Send mass e-mails addressed to each recipient October 02, 2008 | User rating: 2.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Ever get a message that is clearly a mass e-mail but has your name after "Dear" and wonder how the sender did it? | |
End tyranny of software updates October 02, 2008 | User rating: 2.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Q. Is there any way to know what is being updated when Microsoft updates come through? Being a learned - rather than born - skeptic, I'm suspicious each time an automatic update appears indicating that something is happening ... | |
 Free Adeona service tracks stolen laptops September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As college students head back to school with gleaming new laptops, some will, unfortunately, see the last of their machine in a library, cafeteria or dorm room. And it's not just college campuses ... | |
Linux devotee tries to spread the word September 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Larry Cafiero is sitting in his cluttered office in the Santa Cruz Mountains looking nothing like a revolutionary. Friendly bearded face. Casual blue jeans. Comfy work shirt with the little penguin logo. | |
Keep Mac screen from dimming September 24, 2008 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The Internet is full of great TV shows and movies that you can watch for free online, but sometimes, Mac computers will often dim the screen slightly while you are watching the video. | |
Using G OS 3.0 to access Google programs September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Before recent fuss over the new Google Chrome browser, I was looking at another new freebie that may give the average user a better idea of where the search giant is headed. And it isn't even a Google product. | |
Metallica fans say 'Guitar Hero' versions of 'Death Magnetic' songs beat those of the CD September 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Fans of heavy metal band Metallica have been complaining that the group's new album, "Death Magnetic," suffers from heavy-handed distortion effects. Too bad, right? Well, apparently not, at least if you're a Guitar Hero fan. | |
Test-drive the hot new games targeted for Christmas season September 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Gaming retailer GameStop held its annual managers conference in Las Vegas last week, and I was lucky enough to attend some of the festivities. | |
Privacy features let you erase your tracks online September 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Enough about "porn mode" in Internet Explorer 8.0. The new privacy features previewed in the recent beta 2 are a good idea. | |
 NVIDIA And Opera Team To Accelerate The Full Web On Mobile Devices September 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Browsing the Internet on a mobile device will take a leap forward with today's announcement that NVIDIA and Opera are collaborating to bring the full desktop Web-browsing experience, including support for ... | |
Microsoft releases beta version of Internet Explorer 8 September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Microsoft last week released a broadly available test version of its latest Web browser, Internet Explorer 8, including a tool to cover one's tracks across the Web. | |
Gearbox readies two new games: 'Borderlands' and 'Aliens' September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
I got to visit Gearbox Softwarelast week, and the game developer clearly has some cool stuff up its sleeve. (I use that term deliberately: Gearbox president Randy Pitchford was once a professional magician.) | |
Teaching experience August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Business veterans claim you cannot teach ‘experience’, but European researchers say you can. The team developed software that helps players acquire real-life skills and realistic experiences through game playing. But this ... | |
Sign language over a mobile phone August 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones working together this ... | |
IBM Research Unleashes Powerful Speech Software August 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM today announced the availability of state-of-the-art speech recognition software to clients and partners exploring the development of real-world consumer and business solutions. | |
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