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NASA to beam Beatles Music Into Space
"Across the Universe" will be beamed towards the North Star on Feb 4th. I love this idea. Calling ET.... Technorati tags: NASA , Beatles
Posted: Fri, Feb 1 2008 16:05 by bowman | with no comments
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Don't pack spare Lithium batteries in checked baggage after 1/1/2008
According to this US Government site, spare batteries should be packed in carry-on luggage only. Here is the table that appears on the official website. GUIDE TO RULES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2008 Type Of Battery/Batteries In Checked Baggage In Carry-On...
Updating Acer Ferrari x64 Ultimate with new BIOS
Acer refuses to provide a 64 bit winphlash. I finally figured out a quick and easy solution (not wanting to buy a USB floppy). Acer adamantly refuses to acknowledge that 64 bit users want to update their BIOS. And the Ferrari 4000 doesn't support...
Posted: Thu, Oct 25 2007 15:34 by bowman | with no comments
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Infected job search sites lead to identity theft for 1.6M
Computer World is reporting that job search sites, including the highly trafficked Monster.com may have compromised visitors who click on malicious ads. Yesterday the report was 40K+ users, now it's 1.6 million. Technorati tags: security , ID theft...
Help Design HP's Next Laptop
I received an invitation, in part because of some reviews I've done as a blogger, to provide feedback and ideas to HP on what kind of laptop I'd design if I could do it myself. The sky is the limit and I think this is a great opp for MVP's...
Posted: Tue, Aug 14 2007 5:37 by bowman
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BBC's Panorama Investigative Show Thinks WiFi is Unsafe
The basis for all of this nonsensical conclusion is apparently some unsubstantiated leap between mobile phone technology and equipment and a theorized similarity to WiFi equipment. Say what? Someone at Panorama is WiFi phobic. My long standing opinion...
Don't take Microsoft's Advice on this one. WEP is not secure.
Microsoft recently posted a column on Ad Hoc WiFi Networking on the Vista Community site and advocated using WEP if WPA was not available. This article further gave instructions on entering a 5 or 13 character WEP key without even bothering to explain...
My Velocity Micro x64 & Vista MCE & CableCARDs=Happy Together
Some of you may remember that back in December 2006, Microsoft and AMD shipped me a Velocity Micro Cinemagix Pro Cinema Entertainment System . This AMD Athlon X2 system with an ATI x1950 dual DVI card, 2 gigs RAM and huge hard drive was a wonder. Microsoft...
Velocity Micro PC DCT/CableCARD Ready Arriving Tomorrow
My refitted screamer arrives back home tomorrow. I'm ready!
Awaiting Return of Velocity Micro PC with DCT(CableCARD) Upgrade
Last week I shipped my screamer VM box back to the company for the upgrade needed to enable cable card support (and to get a few things fixed - busted USB port and screw down the hard drive cage). I am so missing this computer but when it comes back,...