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Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokes

Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokesOh greatnow to have to get something akin to a Faraday cage for ye ole peripherals, or just for the entire sticky cube. Wonder if they've hacked my abacus yet.RE: Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokesThis is old news. Electic typewriters had the same...

Tags: Keyboards, SECURITY, keyboard, hacking, old new

Discussion threads 2008-10-20

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How the smartphone killed the clock radio

I don't know about you, but my iPhone has completely replaced my clock radio. There's just no reason to have an alarm clock on my nightstand when I charge my iPhone there every night. Many have subscribed to this type of theory for years, eschewing...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phone, Radio, Kensington, Alarm Time, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-12-04

"Grandpa/Grandma Mode" for PCs

Get off my lawnyou young whippersnapper.RE: As I'm about to setup such a device for my own mother (yes, she's a Grandma), it's a GREAT idea that I'm trying to figure out how to accomplish. One of the All-In-One PCs (HP, Sony, Acer) with Win7 Touchscreen and as few buttons...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scott Adams, PC, e-mail, computer

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Pre-Copenhagen name-calling

Columbian Coal?I followed your link, and sure enough...mountains of coal are imported from Columbia. What weird twist of economics makes this possible? The US is about made of coal, for heaven's sake. Any serious explanations out there? sadly Harry Canada PM is the heir for the king...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Acer announces first Google Chrome OS netbook

ChromeOS as dual-boot optionAlthough not Google's plan, I think ChromeOS would be a great dual-boot option, for existing Windows & Ubuntu netbooks.When you want an instant on, fast, secure & no maintenance OS, for internet access, boot into ChromeOS. When you need a specific desktop application, boot into Windows or...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Acer Inc., netbook, ChromeOS, Ubuntu Netbooks, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Citron Messenger 2.0 (Windows)

This is what you think about for a long time--smart, easy and attractive tool to do things you are so used to do. All your old contacts and features in a new professional and stylish solution. We has thought more for you to think less. So, just try and forget...

Tags: ClickTwice Software, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Mobile Applications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-12-02

Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season

X ThisThanks for the info Dancho and Happy X Year everyone! Did everyone have a good Xgiving day?Not enough space for 'Christmas'?Wow.Seriously, who cares?It seemsyou don't.Good luck when watching YouTube videos, if you ever do.MarkXmas has like, been used forever...as an accepted shortening of the term. Get over it!History excerpt...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Koobface Botnet, Christ, Jesus, Xmas

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Dell's Throttlegate: Is a defect turning a 2.2GHz CPU into 100MHz?

Dell = Junk always has always will beJust return it and get another computer from a vendor that does not sell junk. Ie: not Dell.RE: Dell's Throttlegate: Is a defect turning a 2.2GHz CPU into 100MHz?I am glad this was posted! I have had an E6400 since June, and...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., Throttlegate, Is-a, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

(2011 Chevrolet Cruze revealed (photos))

BoringDid anyone actually believe the rhetoric that the new GM is different. Looks like a Cobalt with new trim. To think they actually pay people to reinvent boring all over again. RE: (2011 Chevrolet Cruze revealed photos)They will probably want $25,000 for this gem, even though it is probably...

Tags: photograph, Chevrolet Cruze, General Motors Corp., hybrid, car, MPG, Chevrolet

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

XP's usage share down, Win 7, Firefox & IE8 up

Now, if only ....the original Amazon.com $50 price comes back CRITICAL MASS will be achieved (IE: more than 4%).Way to goCongrats Win 7, and Firefox!Hopefully we can put XP to rest for good now and move on with our lives.DOWN WITH XP DOWN WITH XPHopefully XP will see its death...

Tags: Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Vista STILL, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, Microsoft Corp., Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Self-censoring upcoverting DVD player filters inappropriate content

Why not?I'd love to watch The Matrix and have the DVD player skip the sex part and adjust some of the filters for other parts of the movie (I'm okay with vulgar and violence).I'm in for a kick-a$$ music without me having to do some skipping. :)ClearPlay is AWESOME!!I've had...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, MIB, ClearPlay, DVD, movie, DVD player

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Will you or won't you (print that document)?

Dead tree publishingUsing paper is more about you than it is about the process. I read all documents on screen and virtually all documenst are sent as email anyway without the need for paper.Having to print things out is just a hangover from the old days and the younger...

Tags: Using Paper

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Can Chrome OS save us from racket ware?

Open Source / Repositories vs. Windows Closed SourceThe idea of having GPG-protected repositories which contain open source apps is central to the notion that these apps' source code is viewed by 'many eyes' and as such, vetted.Get your app outside of your designated O/S approved repos and you 'tempt fate'.In...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Open source is not about Wall Street

only M$ ia about wall street greedand yet it failed to deliver because of its flawed business model.The answer to the Golden Rule"My way or the highway," may work for proprietary, closed code, but with Open Source there is always a FORK in the road.MySQL can easily become OurSQL. Larry...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Politics of global warming in U.S.

Harry's not too bright.Global Warming/Climate Change is a myth, and the climategate emails have revealed that fact. You cannot "cheery pick" data and call it science.Government involvment in the market place / economy. If governments could legislate wealth they would have done it a long time ago. ...

Tags: Government, GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-29

Global scope of East Anglia hack of global warming docs

Here's the link with juicy details:http://ecotretas.blogspot.com/2009/11/rolo-compressor-de-verdades.htmlClimate 'scientists' are liars. That's clear.Hockeystick anyone?And another one with some straight facts.http://www.climatedepot.com/Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey... HmmmThat sure reveals who the interested parties are.I wonder what their next step will be, start advocating the benefits of global warming perhaps?Communist manifesto & elitesDo you see the...

Tags: IPCC Says, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

Way past peak oil but U.S. oil production still up for 2009

Artificial StatisticSaying we are way past peak productions is disingenuous, as there are a large number of places we could drill for oil, but can't because of environazis Still working on your numbers?Good job. Try to count to 30 next time. I bet you can do it.What's up with Harry...

Tags: Blogging, Telecom & Utilities, Kinda, U.S. Oil, Godwin, Nazi, blog

Discussion threads 2009-11-27

HNHSoft Larousse English German Dictionary (BlackBerry) 1.1.12 (Mobile)

Sharpen your German language skill with HNHSoft Larousse Concise Dictionary: English-German / German-English today. This all-new dictionary offers users essential information on the new German spelling reform, with both old and new spellings included so the user will always locate the most appropriate word. Language learners will find thorough treatment...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Dictionary, HNHSoft, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end

dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Climate scientists saying global warming trend is worsening

Pardon me while I yawn. This is the same bunch (climate change chicken-littles) that brought the hockey stick graph and pimped out statistics. These folks have been exposed as corruptand fraudulent, driven by ideology and not science. By continuing to treat them as anything other than worthy...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-24