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Congratulations to James Kendrick who has been awarded a Microsoft MVP award in the Tablet PC category. “The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Program recognises and thanks outstanding members of technical communities for their community participation and willingness to help others.” His Blog, “jkOnTheRun”, is a leading source of information
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No, not the herbivorous invertebrates with a segmented body and many legs… Terabit memory in tiny (really tiny) space, seems like the answer to storing multi megabyte Building Information Models. IBM lets Millipede storage out for a stroll | Tech News on ZDNet IBM tantalised chip aficionados at CeBit here last
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Have you ever un-ticked the “Always ask before opening this type of file” setting by mistake when down-loading a file? You then don't get the choice which is often annoying. This is how to reset that setting so Internet Explorer asks the question again; * Open Windows Explorer (not
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This is a wonderful resource for anyone working with digital images for print or screen. Scanning Basics 101 - All about digital images A few scanning tips by Wayne Fulton
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I have just upgraded my account to full speed JetStream Swift (2Mbps ADSL) from JetStream Explorer (256Kbps ADSL) – Whahoo! JetStream/Jetstart Speed Test Meter Zero 0kB 160kb 20kB 400kb 50kB 800kb 100kB 1.2Mb 150kB 1.6Mb 200kB 2.2Mb 280kB Extreme! 350kB
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Some interesting stuff from computerworld.co.nz Telecom keeping a wary eye on Skype A third of NZ broadband users have Skype, telco says But thats only 40,000! There are still only 120,000 Telecom broadband users in NZ? I wonder what the total for all broadband is? Kiwis
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I usually avoid cute: But this is too cute, and kind of gross all at the same time. What more can you ask for? [Via Blankbaby]
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Could 1 terrabyte on Holographic disc make the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD debate irrelevant? Six firms form the HVD Alliance around 1TB disc - Engadget - www.engadget.com While Sony and Toshiba (among others) are squabbling over Blu-ray and HD-DVD, CMC Fuji Photo, CMC Magnetics, and three other companies have
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Tonight started up my machine and Windows advised 2 security updates were required. I installed them and after rebooting the machine was very sluggish. Just opening a folder would take ages, running a program an eternity. Found out ZoneAlarm Pro’s vsmon.exe was using 50–90% Processor all the
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Is this why JK is on the run?
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I'm not an Apple user, so haven't ever used it, but the story of how the Graphing Calculator came to be is very cool: Link: The Graphing Calculator Story. Graphing Calculator 1.0, which Apple bundled with the original PowerPC computers, originated under unique circumstances.
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Dare Obasanjo (RSS Bandit) has an interesting comparison between Google Desktop Search and what to expect from WinFS. Some are saying "Google Desktop is WinFS but available today” however his article details the fundamental difference between text/index searching and what WinFS will offer. The comment "Tools like
