Archive for March, 2007

A virus disguised and Internet Explorer has been arriving in e-mail inboxes as of late, according to Digital Inspiration. “A slew of emails have hit our mailbox in the last two days with links to download the beta 2 version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (file name: IE7.0.exe) “… As you would have guessed it, the file [...]

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Photo by Jessica Merz Net Neutrality has been in the press for a while now. What is Net Neutrality? Why is it such a hot topic? Most importantly, what does it mean to the average Internet user? There are a lot of people talking about Net Neutrality, what it means, and whether it’s good or bad [...]

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Filter Keys is an annoying Windows feature that can be turned off permanently in one simple step. Filter Keys ignores keyboard input unless the key is held down for a significant period of time, and is triggered when you hold down a key, such as shift, for 8 seconds. Tech/engineering blog //engtech explains how to [...]

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Beverage spilled on your keyboard? Keys infested with months, or years of filth? One surefire way to clean your keyboard is one that you’d least expect: run it through the dishwasher. English tech blog Tech Digest shows us the Unotron Washable keyboards and mice, which can be cleaned with soap and water as often as [...]

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CNN reports that the U.N. is seeing an influx of cybersquatting complaints, and so you might ask, “What is cybersquatting?” The term is derived from squatting, which is the act of moving yourself into a property without actually having any valid claim to or ownership of that property. Similarly, cybersquatting is the practice of registering [...]

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Photo by Robbie1. When disposing of an old computer, the absolute most important thing to do is render the data on it’s hard drive irrecoverable. Once that computer leaves your possession, anyone who finds it is free to examine it’s contents. Erasing files is not good enough, and as the productivity blog Dumb Little Man writes, [...]

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Productivity blog Lifehacker tells us about a useful tip that affects the File Open/Save dialog windows in Mac OS X. One simply command will force Mac OS X to display the filesystem navigation in these windows by default. Fig. 1: The Mac OS X Save dialog window, in collapsed mode. This is Mac OS X’s default [...]

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Reader Gina e-mailed Of Zen and Computing yesterday, noting that she found the text on this site too small, and a little difficult to read. Many web designers have a penchant for small type, resulting in tiny text appearing across much of the Web. This doesn’t have to stop you from reading, however — most [...]

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DropclothClear your Windows desktop of distractions, and focus in on what you’re doing. GMail DriveUse your GMail Account as the storage medium for a new drive on your Windows PC. VNCControl your home computer from anywhere.

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Jared Harley describes how he was hacked in “Vulnerabilities in network security or How I got hacked“. Jared failed to secure his computer and the software he uses, which lead to an unwanted intruder in his system. Jared uses software called VNC to access his computer when he’s not at home, which acted as an open [...]

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