Archive for March, 2011
What You Said: Are You Willing to Void Your Warranty for Geek Pride?
The comments have been read and the votes totaled; hands down the How-To Geek crowd voids warranties like it’s an Olympic sport. Read on to see how, when, and why, your fellow readers void their warranties. Earlier this week we asked you to weigh in on whether or not you void your warranties to tweak, [...]
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This Week in Geek History: Birth of Twitter, 10th Anniversary of OS X, and The Longest Space Stay Comes to an End
Every week we bring you interesting trivia and milestones from the archives of Geekdom. Today we’re taking a peek at the birth of Twitter, ten years of Mac OS X, and the longest space stay in history. How to Boost Your Wi-Fi Network Signal and Increase Range with DD-WRT 10 Common Photoshop Frustrations (and How [...]
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Blinky the Robot – A Family’s Best Friend [Short Movie]
In the world of tomorrow every family can have the perfect robot helper for their household. For one family though things take a bad turn and Blinky is not so friendly anymore… Note: You will need to make certain that the HD setting for this video is turned off, otherwise it will take a very [...]
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DIY PSU Powers a Lightweight Home Server
If you’re trying to cut down on the power your home server is sucking down, this DIY power supply unit coupled with a low-power motherboard can bring your server power consumption down to netbook levels. Over at the computing DIY blog Karaosium they have a tutorial on how to build your own power supply. They [...]
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From the Tips Box: Shifting Letter Case in MS Word, Program Compatibility under Windows 7 64-bit, and Easy Phone-based Torrenting
It’s time to delve into the tips box and share from the wealth of reader knowledge. Today we’re looking at an easy way to change letter case in MS Word, solving compatibility issues under Windows 7 64-bit, and controlling your torrents from your smart phone. How to Boost Your Wi-Fi Network Signal and Increase Range [...]
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Moodagent Creates Mood-based Music Playlists
Moodagent, a cross-platform and mobile application, creates music playlists based on your mood. Tell it how you’re feeling and it picks songs that mirror your emotional state. Available for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Symbian, Moodagent let’s you, via a sliding interface, adjust how sensual, tender, happy, and angry you want your songs as well [...]
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Don't Upgrade, Migrate! 10 Reasons To Move To Ubuntu Desktop And How To Do It
The computing world is extremely polarised when it comes to proprietary vs. open source, and a million industry voices tell a million different stories. Even so, there are still very real differences between the two philosophies and technologies. This webinar focuses on just a few of them, giving you 10 great reasons to migrate your [...]
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Don't Upgrade, Migrate! 10 Reasons To Move To Ubuntu Desktop And How To Do It
The computing world is extremely polarised when it comes to proprietary vs. open source, and a million industry voices tell a million different stories. Even so, there are still very real differences between the two philosophies and technologies. This webinar focuses on just a few of them, giving you 10 great reasons to migrate your [...]
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Successful Migration to Ubuntu Desktop
This webinar will cover Canonical’s proven methodology for a smooth transition and the issues more commonly met . Customer cases studies and real implementations scenarios will be used at each stage of the methodology to give you a better idea of how the migration is conducted.
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Cloud Scale on Ubuntu with Terracotta's Ehcache
Please join us in this webcast to learn how Ubuntu users can take advantage of Ehcache and the Terracotta Server Array for terabyte-scale distributed caching and web session management in an Ubuntu server cloud. Also, learn how to get cloud scale on Ubuntu servers. Time: Wed, 03/23/2011 – 03:00 – 04:00
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