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Here is a new program What makes this program special is that it compresses images, even jpg, as much as 40% and does not lose any quality! This is the first program in a decade that has the ability to compress images significantly without loss of quality to save significant storage space and speed up downloading. [http://theimagemart.com/]
This article is older but being I have been out of action for 6 weeks I still think it is a worthy read. Before you install Windows Media Player v.9 you need to know there is a "new feature" that will require you to buy a license to play your dvd's and cd's. The same ones that you just spent
While I was growing up I worked on my Grand Fathers farm. One of the most mundane task that needed to be done was spray for weeds. As he hated to use spray we did a lot of cultivating which was worse than spraying as it promoted land erosion. There have been great advances in the science of growing crops
As Smart Card technology is advancing and with your personal information being embedded into the license it will not be long before there is a major legal battle as you may be surprised what is being retrieved from vendors and club owners. [CNN]
Maxtor is releasing a new 320GB hard drive but they are not very confident their drives are reliable: Effective Oct. 1: Maxtor will SHORTEN their warranty on OEM drives from 3 years to 1 year. IBM and Western Digital continue with a 3 year warranty (for now). These drives are going to be a pain because they will require a
The decision means that people who use the online payment service and who maintain they've been treated horrendously (check out NoPayPal.com and PayPalWarning.com to hear some real horror stories) could take their cases to court, instead of PayPal's private arbitration system. [The Register] Also PayPal is being sued by First USA Bank, owned by Bank One Corp., for patents violations
Ok it has been a long 6 weeks and I am very anxious to get back in the saddle, regular postings will start again tomorrow. I will try and backfill what I can with what I have been up to in the last 6 weeks. Anyway it is great to be back and ready to do a major data dump
The last nails seem to be in the coffin for two of the earliest and most prominent file-swapping sites, but the battle isn't over for file-swappers. In a decision likely to force Napster out of business, a federal judge blocked the $9 million sale of the onetime file-swapping powerhouse to German media giant Bertelsmann. The surprise decision isn't expected to
A few days ago the rumours started: every currently-supported version of Windows -- that's -98 to -XP and everything in between -- can be rooted by a novel means which MS regarded as a mystery. It seemed to be an automated, malicious bot which makes it possible to control the target machine via IRC, but it seemed not to replicate
A new project by Intel and Philips is using the Linux operating system to boost the market for converged consumer electronics. The Pronto++ reference platform, announced on Tuesday, is based on Intel's XScale line of embedded processors and, initially at least, an embedded Linux distribution. Pronto++ grew out of of Philips' Pronto line of advanced remote controls, and the companies
"Striking back against a computer that is attacking you may be illegal under United States law, but a security researcher says people should be allowed to neutralize one that is unwittingly spreading destructive worms like "Nimda." [Source CNN]
Microsoft Corp. will reveal hundreds of pieces of proprietary computer code from its monopoly Windows operating system in the next several weeks to comply with an antitrust settlement it signed with the U.S. Justice Department. [Source MSNBC]
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