Vista SP1 Update
Posted on March 20, 2008 - Filed Under Microsoft, Tech News | Leave a Comment
Now that SP1 has been available for a few weeks at the corporate level, and just prior to the rollout of SP1 via Automatic Updates, comes the realization(as reported by a number of users), that all is not well with this rollout.
I wrote earlier of the huge size (1.3GB) and install time, 45 minutes minimum. […]
Rural Connectivity
Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under Devices, Tech News | Leave a Comment
It’s almost as if they were listening……
Hot on the heels of my recent diatribe on dial-up in the US, Intel says they’ve developed a new wifi technology aimed at extending existing wifi networks into rural under-served areas. Dubbed the rural connectivity platform (RCP), the node consists of a processor, radios, specialized software and an antenna […]
Final Space Odyssey
Posted on March 18, 2008 - Filed Under General | Leave a Comment
The passing today of writer Arthur C. Clarke at age 90 in Sri Lanka ended one of the most amazing literary careers in history, precisely the greatest science fiction career ever.
While Clarke penned around 100 novels, the absolute poignancy of some and the uncanny futurist accuracy of others led him to be recognized as someone […]
Space View
Posted on March 17, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Maps | Leave a Comment
Google Sky, which was formerly an add-on to Google Earth is now available on its own. Browser based as Google’s offerings are, Sky gives just what it says, a view from above.
And what a view it is. Follow the bookmarked locations (such as Moon and Mars) or move around on your own. You’ll soon […]
Zombot
Posted on March 16, 2008 - Filed Under General, Tech News | 1 Comment
A bot is a compromised computer controlled by cash-hungry crooks. That’s about as simple as I can state it. There are situations where bot ‘owners’ have nefarious goals in mind, but in most cases the bottom line motivation is cash, plain and simple.
A botnet is a bunch of bots..a big bunch. Thousands to millions. Mostly […]
Is Yahoo Search Better Than Google?
Posted on March 15, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Yahoo | 2 Comments
Google’s advanced search options are pretty good, but Yahoo shows there are ways to define even more restrictions for search results. You might want to find pages that contain mostly text, or those that refer to videos or include tables. It’s possible to use some of these restriction searches at Yahoo, where you can
Read More..>>CAPTCHA and Spam
Posted on March 14, 2008 - Filed Under Google Gmail | Leave a Comment
Spammers have been busy at work trying to machine read CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). If you don’t happen to know the term, those are the twisted, contorted images you have to read the letters and/or numbers from to provide authentication on a lot of sites, proving you […]
Read More..>>2.5 Billion
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Google, YouTube | Leave a Comment
That’s just the number of videos viewed on YouTube in January. What are those people looking at? And who are they?
Keeping with our recent post theme, not many of the viewers are dial-up users, that’s for sure. Even as the streaming process has made it far less bandwidth intensive to show videos, few DU users […]
YouTube API
Posted on March 12, 2008 - Filed Under Google, YouTube | Leave a Comment
In a move designed to broaden its global reach, YouTube today introduced an easier way for people to share videos they create. They are providing free access to the API - that will let people greatly expand their use of YouTube on web sites and cell phones.
Previously, you could put the YouTube player on […]
Download a Movie in Only 210 Hours
Posted on March 11, 2008 - Filed Under General | 4 Comments
‘You can’t get there from here’ is the long-used metaphor for saying you live off the beaten path.
You know, the Interstate is somewhere else and if you make a trip of a 100 miles from home you’ve got to make several turns on different roads to get there.
There’s another meaning hanging out there and it […]