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World's richest? Gates may have cashed it in 2007-07-06 03:04:00 After 13 years as the world's richest person, Bill Gates
appears to have been dethroned. But there will probably be no sobbing inside his Medina estate. In his own words:Bill Gates on the pitfalls of being the world's richest man: In fact, based on his past remarks, the Microsoft Corp. chairman might welcome the news. Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim has taken the crown with a net worth of $67.8 billion, according to estimates by a respected financial news site in Mexico, as reported by multiple news services. The main reason: a 27 percent surge in the stock price of Slim's wireless company, America Movil, in the second quarter. At a Microsoft conference in Redmond last year, advertising executive and TV host Donny Deutsch asked Gates if he would be upset if someday he were no longer the world's richest man. "I wish I wasn't," Gates replied. "There's nothing good that comes out of that." "It's better than being second," Deutsch said. "No," Gates replied. "You get m Read more:World
Free FeedBurner Services by Google 2007-07-06 03:00:00 FeedBurner has ceased charging for two premium features following their acquisition by Google
in May. FeedBurner Stats PRO, a service that provides detailed statistics including subscriber numbers, item clickthrough tracking, podcast downloads and aggregate item uses amongst other features, becomes free. FeedBurner MyBrand, a service that allows users to control the URL of feeds is now free as well; a move that will be strongly welcomed. For many, the biggest argument against using Feedburner was the need to give up control of your feed URL (for example, http://feeds.feedburner.com/Techcrunch). Being able to keep ownership of a feed complete with site branding will drive new many new users to Feedburner, including yours truly. FeedBurner PRO and MyBrand accounts will not be billed effective from June. Although the services are now free, Feedburner users are required to “upgrade” to them from within the Feedburner control panel.
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Protect Your Private Word 2007 Documents 2007-07-06 01:24:00 Worried about sensitive data in your Microsoft Word document? you can both encrypt and password protect the document to keep it secure. This feature is very useful if you have to store your documents in a shared location, such as a network folder or home computer. To encrypt your document, click on the Microsoft Office Button in the upper left hand corner, select Prepare from the left-hand menu and then choose Encrypt Document. In the Encrypt Document dialog window type in your password for this document. You will then need to enter in your password again for verification and click OK. You will not receive any type of confirmation message, this window will simply disappear. By default Word 2007 will save your document with 128-bit advanced encryption. Now when anyone goes to open the document it will automatically ask for the password. That's all there is to it.
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How Easy Rotating Pictures In Word 2007 2007-07-06 01:19:00 Another feature that i love from Office 2007 is it ability and easy to rotate any objects such picture. When you are including graphics in a Word document many times you want to place the image in a particular way or at a certain angle. Word 2007 has just the tool for the job. Open your Word document and click on the picture or graphic you want to move. You will see the edit outline around your graphic. Now left click the top green knob and hold the object and start to rotate it. Below you can see the graphic start to move. In the second picture here I added an object and am rotating it as you will notice the first graphic is at an angle. Here is the result of a couple of simple objects in a Word 2007 document that I rotated around a bit so you have an idea. You can do this with any picture, graphic, and even text!
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Place IE7 Menu Bar Back On Top 2007-07-06 01:17:00 Do you wish the IE7 Menu bar was located where it was in IE6? Here is how to quickly create a registry fix to move it back to the top. After you install IE7 you have to make the menu bar appear. Right click an empty spot on the tool bar and place a checkmark next to Menu Bar. It will also show up temporarily if you hold down the Alt key. You will see that IE 7 puts the Menu Bar underneath the Address Bar which we don't want. Open up notepad by clicking Start Run, type in notepad and click OK. Copy and paste the following script into notepad. You do not need to modify the code at all. Just copy and paste it into notepad. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbarWebBrowser]"ITBar7Position"=dword:00000001 Here is how we turn it into a reg key fix. Click on File Save As, but don't click on Save until you read the next step. Change your notepad Save as type to "All Files" and name the file something like IE7_Toolbar_fix.reg. N Read more:Place
Power becoming a major issue as energy costs rise 2007-07-06 01:12:00 Residents of Maryland were recently challenged by their governor to cut their energy consumption by 15% over the next eight years as he pledged to reduce the use of energy by government offices and to increase the energy efficiency of government buildings. This and other energy conservation projects (a quick Google search revealed similar calls in several states) are poised to become large movements, particularly as energy costs balloon as a result of rising oil prices. State residents challenged on energy savings (Baltimore Sun) IT shops will be forced to respond to mounting energy costs. Dell has already announced an initiative to cut energy consumption by its servers by 42% while delivering the same or higher performance. Gartner has posited that nine to fifteen percent of most businesses’ energy costs are related to IT, the vast majority from desktop PCs, and suggests “more-aggressive power management” for businesses. HP has also caught the conservation bug, planning to red Read more:issue
Phishing and pharming 2007-07-06 01:07:00 Using a variety of nefarious methods, phishing and pharming are a consistent problem that threatens everyone with identity theft. If you recognize what these methods are and how malicious users employ them, you can keep yourself and your users from becoming a victim. A quick review Phishing involves sending an e-mail that claims to be a legitimate business in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information. Pharming involves the same goals with a different method; malicious users employ spyware, keyloggers, domain spoofing, domain hijacking, or domain cache poisoning to obtain personal or private (usually financial) information. To put it bluntly, criminals try to steal your identity by getting you to divulge financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords, and social security numbers. They sell this information, and it then becomes an identity theft crime. Recognize the methods The primary method for this crime is to send e-mails that l
Take steps to safeguard sensitive data 2007-07-05 23:56:00 Is your organization responsible for complying with one or more of the many privacy-related pieces of legislation that the U.S. government has enacted over the past decade? It’s a good bet that it is. Whether it’s the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which addresses healthcare information, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), which addresses financial information, or even the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which addresses education information, chances are good that one of these affects your organization in some way. Compliance is nothing to fool around with, and it’s imperative that your organization understand its responsibilities for safeguarding protected data. Protected data is any information that someone could use to identify an individual. Information protected by legislation can include: Salary and fringe benefits (except for federal employees)Terms of employment (including performance and disciplinary records)Academic a Read more:steps
No visas? No problem. No jobs. 2007-07-05 23:53:00 Today’s Microsoft announcement of moving some R&D from Redmond to a new center in Vancouver, British Columbia heralds the first wave of corporate reaction to the failure of immigration ‘reform.’ The quote from Redmond’s representative is about as subtle as a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster: The company said the new location will “allow the company to continue to recruit and retain highly skilled people affected by the immigration issues in the U. S.” Reinforcement came from Big Blue via the Grey Lady, in which IBM explained to the New York Times they would still need some employees stateside, but moving programming work offshore seems to work just dandy. Of course, no good deed goes unpunished. Articles have appeared explaining that India information workers are becoming too expensive, with both the Wall Street Journal and Infoworld sending messages just as unsubtle as the Microsoft missive above. Nobody’s jobs are safe if quarterly earnings could be adjusted by a penny, it
BlackBerry enters China market 2007-07-05 23:51:00 China
now allows BlackBerry
sales on the Chinese mainland. Research In Motion, the Canadian creators of the BlackBerry, pursued the deal for eight years. Corporate customers in key Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will lead the list, and over five thousand are pre-sold. Chinese language mods for BlackBerries have been in place for over two years in Hong Kong and Macao. Neighbor nations India and Japan already buy BlackBerries, so with CDMA 2000 1X data and GSM 900MHz cellular networks already deployed in China, the market should be well primed. That market’s considerable; there are more Chinese cellphone users then there are people in the United States. However, China is also developing a homegrown digital system, TD-SCMA, likely with an eye to reaping the benefits of CDMA without paying Qualcomm’s significant royalty fees. New Chinese phones commonly ship with dual-network capability, as this iClone demonstrates. Where the Chinese market goes, Chinese d
Facebook vs MySpace: The Tale of the Tape 2007-07-13 03:34:00 There has been a lot of talk about Facebook
unseating MySpace
as the top social network. While that may (or may not) happen sometime in the future, the so-called gray lady of Social Networks is holding its own.read more | digg story
Microholography milks 500GB out of DVD-sized discs 2007-07-13 03:24:00 Researchers have found a way to record to nanostructures in DVD-sized discs to store 500GB of data, and the team says that it will eventually be able to store 1 terabyte of data on those same discs with high data throughput rates.read more | digg story
Open Internet Coalition wants unlocked iPhones for everybody 2007-07-13 03:10:00 The Open Internet
Coalition is on Capitol Hill to talk about anti-competitive practices in the wireless industry and pitch the need for device portability across carriers, sane termination fees, and smarter management of new spectrum.read more | digg story
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Nouveau Driver 2D performance exceeds Nvidia driver 2007-07-13 03:06:00 All the development going on with the free Nouveau
has paid off. Today the free driver has outperformed the existing nv driver by 64%. The GtkPerf benchmark was used.read more | digg story
The Pirate Bay Interview (Video) 2007-07-11 08:09:00 The BitLord show released a special episode in which they interview with Brokep from The Pirate
Bay. Brokep talks about TPB’s contribution to the BitTorrent scene, their secret upcoming project, the new anonymous P2P protocol they are working on and much more.read more | digg story
iPhone in depth: the Ars Technica review 2007-07-11 08:03:00 Our iPhonereview
is rather large because we unleashed three (and a half) reviewers on it, all coming from different backgrounds. We pooled our thoughts together, had a few fistfights and a squabble or two ("Keyboard sucks!" "Does not!"), and now present to you our full review. Check out the outline beforehand, or just jump on in.read more | digg story
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Adding pdf file into power point 2007-07-11 06:30:00 Converting a PPT to a PDF is like turning meat, veggies, spices and water into stew. Pretty simple.But adding pdf file into powerpoint
is not easy as other files such JPG, GIF and other graphic file format. Some users in my office don't know how to do this.It's not likely that anybody can do a very good job of it, but it's worth checking the current crop of PDF tools at places like Planet PDF and PDFZoneBut .... You can import PDF content into PowerPoint in several ways, depending on what software you have and the result you're after.The simples way is by using Insert object, while the user only familier with Insert picture from file.Here is the step: From the Insert menu, klik Object, From the Insert object dialog, choose Create from file then browse your pdf file and click OK Remember, this is an embeded object, when double clicked the object it will automatically open your pdf viewer. What do you think? if you have the simples way please let me know, so I can sh
GIMP Tricks: Chocolate bar with GIMP 2007-07-11 01:16:00 Some time ago I saw a chocolate bar made with Adobe Photoshop somewhere on the Internet. I thought that Gimp can’t do worse than and I got myself to work. It seemed to be quite easy and here is the result in 28 steps. read more | digg story
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Introducing Our Newest Security Freeware: SecurAble 2007-07-11 00:16:00 Quickly determine which state-of-the-art security features are being offered by your system's processor chip.Recent AMD and Intel processors contain three features which can be extremely beneficial to the system's overall security. SecurAble probes the system's processor to determine the presence, absence and operational status of each of these three modern processor features.Click to jump to SecurAble's information and download page.
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Yahoo mail vs Gmail, size doesn't matter! 2007-07-09 22:58:00 As you may know, both yahoo and google offer free services for webmail. Gmail
is the first offering large amount of mailbox capasity folowed by yahoo. Yahoo
is now offer a higher storage capacity (unlimited storage, compared to its previous 1000MB). Gmail offers 1GB (1000MB) of storage. But is not easy to register if you are common user and don't have enough knowledge on proxy. Right now, Gmail is only available to people who are invited by other existing Gmail users.I’ve been a long time using Yahoo Mail. Ever since I shut my plasa.com account some years ago, and left all my other free email accounts, I’ve been loyal to Yahoo Mail. I found an auction for Gmail invitation on eBay, I suggest you don't need to pay for free mail service, yahoo is now offring unlimited size of storage.I need your comment regarding this issue, which one is realy good to have?
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Worm/Zafi.B - Worm, lates top threats 2007-07-14 23:35:00 Virus: Worm/Zafi.BDate discovered: 11/06/2004Type: WormIn the wild: YesReported Infections: HighDistribution Potential: Medium to highDamage Potential: MediumStatic file: NoFile size: 12.800 BytesMethods of propagation: • Email • Peer to PeerAliases: • Symantec: W32.Erkez.B@mm • Mcafee: W32/Zafi.b@MM • Kaspersky: Email-Worm.Win32.Zafi.b • TrendMicro: PE_ZAFI.B • F-Secure: Email-Worm.Win32.Zafi.b • Sophos: W32/Zafi-B • Panda: W32/Zafi.B.worm • Grisoft: I-Worm/Zafi.B • VirusBuster: I-Worm.Zafi.B • Eset: Win32/Zafi.B • Bitdefender: Win32.Zafi.B@mmPlatforms / OS: • Windows 95 • Windows 98 • Windows 98 SE • Windows NT • Windows ME • Windows 2000 • Windows XP • Windows 2003Side effects: • Uses its own Email engine • Lowers security settings • Registry modificationI recommend to always update your virus data filesif you don't have any anti virus installed in your computer, go here Read more:threats
Last 10 Virus Alerts 2007-07-14 21:07:00 Sober.X - HIGH RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-11-19 18:34Sober.X - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-11-19 18:34Sober.P - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-10-06 06:12Sober.r - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-10-06 03:47RBOT.CBQ - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-08-16 23:46RBOT.CBQ - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-08-16 23:46IRCBot.es - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-08-15 18:55MiniDl-A - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-06-03 04:37BOBAX.P - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-06-03 00:26Mytob.bh - MEDIUM RISK Virus AlertFirst Report About This Virus:2005-05-29 22:52
SUSE update for php4 and php5 2007-07-14 20:59:00 SUSE has issued an update for php4 and php5. This fixes some vulnerabilities, where one has an unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions and gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), bypass certain security restrictions, and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.For more information:SA24089SA25123SA25378SA25456Solution:Apply updated packages.
Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities 2007-07-14 20:47:00 Some vulnerabilities have been reported in AppleQuickTime
, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.click here to continue reading this article Read more:Multiple
Intel inside $100 laptop? 2007-07-14 20:36:00 Intel said Friday it will join the board of the One Laptop Per Child program and contribute funding to the project which created and is distributing the XO computers for education. This comes after Intel execs have been critical of the design, and after they designed and promoted a competing child-focused portable, their $225 Classmate PC, a more conventional machine than the radically rethought XO boxen.Various sources have recently priced the simple Linux portables at $150-$175 each as a result of hardware upgrades, although the program recently said costs should reach the $100 goal soon, and drop further in short order thereafter. Those would make a dandy e-book reader, and put further price pressure on Sony’s e-book readers.The XO machines now use AMD CPUs. AMD reps said “Intel’s apparent change of heart is welcome, and we’re sure they can make a positive contribution to this very worthy project for the benefit of children all over the world.” Read more:Intel
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How to grab user attention with blinking text in an Access form 2007-07-14 20:29:00 A virus scan that I use blows what sounds like a foghorn when it’s done. I try to be out of the room because it’s so loud and annoying. I prefer a gentler approach. Blinking signs are a good attention
-getter, without being harsh. There are two ways to blink a control or text: on and off or by switching colors. Of course, blinking text won’t replace a sound cue, but done well, it’s easy on the eyes and nerves.To blink on and off, use a Timer event in the following form:Private Sub Form_Timer() Me!control.Visible = Not Me!control.VisibleEnd SubEach time the form executes its timer event, this code toggles the control’s Visible property. You can use this simple technique to blink just about any control, but the control can’t have focus at the time.Switching between two colors is just as easy:Private Sub Form_Timer() With Me!control .ForeColor = IIf(.ForeColor) = color1, color2, color1) End WithEnd SubThe form’s timer event alternates between color1 and color2. Use int Read more:Access
10 e-mail habits that waste time and cause problems 2007-07-14 20:21:00 Few communications tools give you as much exposure as e-mail. Unfortunately, mistakes in your e-mail will receive that same exposure. Calvin Sun cites 10 common e-mail habits
and missteps that annoy him (and maybe you as well) and explains what you can do differently.click here to continue reading this article Read more:waste
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Facebook vs MySpace: The Tale of the Tape 2007-07-13 03:34:00 There has been a lot of talk about Facebook
unseating MySpace
as the top social network. While that may (or may not) happen sometime in the future, the so-called gray lady of Social Networks is holding its own.read more | digg story
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