Jan 31
Last week Google announced its revised Privacy Policy which subsequently caused quite a stir in technical circles. The new policy will not take effect until 1st March 2012 so, if you are not happy with the revised blueprint you still have a full month to seek out and organize alternative services.
First off I …
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Jan 31
Ham’s name was an acronym for H olloman A ero M ed. His sub-orbital flight aboard the Redstone Mercury rocket was very similar to the flight that Alan Shepard would take later that year.
Read more about Ham and other animals in space at http://history.nasa.gov/animals.html
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Jan 30
According to Dante D’Orazio at The Verge, the SlingPlayer app for the Kindle Fire will be available tomorrow for $29.95. Read his hands-on review. We have been watching for this app since my husband got a Kindle Fire when they came out in November. According to the SlingBox website, the app is still in a …
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Jan 30
I know there is already a seemingly endless supply of free PDF readers and tools available but Benubird PDF is not your usual PDF software, in fact it’s quite unique in the genre. Ignore the title too which tends to imply its features specifically target PDF documents. Benubird PDF is actually a document organizer/manager supporting …
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Jan 30
For the most part, early Vista reviews were mostly favorable. However, consumers were slow to adopt Windows Vista due to some heavy-duty hardware requirements and effort involved in upgrading from XP to Windows. The corporate world did not rush to adopt the operating system either.
Learn more at …
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Jan 29
Earnest Kummer made major contributions to function theory. In addition, his work on number theory led to a major breakthrough on Fermat’s Last Theorem.
Learn more at http://fermatslasttheorem.blogspot.com/2006/01/ernst-eduard-kummer.html
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Jan 28
I recently did a 2-hour special interview with Mary Coon of Motivational-radio.com on the subject of online security. We focused on my “14 Golden Rules of Computer Security” (which is currently being revised and will help launch my new site) We had a very lively discussion. More interviews are planned for the future. I guess …
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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
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 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: SlimCleaner — Part 3: Wise Disk Cleaner — Part 4: Conclusion
In Part 2 we are going to take an in depth look at Toolwiz Care, …
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