before Windows, Mac OS, and the various flavors of Unix / Linux. But if you ever feel like taking a walk down memory lane and checking out some screenshots of some of the oldies, check out the Graphical User Interface Gallery …
From TechRepublic: You’d never guess it, but your PC puts about 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. Computers have become, indirectly, a significant source of greenhouse gases, according to Kevin Klustner, CEO of Verdiem, a start-up that has devised software for curbing electricity consumption by PCs. That electricity often comes from …
From the New York Times: Researchers plan to announce on Monday that they have created a silicon-based chip that can produce laser beams. The advance will make it possible to use laser light rather than wires to send data between chips, removing the most significant bottleneck in computer design. As a result, chip makers may …