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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Feb 08
I’m better at the expository writing than I am at the news reporting, but I came across something in my random web searching that I felt should be passed on: A hacker group has stolen code from Symantec. Symantec is best known for their Norton Antivirus program, but they make other products such as a …
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Feb 08
Google has just released a version of Chrome for use on Android driven devices, but with one massive limitation. It is only available for those devices running the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android.
As with many of Google’s early release products, Chrome for Android is still in Beta, but it is packed to the …
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Feb 08
Reports are circulating that Microsoft is planning to debut Windows 8 Beta in Barcelona on February 29th. Nothing has actually been confirmed but events do appear to backup the assertion. Microsoft has always claimed it would release Windows 8 Beta (what it refers to as the ‘Consumer Preview’) late February, and February 29th just happens …
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Feb 08
CleanGenius Pro allows you to fast scan and clean your Mac in seconds, completely uninstall unwanted applications, show available disk space in the menu bar and main window and display a warning when …
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Feb 08
An estimated fifty million people heard the speech.
Read more about John Carty at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Carty
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Feb 08
Ubuntu has long been considered one the most innovative distros among the Linux set and Ubuntu developers are now planning an initiative which should not only make Linux fans sit up and take notice but maybe create ripples in Windowsland too. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced the dumping of standard menus, traditionally utilized for …
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Feb 07
Bruce McCandless helped to develop the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), a rocket-propelled backpack that was worn by an astronaut during shuttle spacewalks. During STS-41-B, aboard the Challenger space shuttle as a Mission Specialist, McCandless tested the MMU in spacewalks and thus became …
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Feb 06
Have you bought a nice new computer with a whopping hard drive but it has not been partitioned? Would you like to be able to create a new partition without messing up existing data? Gone are the days when you needed to go looking for 3rd party partition manager software, Windows own Disk Management utility …
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Feb 06
Jupiter’s moon, Amalthea, was the last satellite to be found without a photographic aid. He also discovered a nearby star that now bears his name, Bernard’s Star (shown here).
Learn more at http://www.answers.com/topic/edward-emerson-barnard
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Feb 05
About six months ago, I was sitting on the couch surfing TV, the web, my phone, and Facebook simultaneously when my wife calls out from the other room: “What’s an IRQL not less or equal error?”
~blink~
Good question, I thought to myself as I disentangled myself from my laptop, phone, remotes, …
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Feb 05
I heard about cases that had a reserve battery built into them but was leery about the additional weight. I had also tried the standard things to conserve battery life (turn off Notifications and Location Services, turn off push email, etc.) when it was imperative …
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Feb 05
He and astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell explored the lunar surface. An innovation that allowed an increase in the range of lunar surface exploration and the amount of material collected was the provision of a collapsible, two-wheeled …
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Feb 04
Part of the deal included a provision that installs Monster as the exclusive provider of job ads on Yahoo’s home page for three years in the U.S. and Canada.
Read more at http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10447082-265.html/a>
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Feb 03
Third and final product for testing is Wise Disk Cleaner and this is also the one which has impressed me the least. Installation includes two aspects worthy of a cautionary note, one at the beginning and another at the end. First up is an option to install the Ask Toolbar which is enabled by default. …
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Feb 03
Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data from the Moon’s surface to Earth, preceding the U.S. Surveyor 1 soft lander by about four months.
Learn more at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-006A
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