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Today in History: for Friday, May 09, 2008
by Dennis Faas on 20080509 @ 00:42AM EST
On this Day in History -- May 09 Famous people born on this day: 1800, John Brown, abolitionist. 1873, Howard Carter, Egyptologist who found King Tutankhamen. 1882, Henry J. Kaiser, built Liberty Ships, Jeeps. 1936, Albert Finney, actor. 1940, James L. Brooks, producer, director, actor, screenwriter. 1946, Candice Bergen, actress. 1949, Billy Joel, singer, songwriter, "Piano Man". Events on this day in history: 1785, Joseph Bramah receives British patent for beer pump handles. 1960, The FDA approves first public sale of contraceptive pills. [ Return to main page ]... [more]
[ShellX 20080509]: 'Advanced Run', and 'Diver Windows Manager'
by Bob Helmer on 20080509 @ 00:09AM EST
Advanced Run is a tool that allows you to run any program, run any command line command, open, edit and print documents with any user account without logging off and logging on every time you need to switch users. Use Advanced Run because it is simple, it is flexible, and it is free. || Test the reaction of programs to different messages states. This manager let you change the state of windows without code changing. Also change the usual view of the desktop and windows to make working processes more comfortable. http://www.deskex.com/... [more]
Texas Refuses Facebook Friend Request
by John Lister on 20080509 @ 00:20AM EST
Facebook has made a deal with state attorney governors to better protect child members from online predators. The site is developing a system to ensure new members are telling the truth about their age, and they'll also add in an automatic warning to under-18s whenever they are about to give personal information to an adult. In addition, they'll crack down on members who change the date of birth listed on their profile. As with a similar agreement made earlier this year by rivals MySpace, only Texas decided against signing-up. It's not yet clear why they've opted out this time, but in the ... [more]
Photo-Enforcement Technology Replaces Officers On Patrol
by Carlo Orlando on 20080509 @ 00:17AM EST
It's no secret that most of us are guilty of driving with a "lead foot". Sooner or later, we all think twice about going just a little faster to get to our desired destinations. Often, it's not the risk of an automobile accident that deters us from putting the "pedal to the metal", it's that at any moment a police car zoom up behind, lights flashing. But what if there were no more officers on road patrol? How many of us would go just a little faster knowing that there would be no consequences for such actions? In some states and municipalities, police officers have stopped patrolling certain ... [more]
Cuban Government Says 'Ok Computer'
by Rachael Griffin on 20080509 @ 00:23AM EST
Have you ever wondered what life would be like without your computer? Most people can't even fathom it. Would it surprise you to know that until last month, Cubans were restricted from owning computers, surfing the Internet, or having cell phones? Until recently, the communist Cuban government (under Fidel Castro) restricted all non-essential expenses, such as air conditioners, luxury cal rentals, and toasters. Average Cubans were not allowed any of these indulgences. (Source: iht.com) In most countries, computers, Internet access and cell phones are an everyday, often integral, part of life. ... [more]
Excel Can E-Mail Your Weekly Reports For You!
by Carol Bratt on 20080509 @ 00:23AM EST
Many times, in an office setting, you have an Excel spreadsheet that has to be sent to different departments on a weekly basis. Even if you have a distribution list setup in MS Outlook, it still takes some time to setup your e-mail and proof it before sending it out. Why not let MS Excel do it for you? Follow the steps below to lighten your workload: Launch MS Excel if it is not already open. Open the workbook containing the report you want to send. Click ALT + F11. The Visual Basic Editor will open. In the Project-VBA Project pane, double-click ThisWorkbook. Go to Insert | Procedure. Click ... [more]
[ShellX 20080508]: 'Shell Enhancer', and 'Lansweeper'
by Bob Helmer on 20080508 @ 10:48AM EST
ShellEnhancer is an application designed to enhance the default shell of Windows and to make your life easier. ShellEnhancer includes two types of taskswitcher (Enhanced TaskSwitcher and Mosaic TaskSwitcher) which you can use to replace the default Windows Alt+Tab taskswitcher. The Enhanced TaskSwitcher supports live previews. ShellEnhancer allows you to make your own tasks. Tasks consist of a number of commands which get executed one after the other. Available commands include: insert text, send keystroke, manipulate windows, run program, start screensaver, lock workstation and many other. ... [more]
Xobni: MS Outlook Social Networking Technology for your Inbox
by Carlo Orlando on 20080508 @ 10:58AM EST
If you are a Microsoft Outlook user and let your emails build up by the dozens (like me), going back to locate an important message in a sea of junk mail can be an arduous task. Even if you are meticulous about storing and filing your emails, saving hundreds of "important" messages and having to locate a specific one can have the same effect. Xobni is here to help. Xobni -- "inbox" spelled backwards -- is a small Internet start-up company based in San Francisco and is introducing a new application that works together with Outlook to give users a better emailing experience. The software ... [more]
Music Companies Jump on GTA IV Bandwagon
by Brandon Dimmel on 20080508 @ 11:24AM EST
Grand Theft Auto IV ("GTA IV") is a retail phenomenon. By all accounts, it has raked in more sales than any game in history, making GTA IV a retailer's dream come true. However, the buck may not end there -- in fact, GTA IV is now acting as a prime marketing tool for music artists. When it shipped last week, Grand Theft Auto IV hit retailers like a sports car through a shop window (uh, you can do that in the game). Long midnight line ups and millions of pre-orders soon gave way to top-ranking reviews, with many experts calling the game the best ever released. With that kind of attention, it ... [more]
Fascinating: Memristor to replace Binary
by Kurt D. Lynn on 20080508 @ 00:20AM EST
For more than half a century, digital electronic devices have been based on a binary paradigm -- that is, electronic switching of a signal either 'on' (1) or 'off' (0). Everything we know about computing is based on this simple concept. Now that's about to change. As first reported this week by our own John Lister, scientists at Hewlett-Packard's Information and Quantum Systems Lab have discovered a new type of electrical resistor: one that has memory properties. The so-called "memristor" exploits the curious memory-like properties of a thin coat of titanium dioxide when a current is passed ... [more]
Adobe Hopes To Make Flash Master Of The (Mobile) Universe
by John Lister on 20080508 @ 02:32PM EST
Adobe, Inc. is dropping most restrictions on the use of its Flash technology on mobile devices. The firm hopes the move will help boost the technology's appeal on cellphones, handheld PCs and set-top television boxes. Flash, which allows developers to produce interactive content and animations that appear the same way on all computers, is already widely popular on the web: around 98% of desktop computers with an Internet connection have the software installed. There's already a cut-down edition called Flash Lite for mobile devices, but licensing restrictions mean the full-scale Flash software ... [more]
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