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 | Just how much of a geek are you? Do you know who Sergey Brin is? Can you solve a Rubik's Cube, in under five minutes? Do you know the value of Pi beyond 3.14? Would you spend a small fortune to get [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4607.html"]satnav on your mobile[/URL]? Or maybe strap a … |
| | Now if you had invested in an Apple iPod Touch and it, well, exploded after you dropped it you probably would not be too happy about. You probably would contact Apple and explain what had happened, and you might be happy to accept a refund. But what if that refund … |
| | There are two things you can be sure of about the annual Las Vegas Black Hat security conference: nobody will use the free wifi as they are all too [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19935/53/"]worried about being hacked[/URL], and someone will demonstrate an exploit that will scare the living bejesus out of you. The latter … |
| | Sexting is one of those words you might not have heard of if you are over a certain age. That age being 18 I would imagine. Sexting can best be defined as sending naked photos of yourself using your mobile phone to another phone or a social networking site. As …  |
| | Dell is taking the netbook market by the horns, it would seem. First it [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23391/1231/"]refuses[/URL] to accept that the Psion netbook trademark is a valid one, and now it bucks the market trend for not being able to sell Linux powered netbooks. While the netbook market [URL="http://www.happynews.com/news/2242009/netbooks%20xp%20windows%20later.htm"]seems[/URL] to be moving … |
| | Back in May, I [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1466.html"]broke the story[/URL] on DaniWeb in this very blog of how the online application facility for UK visas was not only insecure, but that it had potentially been so for years. The company concerned, VFS Global, which operated the visa online application form filing service on …  |
| | Simon Willcocks is a man on a mission, albeit an unusual one that no doubt many developers will recognise as being something of a geek driven dream. The mission in question to deliver native RISC OS desktop applications under Linux. This dream is fast becoming a reality, however, with the … |
| | Were you one of the many, and the chances are that being a reader of Inside Edge dumps you squarely into the informed geek category (and there really is no offense meant in that remark, says a fellow informed geek), who mourned the passing of promised core parts of Longhorn … |
| | A member of Skype staff posting in the Linux support forum there seems to have taken a course in customer relations from <insert your least favourite company here> if his responses to criticism of the lack of real world development of the Linux version of Skype, compared to Windows development, … |
| | While announcing the name of Ubuntu's next release for October, 2007, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth spoke of a new version of the Ubuntu distribution to be released alongside Gutsy Gibbon. This release, he says, will not include any firmware, drivers, applications, and even sounds and imagery which are not completely … |
| | I don't browse the Internet anymore. I've started to realize that I actually visit standalone websites less and less. Aside from interactive sites like forums, I find myself subscribing to more and more websites' RSS feeds as a way to stay current. No longer do I have a list of … |
| | Hello everyone.... Thanks for taking the time to read this post......I downloaded this program from the weather channel that is supposed to give you the weather report that co-insides with the zip code you enter....complete with radar. Something happened during the download/install and now I get an error reading cannot … |
| | Have a LaserJet P3005 printer. When switched on the indicator lights come on and stay on as if it's ready to print, but the LCD remains blank and no longer displays anything (normally displays READY) either during POST or when it is Ready. Printing fails. Tried a cold reset holding … |
| | To start, I am a complete noob at computers so Im not quite sure what Im doing. Recently while playing games my computer screen faded to black, followed a few seconds later with my entire computer dying. I tried everything to turn it back on but had no luck whatsoever. …  |
| | For my christmas present I was given a computer upgrade. The system is built around a ECS L7S7A2 mother board running 333 DDR 512 MGB of RAM and using an AMP 2600 2.1gig processor. According to the specs of the motherboard there should not be any problems. However, the from … |
| | is there any way you can open and close ports without having any special software and firewalls etc ? |
 | There are many software to resolve the problem,such as Xilisoft WMA MP3 Converter ,ImTOO WMA MP3 Converter, MP4converter MP4 to MP3 Converter and ect. So i take MelodyCan converter for example. It supports converter WMA to MP3, MP4 to MP3. Besides,it supports converter to MP3 from almost audio files.To our … |
| | When I first started using Windows Vista I ran into this problem. I couldn't find where the "Run" link was! I finally had to google it...(having not known the hot keys to get it all these years... tsk tsk) So in case you have just bought/installed Windows Vista (poor soul) …  |
 | My pc will shut off suddenly. A few days ago I had received an email with a .rar attachment of a chart of pictures of colors. My AV said it was safe so I opened and saved to my harddrive. When I opened it from there my pc immediately shut … |
| | I accidentally left my Emac 1.25GHz on for a few days and when I returned, I couldn't get it to return from sleep mode. So I powered it down with the power button and when I turned it on again, the front power light came on, I heard the familiar … |
| | I'm trying to upgrade libcups2-dev and dpkg is giving me an error. I issue aptitude install libcups2-dev from the CLI as root and receive - [B]aptitude install libcups2-dev[/B] Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... … |
| | is there any simple way or any software from which i can check whethr user is invisble or not ??? |
| | I have a ECS RC410-M Rev 1.1 motherboard running a Pentium D 945 3.4 ghz processor, it has ran well for over six months, now everytime I connect a USB device that is 2.0 it connects at 2.0 high speed, but after a short time of use it reverts back … |
| | can someone just give me a quick overview on the defragmenting freespace? in defraggler there is an option to leave fragmentation in free space? what does that mean, the fragmented files you leave behind will just be written over |
 | i have tried alot of things people have told me to do with no luck..thankyou anyways :) but i just did a microsoft diagnostics test and came up with these results for the problem with my comp not reading cd's if someone could help i would greatly appreciate it CD/DVD … |
| | Windows 7 Themes and wallpapers are amazing as compared to Windows vista. Microsoft windows 7 has default 5 theme but Windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 onwards has several hidden & locked themes provided for regional countries such as Australia, Canada, Great Britain, United States and South Africa.Since these hidden … |
| | Hi, I have a dell xps m170 laptop running windows media center. Recently the screen froze and small lines appeared and the pc crashed. I restarted and ir worked ok , but the same problem ocurred again. After this I tried to restart my laptop but I could't even recieve … |
| | This started happening all at once and I don't know why. YouTube videos that I post on my blog are not visible after downloading. When I click on the blank space, the audio plays, but I can't see the video. This is not happening on other blogs that I visit, …  |
| | [B]Enable pipelining [/B] Browsers are normally very polite, sending a request to a server then waiting for a response before continuing. Pipelining is a more aggressive technique that lets them send multiple requests before any responses are received, often reducing page download times. To enable it, type about:config in the … |
| | Hello Friends, My cousins system has been infected with temp.htt and desktop.ini it has no internet connection , please tell me some stand alone tools to remove those worms. regards, micky7899  |
| | Hi Folks, Do any of you guys know of a good site which gives reviews of Data Recovery software for Macs? Or if any of you guys have used data recovery software for mac and would share your experiences that would be great. Thanks for looking, gn0m3 |
| | My browser keeps opening by itself every 10 minutes. I have tried numerous virus, trojan and adware removal programs, but haven't been able to solve. Getting ready to throw away my computer. Appreciate any help  |
| | Hi I have an unusual problem in that I can no longer open AVI, MP3, WAV, WMV or MPEG files by double clicking on them, but I am concerned that the real problem is more complex and would like some advice as to whether I need to re-install Vista or … |
| | ok im getting frusterated with my computer(as im sure a majority of people do) but last night while listening to some mp3's, my sound started to act up and sounded like it was scrambled. i restarted my computer and got a STOP Error as follows: Stop 0x0000000A or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. i … |
| | Hi My PC has been running extremely slow nowadays. Can you help me pls. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:15:06 a.m., on 19/12/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe … |
| | i tried to change my desktop wallpaper today and i keep getting this message: "[COLOR=Red]internet explorer cannot find the active desktop html file. this file is needed for your active desktop. -to turn off active desktop, click OK[/COLOR]" - so i went on google and did a search for the … |
 | I really like my latest purchase ,works great ,easy hookup ,only downside is it only takes SATA drives and not IDE ,oh well to the future i guess.! but great addition to my workshop tools ! [url]http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?S=1268&ID=1642#Tab4[/url]  |
 | A easy way to find keywords in firefox is to press Ctrl + F A bar will pop in at the bottom of the screen you can easily find keywords.  |
| | Anyone please help me how to resolve windows error occurred. It kepts started and asked me to open at SAFE MODE and I have tried all the possibilities options but it didn't works! Recommendation boot from: Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Safe Mode with Command Propmt, Last good known … |
| | my dell inspiron 1100 wont load. when i turn it on i get an error message saying "no bootable devices". can someone help me with this please |
| | Can any one suggest me how to check weather an Vista system is using XPDM or WDDM programitically? |
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| | Does anybody know how much bandwidth network cameras require? I'm trying to decide if I can put them around my house. Thanks! |
 | Hello all, Network setup: 1 commercial rr connection on a home network - I'm experimenting. This network was up and running for over 1 year - all computers had full communication with each other. I changed out two computers for new dual core Intel machines with HPs XP media center … |
| | You can permanently delete files (without them going into your recycle bin) by right clicking the file, then holding down the 'shift' key while clicking 'delete'. It will ask for conformation to permanently delete the file. Click 'yes', and its GONE! Hater of the recycle bin, ~Mike :) |
| | Have been using my works laptop this evening, switched it off and when I switched it back on again the password won't work - havent change it but it's just not happening. Any ideas? |
| | Now that I can print on the network, how can I see the other computers on there? |
 | My older westell versalink 327W died yesterday, and AT&T offered me a new 2 Wire Modem/Router combo, and i will receive it today. My older modem used 128 bit WEP, no mac address filtering, etc. On my new router, i hear there will be WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, and WEP. Should i … |
| | If your application provides custom dialog-box features, menu items or other capabilities by making changes to the Windows Registry, you can deploy those capabilities to other computers simply by distributing an update or patch to the Registry. Updating the Registry involves nothing more than exporting the capabilities from the Windows … |
| | Hello, i just came across some software of the site, which can sniff conversations within the network..i was wondering if it really works? There are many of them available online, this is just one of them: [url]http://chat.mingsoft.com/index.html[/url] And is there a way to prevent conversation from being sniffed? I've found … |
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