We’ve all seen “urgent” emails from exiled princes telling us to act quickly and hand over our bank account or other sensitive information. Since we’re savvy folks, we promptly hit the Delete button…
April 2008
Monthly Archive
Wed 30 Apr 2008
Avoid Phishing by Going Directly to the Site [Phishing]
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Wed 30 Apr 2008
Today Google Maps adds a helpful visual feature to their driving directions: Street View turns. Search for directions at Google Maps, and click on the small camera next to each turn step in the left…
Wed 30 Apr 2008
AutoGK Rips DVDs to DivX and Xvid Formats [Dvd Ripping]
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Windows only: Freeware application AutoGK rips DVDs to hard drive-friendly DivX and Xvid formats for quick, easy, and high-quality backups. It does so by acting as an automating front-end to several…
Wed 30 Apr 2008
Career advisor Penelope Trunk offers a five-question quiz that calculates whether you’re likely to get that job promotion. Like most of Trunk’s delightfully unconventional tips, this…
Wed 30 Apr 2008
Windows XP Service Pack 3 officially hit Microsoft servers this morning, and although it won’t be available through Windows Update today, it should be sometime soon. Your desire to stay on the…
Wed 30 Apr 2008
Long-Awaited Windows XP Update Adds Features From Vista
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Wed 30 Apr 2008
Wed 30 Apr 2008
perlow writes “Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won’t go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would like to talk a little bit about how this verdict will impact the technology in play for file system dominance in our favorite Open Source operating system, Linux.”
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Wed 30 Apr 2008
Sastira writes “Jordan Bunnell has successfully modded his Macbook Air to use an internal EVDO Broadband card. In order to make everything fit, he had to sacrifice the WiFi and bluetooth cards, but considering the portable nature of the laptop, it is a small price to pay for being truly wireless.” (You’ll need to scroll down past the sketchy-looking top section of that page.) Sastira also links to this InsanelyMac forum thread on the mod.
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Tue 29 Apr 2008
City Room: Verizon Takes a Step Into City’s TV Market
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For years, New Yorkers frustrated with their cable television have dreamed of a competitor to Cablevision and Time Warner Cable. Verizon just moved a step closer to entering the market.