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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Alcohol and Daemon Tools are excellent software packages that allow users to mount ISO files as virtual CD-ROMs. Yes, there is a way to use that ISO without burning it to a disk.
Although I love these tools, Microsoft has a free, 60kb program that does the same thing! Of course, ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
All you need is a Windows machine with a fast processor, an HD-DVD drive, a Blu-Ray burner, 30GB of free disk space, at least, though 40GB or more is recommendedVariationen von http://www.pokergrand.de. and an internet connection to download the software!
Convert Your HD DVDs to Blu-Ray - Wired How-To Wiki
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
This is definitely one for the geeks!
You do/type this
Server responds with
telnet ipaddress 25
220 (then identifies itself -
possibly with several lines of 220 + text)
HELO
250 (followed by human readable message)
MAIL FROM:you@hostname.com
250 is syntactically correct (or similar)
RCPT TO:them@someplace_else.com
250
is syntactically correct
DATA
Tells you to send data then CRLF period CRLF at end
Type your ...
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Google Calendar has some nice features like SMS'ing you for the reminders, but having to navigate to their site to enter the data can be a pain.? Since I already use Outlook, I wanted an easy way to sync the two Calendars.? I ran across this site which ...
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Tons of Vista tips over at Windows Vista :: the How-To Geek? Way too many for me to list here so check it out...
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Here's a quick guide on how to copy HDTV from your Cable Box to your PC:
According to FCC regulations, all DVRs that cable companys rent must have an active firewire port. While unfortunately you likely won’t be able to record premium channels such as HBO, INHD, DiscoveryHD. All broadcast channels ...
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Here's how to install Flash 9 on your Ubuntu Linux installation:
wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
(you can use http://tinyurl.com/2a8zuc if you're not cutting and pasting)
tar -xzf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
rm install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
cd install_flash_player_9_linux
./flashplayer-installer
Copyright(C) 2002-2006 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved.
Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux
Adobe Flash Player 9 will be installed on this machine.
You are running the ...
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
Learn to modify your Tivo or DVR to show Caller ID on your TV when you get a phone call, store over 5 times more recordings than a standard dvr, transfer files to and from your PC and more...
digg story
DVR's are great for zooming through commercials, but what if you ...
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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
I've already showed how to Destroy your Data on hard disks.. but now here is an article that explains how to do it for memory cards.? Have you sold any memory cards in the past?? Nervous??
Statistically, this indicates that 78% of the cards we obtained on eBay ...
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Check out this site, it's a great guide on building a content filter / firewall for your home. Once you're done you can block out adult content from your network so your kids aren't exposed to it.
http://www.filtermynetwork.com
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