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What Do You Do When Software Goes Wro...
Yup, this seems about right.
In all honesty, a quick reboot solves most problems. For anything that’s a little tougher, you can just Google it. If that fails, try using DuckDuckGo (like Google, but for technology). If you still can’t solve it, ask someone.
What Do You Do When A Software Goes Wrong [via Make Use Of]
Nook Touch Software Update
The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch has gotten a software update from 1.0.1 to 1.1.0. Highlights are faster page turning, and improved font rendering. I found both to be slightly noticeable, but are well worth the update. The gray fuzz around letters has now largely disappeared, leaving a much crisper text. The page turning is al [...]
300 Windows 8 Features Microsoft hasn...
Thanks to the folks over at winrumors, we have a list of the cool things the software giant is developing. Some of them have already been covered at BUILD, but there’s a whole lot that haven’t.
Battery Life
Time/Battery/Date/Network status
Browser
Protection against app (…)/ malware scan
Apps are certified
Pre-boot reset
OEM A [...]
Geosense adds Location Awareness to y...
Most phones now have GPS in them, but laptops are being left behind. Most manufacturers don’t offer a GPS chip, and those that can be bought are expensive. Geosense aims to bring GPS functionality to your PC without the need for any expensive GPS chips or software.
Geosense uses IP and Wi-Fi lookup powered by Google to find your location, so [...]
Site Stats
I’ve been keeping track of the visitors here for a while now, and have noticed some interesting trends. I can see what OS and browser visitor’s use; and it’s been fun to see Firefox and IE’s shares grow according to their new releases, along with that of Windows 7, and the decline of XP.
The majority of visitors here use Firefox 3.6 (33%). A [...]
Reclaim your Vertical Real Estate
Do you have a netbook, or a widescreen monitor? If you do, then you’ve probably run into the problem of tall web pages. These monitors force you to constantly scroll up and down to read what’s on the page. I’ve found that while this affects pretty much everything you do, the biggest source of frustration tends to be while on the internet.
To [...]
Firefox Update to 4.0.1
Firefox has received an update to 4.0.1, promising some generic performance and stability improvements. This is the first update being released for the 4.0 version of Firefox, and slightly changes the way Mozilla is handling updates.
If you’ve kept the default installation settings, then Firefox should update automatically, or at least warn [...]
Firefox 4.0 is out Today!
The latest version of Firefox is out today, so go and download it. For anyone doing a manual download, please try using a site other than the official site, since Mozilla is afraid of the massive amount of requests it’s going to get.
This version promises to be faster, more stable, and offer better extension support, so go on and get started [...]
Hey! Look at me! Robot can tell when ...
Georgia Tech’s Socially Intelligent Machines Lab (perhaps an offshoot of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation’s Genuine People Personalities?) has created a new version of social robots. The new robot (named Simon) uses a camera and some clever software to know when someone is interacting with it, trying to get its attention… or ignoring it.
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Open Source, Open World [Infographic]
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Smart Clothing Helps Sailors [Embedde...
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am4ndas
“Working as a commercial fisherman is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. There are numerous ways in which they can end up in the water, with their shipmates (if they even have any) not noticing until it’s too late. That, or their boat can simply sink. In any case, fishermen need all the help they can get w [...]
Robotic Drone Flies Itself by Looking...
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ieee Spectrum
“Robotic aircraft have taken to the skies, finding increasing use in military applications, law enforcement, environmental monitoring, and also becoming popular among hobbyists who want to build their own drones.
These unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, have varied degrees of autonomy, though typically they depend on GPS and al [...]
When computers go wrong [via PC Pro]
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Wesley Oostvogels
“When computers go wrong, they often go spectacularly wrong.
In most cases, catastrophic failures are blamed on “computer bugs”, although human error is normally the root cause for embarrassing failures. Here, we look at ten IT disasters that highlight the precariously fickle nature of computers.”
Among these spectacular fa [...]
Tablets and Cloud Computing
Uncrate
With the release of Apple’s iPad, BlackBerry’s Playbook, and Toshiba, HP, and Dell joining the fray, I have to wonder whether this is another gimmick, or a fundamental change in the industry.
In recent years, we’ve been changing from laptops to netbooks. This was bound to happen because first, we don’t really need a powerful computer [...]
One million Chinese cellphone users r...
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“Viruses have been making the rounds on cellphones for quite a while now, but it looks like China has now been hit by a particularly troublesome one. According to Shanghai Daily, a so-called zombie virus disguised as an anti-virus app has infected more than one million cellphone users in the country, and it’s left user [...]
How To Explain The Internet To A 19th...
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How To Explain The Internet To A 19th Century British Street Urchin
Program Review: Soluto
teknophilia
Soluto calls itself “Anti-Frustration Software” and actually does a pretty good job of accomplishing that. The goal of Soluto is to create a PC Genome, a database of all the software available along with a description of what it is, what it does, and how it affects your system performance. A quick visit to its homepage will give [...]
The Cloud, Part III: The future of cl...
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Jamison Judd
Having gone through the history of cloud computing, and the current state of cloud computing, we now turn our attention to the future of this new computing medium.
Like I’ve said before, cloud computing isn’t new, it’s a 21st century mainframe. It’s also the best thing that going to happen to comput [...]
Program Review: Revo Uninstaller
If you didn’t like trying out programs, or more importantly, actually making sure they don’t mess up your computer and leave remnants behind. There are freeware and paid versions, with the paid one offering more “advanced” scanning algorithms; although there isn’t really anything the paid one has that the free copy can’t do well.
TechO [...]
Review: Computer and Registry Cleaner...
Computer cleaners have debuted right along with personal computers. They are known for causing all kinds of damage to your files, Operating System (OS), and registry; as long as they’re not an outright virus. I’ve even heard that they occasionally help clean up your computer.
I’ll be comparing five different cleaners with the following requir [...]
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