Jan
26
Thanks to the generosity of idoo Software we have 30 licenses for the excellent idoo USB Encryption to give away to our readers. idoo USB Encryption would normally sell for $30.00usd but DCT subscribers now have the chance to win a free license simply by submitting a reply to this …
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Jan
28
The crew of Space Shuttle Challenger consisted of Mission Commander Francis R. Scobee; Pilot Michael J. Smith; Payload Specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe; Mission Specialists Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka and Ronald E. McNair.
Read …
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Jan
27
I’ve always been curious about running Windows-based applications on my Mac but was never willing to pay $80 or so to find out about it. So when Jim Hillier sent me an email about this Mac bundle (http://www.macsuperbundle.com/) offered by Nova Development, I couldn’t resist. Ten applications, valued at $471.76, for $49.00 with a 30-day …
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Jan
27
In one of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight, the crew members were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral.
Learn more at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo1info.html
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Jan
26
Are You an IT Cave Man? – Part 1: Computer Servers
If you’ve been in a cave for the last five years you’ve missed some amazing advances in Information Technology. Yes, you are now an IT Cave Man!
Most IT people know about Moore’s Law (approximately every 18 …
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Jan
26
It was codenamed Deschutes. It didn’t offer much of a performance boost over its predecessor, a 300 MHZ chip. However, using a new fabrication process allowed for a smaller die size and less power consumption.
Read more about Pentium II chips at http://www.pcguide.com/ref/cpu/fam/g6PII-c.htm
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Jan
25
Its growth is rather staggering, especially given the competition from Android devices on both the smartphone and tablet fronts.
According to Apple’s earnings report, Apple saw the highest …
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Jan
25
This is part 2 of a 4 part series evaluating and comparing 3 alternative cleaning suites. The three products are SlimCleaner, Toolwiz Care and Wise Disk Cleaner. Part 1, covering SlimCleaner, was published on January 13th and can be viewed HERE.
In Part 2 we are going to take an in depth look at Toolwiz …
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Jan
25
He is best known for Boyle’s Law aka the Ideal Gas Law. We all remember it from our high school chemistry class. The law states for a gas of constant temperature, changes in pressure are inversely proportional to changes in volume.
Learn more at http://chemistry.about.com/od/famouschemists/p/boylebio.htm
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Jan
25
This story is not at all amusing but it is incredible – I couldn’t find a more suitable category so posted it here. Apparently the story has been around a while, this actually happened quite some time back. But I hadn’t heard about it before (I know, I got to get out more). I figured …
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Jan
24
I have previously shown you how to reduce the physical size of photos/images using FastStone Image viewer, in order to make them more email/share friendly – you can view that previous article HERE. In this guide I’m going to show you how to reduce an image’s file size while leaving the actual physical size intact.
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Jan
24
There are many ways to skin a cat, and probably even more ways to measure mobile platform dominance. Not long after Motorola’s first Droid smartphone reached 1 million copies sold, Google, Apple, the media, and fanboys everywhere have all used different tactics and statistics for measuring the relative success of either platform. Over the …
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Jan
24
Apple was so adamant that you use the mouse that the original Macintosh keyboard had no arrow keys.
Learn more at http://lowendmac.com/history/1984dk.shtml
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Jan
23
I have a mate (yes, I do have some mates) in Melbourne, Victoria who delights in utilizing unusual/non-standard fonts in her emails. The emails will more often than not elicit responses such as ‘hey, what font is that you are using?’ and ‘where did you get that font from?’ – I guess she enjoys the …
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Jan
23
It was at Fairchild Semiconductor, where he was the General Manager, that Robert Noyce invented the microchip for which he received patent #2,981,877. In 1968, Noyce founded Intel with Gordon Moore and Andy Grove.
Learn more at http://inventors.about.com/od/nstartinventors/p/Robert_Noyce.htm
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