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- Mythbusters on tech headaches
- Mythbusters on tech headachesCrapware on Linux systems...."Good point, but I wonder how long it will be until we start seeing low-cost Linux systems loaded with crapware so the companies selling them can increase profit margins?" I hope the manufactures learn their lesson that we rather pay more and not have...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, DVI, Linux, tech headach, MythBusters, Motorola Razr, Linux system, Dopod
- Discussion threads 2008-01-30
- Coverity lets you watch what your code does
- When engineers or Mythbusters want to test a concept they first build a small scale model.Now you can do the same thing with your code. The new version of its Prevent SQS builds models of what the program you're written is doing so you can quickly find flaws.CTO Ben Chelf...
- Tags: Development, General, Strategy, support
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- Mythbusters teaches science despite its best intentions
- Mythbusters teaches science despite its best intentionsIs Mythbusters science?My 13 year old son loves the show. Don't tell anyone but I have been caught watching also.Is it science? I love the 'seat of the pants' approach. If you look back over time, I'd say these guys get as close as...
- Tags: MythBusters, Mythbusters Rock
- Discussion threads 2006-11-22
- Mythbusters teaches science despite its best intentions
- What is the most ubiquitous educator on the the planet? Why television, of course. And what is one of the most popular science programs on television? Its "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel, reports The New York Times,which really isnt a science program at all, but a show where...
- Tags: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Mythbusters
- Blog posts 2006-11-21
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- Websense: Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA hacked in 6 seconds
- Websense: Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA hacked in 6 secondsYahoo is implementing CAPTCHA at the send...level. So every mail you send requires you enter a capycha response. Totally not acceptable.This is why large networks like Google, MS Live, etc. will simply not serve the enterprise like all the bloggers think.It is...
- Tags: web computing, CAPTCHA, Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA, Websense Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- %28Photos%3A+MythBusters+go+under+water%29
- %28Photos%3A+MythBusters+go+under+water%29Hmmm, orThey turn on the magnets, p*ss the shark off and it turns around and eats the camera man. ;-)I'm bummed!All these pictures, and only one of Kari Byron, the reigning Geek Goddess! (Alyson Hannigan having retired undefeated after hanging up her laptop at the end of "Buffy".):-)WHat is...
- Tags: Alyson Hannigan
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- Photos: MythBusters go under water
- Can magnets control sharks' movements? During their Shark Week episode, the MythBusters will look into several commonly held ideas about the creatures. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Magnet, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-02-29
- Gallery: MacBook Air Unboxing
- Gallery: MacBook Air UnboxingSo, no flash drive, huh?That's what I am most curious about. I'd love to find out if there is much performance increase from the flash drive. Even faster boot up and wake from sleep modes?!? My Mac starts up pretty darn quick as is, I'm curious how...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, MacBook Air Unboxing, keyboard, MacBook Air, Gallery, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Mythbusters on tech headaches
- Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman vent about their biggest tech headaches on Popular Mechanics. It's a good piece, worthy of a quick read, but there are a few points worth picking up on. The first relating to complexity of modern devices: My MythBuster partner, Adam...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Linux, Cable, Network Technology, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- Our most-commented on post of year: a clueless flight attendant and iPhone's aircraft mode
- Our most-commented on post of year: a clueless flight attendant and iPhone's aircraft modeSo flight attendentsneed to be able to recognize every phone out there, and know which has a 'safe' mode? Or is it just because it is the iPhone? What makes is so special?The world doesn't...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Flight Attendant, Apple iPhone, phone, headset, aircraft
- Discussion threads 2007-12-31
- Vista SP1 will deliver big network speed boost
- Vista SP1 will deliver big network speed boostOther Performance TestWill you be publishing other test on any performance changes between RTM and SP1? The file transfer performance increase is a very encouraging sign that some one at Redmond is listening to us Vista users along with removing the kill switch.Jumbo...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), NETWORKING, File Transfer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, big network speed, network speed, network
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
- Discovery buys HowStuffWorks.com
- It's official. Discovery Communications said Monday that it has acquired HowStuffWorks, a how-to site. Discovery will add HowStuffWorks.com to its portfolio of properties, which includes Animal Planet and the Discovery channel. Discovery will also launch a new show based on the site. According to a statement, HowStuffWorks...
- Tags: Discovery, Discovery Communications Inc., Asset Management, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Don't trash your laser printers just yet!
- Don't trash your laser printers just yet!At home, switch it off when not printing.......that's what I do with my laser printer (HP 1018)! :-)Don't panicFor corn sake, don't panic.Where's the evidence?Anecdotal evidenceWell, I'll provide a bit of anecdotal evidence, although nothing as serious as lung cancer. I have asthma,...
- Tags: Printers, laser, printer, laser printer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Tech Shakedown #3: McAfee's 'Block/Allow this change' dialog is a useless warning
- Tech Shakedown #3: McAfee's 'Block/Allow this change' dialog is a useless warningsvchost is the generic host processDavid,See the KB article below:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056SVCHOST.EXE can be used by any application you install to run a dll based service. To see specifically which application is running under the process in question, go to...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Firewalls, PRODUCTIVITY, Network security, svchost, software, McAfee Inc., firewall, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 3
- Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 3Torture Testing ... the next phaseOK, you've seen the torture testing so far, but I thouhgt I'd let you into the final phase - what does it really take to break these cases? I have some ideas, but if you...
- Tags: Construction, Anvil, Torture-Testing, tire, wall
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- Mr. Wizard: he binded us with science
- Long before Bill Nye the Science Guy, How Stuff Works and Mythbusters, there was Mr. Wizard.Don Herbert, who was Mr. Wizard, passed on yesterday at 89.If you are over a certain age, you will remember Mr. Wizard as the host of "Watch Mr. Wizard." Airing new episodes from 1951 to...
- Tags: News
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- (Prodisc White Termal Hub Printable 8x DVD-R Media)
- (Prodisc White Termal Hub Printable 8x DVD-R Media)DVD PrintablesI wouldn't wish this on anyone. The only problem I've had is with printable disks that are stuck together, mainly on the edge of the disk right out of the cake box.Naturally this doesn't happen with single package disks only the ones...
- Tags: DVD-R, disk, disc
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- XP gets a new lease on life
- One of the favorite topics of conspiracy-minded readers is the notion that Microsoft is about to shut down support for Windows XP, forcing hapless users to buy Windows Vista. Back in September, in Vista Mythbusters #3, I reprinted the relevant dates from Microsofts support lifecycle and pointed out that users...
- Tags: Security, Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Vista OEM prices finally appear
- Vista OEM prices finally appearThe nice thing about offering customers choiceis that if the premium software does turn out to be price gouging, customers will wise up to this and stick with the basic versions. At least MS isn't forcing the premium software on everybody, even those who don't need...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Ultimate Edition, Microsoft Windows Vista, OEM, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-22
- More on Windows Vista and crapware
- More on Windows Vista and crapwareCrapwareCrapware? Wipe that smirk off your face Ed! Shame on you!OK, so it is.I recently purchased an HP Pavilion dv2000z with, of course, Windows Media Center XP installed. It of course came up with more than half of the desktop filled with...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Microsoft Windows XP, New PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, crapware, clean install, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, disk, KDE, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-11
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