Vote for your favorite photomicrographic image at the "Small World" competition (2)
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For 30 years, Nikon has held its "Small World" competition, which gives awards to the year's best examples of photomicrography -- snapshots of microscopic thingies. Their official judges have already met, and on Oct. 15 Nikon will announce the winning images. But Nikon is also holding a public vote: You can go to their web site, view all 115 of the finalists, and vote for your favorite! That picture above is my fave -- it's ...
Bypass Youtube Age Verification (3)
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Youtube uses a flag system that allows users to report videos as inappropriate which according to Youtube means any violation of the Youtube terms of service. A flagged video will be reviewed by an administrator who has numerous options at hand including setting the flag for age verification which requires users to login before they can view the video. Age verification is pretty basic and anyone who cheated on his birthday can watch the video ...
Is That Company a Scam? Google Suggest May Have a Clue (1)
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Here’s one clever use of Google Suggest. Type some name and look at the search suggestions to see how legitimate the company you’re dealing with is. Thanks Techdirt and LooseWireBlog. Is That Company a Scam? Google Suggest May Have a Clue - Digital Inspiration
Process Monitor 2.0 for Vista and XP (1)
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At the start of September 2008, Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich revealed that he was cooking a major update for Process Monitor, one of the components of the Sysinternals suite. As of September 30, version 2.0 of Process Monitor became available for download. The description of the tool authored by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell reveals that Process Monitor 2.0 is designed to integrate seamlessly with both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 2000 ...
New antimalarials 'within next two years' (1)
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The Medicines for Malaria Venture plans to roll out three new antimalarials by 2010, according to its new five-year plan.
Skype admits Chinese privacy breach (2)
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Text messages tapped as well as censored VoIP outfit Skype has admitted that surveillance was carried out on instant messages sent using the service in China, blaming local partner TOM Online for the eavesdropping.…
Laugh Your Way Through RSS (1)
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Book cover via AmazonIf you're like me, a funny cartoon causes a chuckle to turn into a guffaw and the next thing you know, your face is beet-red, you're convulsing, and you need to pee. It doesn't happen with every cartoon, but some of Sunday's newspaper funnies are, well, funny!I bring up the funnies as a means to describe RSS, internet jargon for Really Simple Syndication, which is a fancy way of describing the layout ...
Slacker Uprising BitTorrent Takedown Sent to DNS Provider (44)
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After Michael Moore encouraged everyone to download his latest movie ‘Slacker Uprising’ for free and do what they like with it, lawyers working for him have sent a takedown requestto a DNS company, for a torrent of the movie to be removed from BTJunkie. The problem? Well, several as it happens. When Michael Moore released his latest movie, Slacker Uprising, he made it clear that not only would the movie be completely free, but he ...
Why a 25% risk of developing Parkinson’s really does matter (1)
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There has been a lot of commentary around the blogosphere about Sergey Brin’s blog post in which he announced that his SNP profile includes one variant which significantly increases his risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. The mainstream media seem mostly to be desperately concerned about the potential for the ignorant masses to be misinformed about what the results of such tests would mean and the potential for people to make unfortunate decisions based on them ...
Hasselblad Readies 60-Megapixel Camera - H3DII-60 (1)
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At the PhotoKina 2008 trade show recently held, Hasselblad showed off its new flagship camera, the H3DII-50, that is the first digital camera on the market to feature Kodak’s 50-megapixel sensor. According to Hasselblad, the H3DII-60 will be launched in 2009. The H3DII-60 will feature a 60-megapixel sensor that provides 94% full-frame, 645 coverage. According to [...] [ This is a content summary only. Visit My Digital Life or Tip and Trick for full article, ...
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You've got how may megapixels? 3? 5? 8? 12? Try 60!
How to Open .PSD Extension Files Without Installing Adobe Photoshop (2)
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The .PSD (Photoshop Document) format stores an image with support for most imaging options available in Photoshop. These include layers with masks, color spaces, ICC profiles, transparency, text, alpha channels and spot colors, Clipping paths, and duotone settings. This is in contrast to many other file formats (e.g. .EPS or .GIF) that restrict content to provide streamlined, predictable functionality. Since PSD files can be open and edited by Photoshop, not everyone is willing to spend ...
Windows Backup Software DeltaCopy (2)
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DeltaCopy is not the usual Windows backup software that you encounter when searching for backup solutions for the Windows plattform. It uses a server client based concept to backup files from a number of clients on a central backup server. This means that the main application for DeltaCopy are home networks and small business network with the need for a central backup system. DeltaCopy is an Open Source portable Windows backup software that supports incremental ...
Windows Wallpapers From MSN (3)
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Windows Wallpapers from MSN is a beta application and web service that provides Windows users with wallpapers from Microsoft. The software application will automatically check in intervals if new Windows wallpapers are available and download them automatically to the computer system. At the time of testing 156 Windows wallpapers were downloaded to the computer. Wallpapers from MSN is not your usual wallpaper manager though. It displays the Windows wallpapers in an image library and gives ...
