Wednesday, May 07, 2008
LinuxMCE vs WindowsMCE
Walkthrough of Linux MCE install
Additional information available at
1 - LinuxMCE.org
2 - LinuxMCE Wiki
Monday, May 05, 2008
Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared
In the last couple of years, desktop-friendly Linux distributions have taken enormous leaps -- they're easier to install, better maintained, and more powerful than ever before. There's also that many more of them -- which means that many more possibilities to sift through.
In this roundup I've looked at seven Linux distributions, all mainly aimed at desktop users. Some ought to be household names; some are less widely sung but still worth looking at. All are meant to be top-of-the-line, "throw-and-go" distros for general use, so I paid careful attention to how they behaved on a fairly broad range of hardware -- how display, networking, or other default configurations were set to behave both out of the box and after an update (if one was available).
1 - openSUSE
2 - Ubuntu 8.4
3 - PCLinuxOS
4 - Mandriva Linux One
5 - Fedora
6 - SimplyMEPIS
7 - CentOS 5.1.
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
7 ways to boost your metabolism
Your basal metabolic rate — the energy your body expends at rest — is generally determined by your genetics, but new research shows you can trick your body into burning calories more efficiently.
HEALTH magazine contributor Samantha Heller offers seven tips that can help boost your metabolism and lead to a stronger, healthier, leaner body.
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In Depth: Best Ways To Break Unhealthy Habits
Admit it--you probably have at least one unhealthy habit you'd like to break. Maybe you can't stop pulling in to fast-food drive-thrus, you waste your allotted gym time surfing the Web or you're still tanning. Whatever it is, it's likely costing you time, energy and money. (With a new tax hike, a pack of cigarettes in New York City could soon cost more than $9.)
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Is wireless power closer than we think?
A few years back, Marin Soljačić was driven from bed by the insistent beeping of his mobile phone. But it wasn’t beeping for him to answer it, it was beeping for him to plug it in. Since that night, the assistant professor of physics at MIT, has been thinking about ways to start his phone charging as soon as he enters his home.
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Saturday, May 03, 2008
AMD: 45nm, DDR3 and Socket AM3 in 2008
This summer, AMD will announce its first major architectural change since the introduction of the K8 architecture in 2003. This new architecture, dubbed K10, will first make an appearance in the server space, with the introduction of the Barcelona-family processors.
K10 features a native quad-core design that incorporates shared-L3 cache, HyperTransport-3 support and backwards functionality with AM2 motherboards. However, the original K10 desktop and server processors will debut on the 65nm architecture -- a process AMD only started mastering in December 2006 with the launch of the Brisbane desktop CPU family.
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Friday, May 02, 2008
Twenty of the World's Healthiest Foods
When it comes to eating healthy most people think of dull, boring food that's green in color. In reality, most of the world's healthiest foods not only taste great, they also come in a vast array of vibrant colors. Many require little, if any preparation, yet provide you with the energy and stamina to get through the day. They are the ultimate fast food!
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The Most Incredible Ways To Improve Thyself!
In recent years many has become self proclaimed expert on self-improvement such as Dr. Phil. Everybody is providing tips and techniques to quick fix bad habits, increase memory, deal with procastonation, laziness and a thousand other issues in a matter of a few days. For what it’s worth, I’ve put together a large list of user recommended self-improvement guides that you may find useful. Instead of just listing them all, I’ve organized it by category instead.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
6 Psychology Tricks That Will Make You More Successful
1. Get Better Deals: Barter Using Unusual Numbers
2. Perform Better: Manage Your Audience
3. Live Up To Your Full Potential: Think Of Yourself as an Individual
4. Stick To Your Goals: Reward Yourself
5. Get More From Your Friends — Expect More From Them
6. Improve Group Performance — Get Motivated
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Electronics' 'missing link' found
Details of an entirely new kind of electronic device, which could make chips smaller and far more efficient, have been outlined by scientists.
The new components, described by scientists at Hewlett-Packard, are known as "memristors".
The devices were proposed 40 years ago but have only recently been fabricated, the team wrote in the journal Nature.
Five Reasons Why Teens Take to Drug Abuse
I have listed here five Reasons Why Teens Take to Drug Abuse.
1 - Their role models are doing it.
2 - Addictive drugs are easily available.
3 - Not so ideal atmosphere at home.
4 - Everybody around me is into it, it cant be that bad.
5 - I have nothing else to do, so lets try it.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
14 Timeless Ways to Live a Happy Life
How we achieve happiness can be different for each one of us. Our passions, expectations, life experiences, and even our personalities all contribute to the level of happiness we experience in our lives. Some find happiness in their careers while others prefer the bliss found in their marriages or other intimate relationship.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Wal-Mart to cash rebate checks for free, shares rise
It's not clear what exactly is causing the boost in Wal-Mart's (NYSE: WMT) share price today, but shares started climbing right around the time Wal-Mart announced that it will cash rebate checks from Uncle Sam for free. As of 3:15, shares are up about $1.17 or 2% to $58.52.
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Experts: We're 10 Years Away from Lowering Gas Prices
Energy experts have dismissed the candidates' plans for lowering gas prices, and say it'll be a decade before we can exert downward pressure on the price of gas.
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Recession Diet - Consumers Giving Up Meat and Name Brands
Stung by rising gasoline and food prices, Americans are finding creative ways to cut costs on routine items like groceries. “It hasn’t gotten to human food mixed with pet food yet, but it is certainly headed in that direction.”
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One Guy Who Has Seen It All Doesn't Like What He Sees Now
Peter Bernstein has witnessed just about every financial crisis of the past century. Mr. Bernstein says, is worse than he has seen since the Depression and threatens to roil markets into 2009 and beyond -- longer than many people expect.
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Where is your gas money going?
Another day, another high. The average price for gasoline on Long Island is at a record-setting $3.791 a gallon for regular, says the AAA. And diesel? Fuhgeddaboutit: It averaged $4.648 a gallon. But where is all that cash going?
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
The collapse of the United States is accelerating: Oil in Euros vs. US dollars
In the last eight years implementing the plans for the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) designed "to promote American global leadership" has backfired.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Rising inflation: Could the United States have prevented it?
Inflation, public enemy No. 1 in the 1970s in the United States, appears to be regaining its former title in the first decade of the 21st century.
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The Fortune 500's biggest winners
It's no surprise that an oil company leads the list of 2007's top profit-makers.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Can We Feed The World?
The era of cheap food is over. In Britain, a standard white loaf costs more than £1, grocery bills are driving up inflation and land prices are going through the roof. But steep rises in the price of staples such as wheat and rice are having an even bigger impact on poor countries.
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Economics 101: The Price of Gas
Gas prices are up and oil executives are once again testifying before Congress. Clearly, many politicians, pundits, and consumers lament the rising cost of gas. Before we join them in their chorus, let us take a step back and ask this question: Are gas prices really all that high?
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The Top Medical Myths
The myths are: Having sex can cause a heart attack in men, high blood pressure causes headaches, diabetics crave sugar, women need to examine their breasts, diets cut cholesterol and etc.
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Eleven Ways The Internet Will Kill You [Webtards]
Wicked and thorough.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Central Bank to Bail-Out Every Bank in the UK
The Bank of England will announce Monday a scheme which will see it lend money to banks in return for collateral in a bid to help the troubled U.K. mortgage market, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said Sunday.
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Five Habits for Greener Computing
If you're reading this, it's a pretty safe bet you're using a computer, and computers generate waste in all kinds of ways. But by changing just a few habits, you can keep more stuff out of landfills, save energy, and even tuck a few extra dollars in your wallet. Here are five ideas to get you started.
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The 500,000 GB MP3 Player
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created a nanotechnology breakthrough that could increase storage capacity by 150,000 times. It could mean 500,000 GB on a single chip and inch square.
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The Dirty Truth About Plastic
Plastics are one of the most useful and ubiquitous products in modern society. Scientists are now working to find out if they're among the most dangerous, as well.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
10 Million computers to Shutdown on May 3rd
Shutdown Day is back with a bang! More than 1.6 million people worldwide participated in Shutdown Day last year ... and this year there's a crazy global Flash Mob too! A massive global experiment to spread awareness about the pitfalls of excessive use and abuse of computers and Internet.
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What will you do for Earth Day '08?
Will you take the train or bus to work? Start washing your laundry in cold water? Just turn off a few more lights? Put your plans on Google's Earth Day site and fill up their Map with green leaves for green deeds! Pass it on.
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Tax-free Internet shopping days could be numbered
If tax-hungry politicians get their way, the days of ordering items over the Internet and not paying sales tax may become just a fond memory.Pro-tax politicians want to change this.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Linux Users
Over here I compiled a list of 7 habits that I feel someone has told me when I started out. I believe that getting into these habits will make the Linux experience more secure, convenient, educational, and ultimately more enjoyable.
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World Population to Hit 6,666,666,666 in May
To many people, this means nothing. But of course 666 refers to the Beast in the Bible. Heaven knows what ten sixes means.
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1 Year After Rampage, Va. Tech Remembers
The darkness was broken by the flickering of a white candle, lit at the stroke of midnight. Soft weeping and the solemn strains of "Taps" were all that broke the silence of more than a thousand people gathered around the 32 memorial stones honoring the dead.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Madness of Ben Bernanke
The dollar is in a tailspin, the trade deficit is growing and a recession is on the horizon. The American way of life is in serious danger. But the head of the Federal Reserve keeps on pumping easy credit into the system -- a crazy policy that will worsen the crisis.
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World food prices hit record levels.
Grain prices are up %120. The UN has decided that it needs $500million (1/200th annual cost of Iraq war) to assist the worlds starving poor. Us donates $10 million. Too bad people can't eat bombs or bullets!
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Mathematical Proof of Murphy's Law
"Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way." You thought it was just a funny saying... Well there is truth behind it. Now Murphy's law can be mathematically proven!
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12 Ways To Prepare For The Next Great Depression
Our economic future could be even bleaker than you expect — and last year was the moment to unleash your inner survivalist. If the financial system suffers any more crises of confidence, credit gets even tighter, and the fed falls into a liquidity trap, we could be in for several hardscrabbling dystopian years.
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Masters of the World - England > America > China?
An absolutely excellent article on what is happening, and why, in the high stakes game of world dominance. From several centuries of egalitarian, high-principled values and concern for others, towards a country that is still abusing their own people, are unreliable business partners, and absolutely unscrupulous. Does a disaster await?
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Very Cool: Real Time "Map" of CO2 Emissions All Over World
Breathing Earth. Real-time tracker of carbon dioxide emissions in countries all over world; also births/deaths, constantly updating real-time tracking while you're on the site. E.g; US (1000 tons CO2 every 5.4 seconds); China (1000 tons CO2 every 9.2 seconds); Chad (1000 tons CO2 every 66.4 hours). [FYI...click on "Enter" on site to get to map]
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The Economy of Fear
Why this recession is going to hit particularly hard--and last longer than you think.
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The Wal-Mart Weekly: Does Wal-Mart save you $2,500 per year?
This week's Wal-Mart Weekly will be focusing in one a rather high-stakes claim Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is now advertising into the mainstream media. The claim? The retailer saves the average American family $2,500 per year. To coin a phrase, them's fightin' words, yes?
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Friday, April 11, 2008
GE Profit Drops, Shares Fall the Most Since Crash of '87
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- General Electric Co. dropped the most since the 1987 stock market crash after reporting an unexpected decline in profit just a month after Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt assured investors 2008 earnings would be met.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Sugar-powered cars 'in 10 years'
Sugar-powered cars could be the sweet solution to traffic pollution, say scientists.Researchers have found a way to generate hydrogen directly from plant sugar. They expect the breakthrough to provide a cheap and efficient source of green transport fuel.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Is the Era of Cheap Chinese Products Over ??
Slate Magazine - The Last Days of Cheap Chinese First it is good to get off the farm. Next, why not a car, a TV set, dinner out. Gulp! Walmart Costco... all of corporate America.... The dream you crushed at home for the American worker is raising its ugly little head in the Middle Kingdom.
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Save money by switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs
I was just about to write a blog post about compact fluorescent bulbs and how I put them all over my house to save energy. I WAS, until I took a look around my house and realized the job was only 1/2 done.
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Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US
Over the past few years, we have watched Apple climb the music sales chart courtesy of the iTunes. Last month we learned that Apple passed Best Buy to become the number two retailer in the the US. Now, Apple has ascended to the top of the charts, surpassing Wal-Mart for the first time ever, according to the NPD MusicWatch Survey.
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Redemption rate of TV converter box vouchers just OK
Have you switched over to digital TV yet? Well, you probably did, since you read tech blogs, but the average American? Not so much.
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
BitTorrent Sites Show Explosive Growth
BitTorrent’s popularity is growing every day. Despite efforts from anti-piracy outfits such as the MPAA and IFPI, torrent sites continue to grow traffic wise, and there is no sign that this trend will be brought to a halt anytime soon.
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"Power Shift" -How to Boost Your Memory
A recent study suggests that merely glancing from left to right (the traditional “shifty look” of spies and sneaks) can boost memory power and help people differentiate between real and imagined memories. Moving the eyes up and down had no such effect.
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Super Mario explains parallel universes
Quantum mechanics got you down? Let Mario guide you through one of physics' most tantalizing theories: parallel universes. In this video, you'll find a fairly succinct explanation of the many-worlds hypothesis, as illustrated by a modified version of that classic Nintendo game.
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Light From Halfway to the Beginning of the Univer
How far can you see with your own eyes on a clear night? Would you believe seven billion light years?
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Ball lightning bamboozles physicist
Scientific theories and experiments have failed to convince a physicist what's behind the mysterious natural phenomenon of ball lightning.
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Key to Happiness: Give Away Money
New research reveals that when individuals dole out money for gifts for friends or charitable donations, they get a boost in happiness while those who spend on themselves get no such cheery lift.
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Foreign Investors Systematically Dumping US Treasuries
As feared, foreign bond holders have begun to exercise a collective vote of no confidence in the devaluation policies of the US government. The Federal Reserve faces a potential veto of its rescue measures. Asian, Mid East and European investors stood aside at last week’s auction of 10-year US Treasury notes. “It was a disaster,” said Ray
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Michio Kaku: Mr Parallel Universe
Our universe is doomed, says Professor Michio Kaku. Fortunately, he's working on several escape routes: time travel, wormholes, and another universe entirely. There really is a childish wonder to his expressive face. And take this line he has on the future of the planet: it has no future. In five billion years' time the sun will
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The UFO Phenomena - Religion or Science?
Is the world’s fascination with the possibility of UFO's and more a religion or a natural intuitive sense that life is “out there,” based on current scientific research and recent planet-search discoveries? How do the belief's in UFO's clash with religious beliefs??
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The lightbulb of the future?
Luxim's tiny plasma lightbulb outshines LEDs. The plasma bulb uses 250 watts, and achieves around 140 lumens/watt, making it very bright and highly efficient. By comparison, conventional lightbulbs and high-end LEDs get around 15 and 70 lumens/watt, respectively.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Gold, Silver, Oil at Record Highs as Dollar Hits Record Low
Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose to records in London and New York and silver gained to a 27-year high as the dollar's all- time low spurred demand for precious metals as a hedge against inflation. Palladium rose to the highest since 2001. Gold is up 15 percent this year as a US housing slump and turmoil in credit markets led the Federal Reserve
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Dollar Falls to Record Low of $1.50 per Euro
The dollar fell to an all-time low of $1.50 per euro on speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke today will indicate the U.S. central bank is prepared to keep lowering interest rates. The currency is headed for its second straight monthly decline versus the euro on expectations a government report today will show a drop in U.S. home...
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Sprint Posts $29.5 Billion Loss on Nextel Writedown
eb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sprint Nextel Corp., the third- biggest U.S. wireless carrier, posted a $29.5 billion loss and scrapped its dividend after writing down the value of Nextel Communications Inc. and losing 683,000 customers.
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Economy Skids to Near Halt in Final Quarter of 2007
WASHINGTON — The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit that caused people and businesses to spend and invest more sparingly.
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New Data Show Rising Inflation and Slumping Home Values
The data provided fresh evidence that the housing market is mired in a prolonged slump even as the broader economy is squeezed by higher prices.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Why is Wal-Mart Thriving in an American Recession?
The nation's largest retailer, which caters to working-class customers, seems to have something of a sweet spot. The stock closed Tuesday at $51.40—its highest close since March 2005. Given the economic headwinds, one would think that a retailer catering to lower-end consumers would be doubly slammed.
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Friday, February 01, 2008
We have a broadband strategy? Bush administration says yes
A new report from the NTIA talks in glowing terms about the success of our national broadband strategy. Wait, we have one? That's news to the FCC.
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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Fox to allow DVD ripping to Apple's iTunes
Also in Apple's movie rental deal yesterday with Fox: Apple will license its FairPlay copy-protection technology to Fox for DVD movie releases. This will allow DVD purchasers to easily -- and legally -- rip movies to their computers for playback on iPods and iPhones.
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Top 10 Free Windows File Wranglers
You spend a whole lot of time each day moving, copying, trashing, browsing and otherwise fiddling with all the files stored on your PC, and you should have the most efficient power tools to get those jobs done.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Credit Card Processing Fees Up 117% in Last 5 Years
In 2006, 7 million U.S. businesses accepted credit cards and paid roughly $30 billion in processing fees, which banks mostly pocketed. Banks are creating new credit card reward programs for their customers, but the catch is merchants are picking up the bill.....
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
AT&T Program Change: Drop EDGE from your iPhone plan, save $20/month.
As of yesterday, AT&T allows you to drop the $20/month data/EDGE feature from your iPhone plan. If your EDGE coverage sucks or you work around WiFi, keep your minutes and ditch the data. You lose Visual Voice Mail but you still qualify for Apple tech support and 2-Year warranty coverage.
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Bush receives early holiday gift: copy of Constitution
A human rights group is encouraging people to give President Bush an early holiday gift: the US Constitution, and a polite letter asking him to read it. Every time someone signs the online petition, the organization will send a copy of the Constitution to the White House as a "seasonal reminder that the Constitution needs to be upheld not destroyed
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Monday, November 05, 2007
Ten Ways to Defeat Brain Drain
Those of us who feel we are busy all the time can experience burn out, exhaustion and fatigue from spending long periods of time in focused concentration. I like to refer to this as Brain Drain. This, if gone unchecked, can result in feelings of depression, stress or anger if you continue to push after the drain has set in
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
101 Ways to Fight the Stress Out of Your Life
Most of us are feeling the strain of stress: stress at work, stress at home, stress to meet a deadline, stress to live up to someone's expectations. Stress as a matter of fact and health, has been linked to obesity as well as many other issues.
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Sphere: Related ContentCancer-Proof Your Body
Recent research reveals 8 stealth strategies to keep the killer at bay. It's time to raise your carcinogen shields -- and your overall health -- using these smart anti-C moves.
Read the Men's Health article.
Monday, September 17, 2007
10 killer ways to feel like a million bucks (even if your bank account says otherwise)
Not convinced yet? There are plenty of studies tying health to wealth (and vice versa), on a national and a personal level. Rest assured, though, this isn't The Secret. If you really want to know a secret, here's one: thinking good thoughts about the universe will only make you more disappointed when they don't come true. But that's another thought for another post. Instead, here are some tried and true suggestions for feeling better.
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100 Tips to Improve Your Life
While not specific to creative professionals, the list includes tips that are likely to boost overall effectiveness and the impact you are able to make with your ideas. For this reason, I re-post the list and encourage you to browse...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
US Health Insurance Costs Rise Nearly Twice as Fast as Pay
The cost of health insurance in the United States climbed nearly twice as fast as wages in the first half of 2007, with family coverage costing employers around 1,000 dollars (714 euros) a month, a poll showed Wednesday.
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Dollar Hits All-Time Low Against Euro
The U.S. dollar hit a record low against the euro and was lower against other major currencies in European trading Wednesday morning.
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Bottle makes dirty water drinkable in seconds
Military chiefs are excited because the bottles, which can distill either 4,000 litres or 6,000 litres without changing the filter. The bottle can clean up any water - including fecal matter - using a filter that cuts out anything longer than 15 nanometres, which means that viruses can be filtered out without the use of chemicals.
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'Wing' Portable Windmill Charges Cellphones and Laptops Outdoors!
How great would it be to have your own personal wind turbine that you can carrying around with you outdoors? The portable, umbrella-like 'Wing' personal windmill produces enough electricity to power cell phones, laptops, and lamps, and can be used for camping, road trips, or in developing rural areas with no access to an electricity grid.
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Top 10 Freeware Software Nobody Knows About - But Should
It's a shame when a great program is not heard about by most people - especially when it's free. Here are the top 10 freeware software that many people still haven't tried, but definitely should.
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7 Things You Can Do Today to Prepare for Retirement
"Confession time: I didn’t start planning my retirement when I was young. I didn’t give it much thought, because when you’re in your 20s, retirement seems like something you can worry about much later."
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Turn Your Windows PC into a Media Center Powerhouse On the Cheap
After installing a $70 capture card in your computer and a bit of freeware third-party software, you've got all the tools you need to record television shows on your PC's built-in Media Center, extend that Media Center to your Xbox 360, schedule recordings and stream TV over the internet.
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Super-Easy Ubuntu Setup From Windows - For Windows Users Eager To Try Linux
Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and uninstall Ubuntu from a Windows desktop. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the Windows file system, this file is seen by Ubuntu as a real hard disk. That way the hard drive does not have to be repartitioned before the Ubuntu installation.
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7 Stupid Thinking Errors You Probably Make
The brain isn’t a flawless piece of machinery. Although it is powerful and comes in an easy to carry container, it has it’s weaknesses. A field in psychology which studies these errors, known as biases. Although you can’t upgrade your mental hardware, noticing these biases can clue you into possible mistakes.
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Cellular freedom: bill would cut early termination fees, hidden charges
Introduced late last week to the US Senate, the Cell Phone Empowerment Act of 2007 would force cellular carriers to provide detailed coverage data while making it easier for consumers to opt out of their cellular contracts.
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Apple Sells 1 Millionth iPhone
Seventy four days out from launch, Apple has has sold 1 million iPhones.
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7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable
Scientists call it the Naked Photo Test, and it works like this: say a photo turns up of you nakedly doing something that would shame you and your family for generations. Bestiality, perhaps. Ask yourself how many people in your life you would trust with that photo. If you're like the rest of us, you probably have at most two.
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Fix a Frozen System with the Magic SysRq Keys
You finally got your Linux environment to crash. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does nothing, nor do the F-keys. So you reach for the power button. STOP! Using the power button to reboot usually causes more problems than it solves. The Linux kernel includes a secret method of restarting your PC should it ever stop doing it’s job.
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40+ Free Windows Apps For You
This post is the part 2 of my earlier post 20 Open Source Windows Apps For You, i got lot of feedback for that post and my readers suggested some excellent programs to be included in that list. So here i am listing all those programs which i have missed in my earlier post. Do check the earlier one for the complete software list. The list is in rand
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Heavy Internet users unplugged by US cable company
Cable Internet and entertainment provider Comcast "has punished some transgressors by cutting off their Internet service, arguing that excessive downloaders hog Internet capacity and slow down the network for other customers," the Washington Post reported.
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Religious Leaders Accept Science, Pray for Solution to Global Warming
Religious leaders from all over the world met at the mouth of a melting glacier in Greenland today to say a silent prayer for the planet, appealing to mankind to address the impact that humanity is having on life on Earth. Science and Religion in Agreement? "I don't think we have any differences on this," says Cardinal Thomas McCarrick.
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Monday, September 03, 2007
Harvard releases innovative P2P video software
Internet television more complete than ever. The serverless Tribler software combines BitTorrent, YouTube, and LiveLeak, VLC player, codecs, and intelligent taste recognition into one understandable package. Scientifically, Tribler introduces a download economy beyond tit-for-tat: P2P sharing becomes P2P trading on a bandwidth market. Win/Mac/Linux
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Papers Please: Arrested At Circuit City
"Today I was arrested by the Brooklyn, Ohio police department. It all started when I refused to show my receipt to the loss prevention employee at Circuit City, and it ended when a police officer arrested me for refusing to provide my driver's license."
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Magnetic refrigerator that needs no electricity
A group of researchers at the Technical University of Denmark’s project laboratory in Risø have discovered a cooling method that uses magnetic materials instead of electricity. The invention will allow for refrigerators to replace existing electric refrigerators in homes and businesses with a fully environmentally friendly power source.
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Vista users in Swedish community can't get online
An entire section of Swedes are apparently going without simply because they're using Windows Vista. According a local newspaper, Vista users in Lund can't connect to the internet due to a "bug" that prevents Vista from playing nice with their Linux-based ISP.
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The Linux Vault, "The Linux Wikipedia"
The Linux Vault is a new wiki project founded with the mission of creating a centralized GNU/Linux information website. It has been just created, so we are begging everybody to take part of it and make it the place for writing guides, HOW-TO's, configurations, administration tips, tricks, tweaks or whatever else related to the GNU/Linux system.
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Why Americans Became a Nation of Consumers Instead of Citizens
IT’S Labor Day weekend, so let’s talk about labor. Around 140 million people are employed in the United States. They are engaged in work like governing, manufacturing, health care providing, retailing and researching. This gigantic army of laborers, argues Robert B. Reich, has morphed into a nation of consumers and investors, rather than Citizens.
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