Biden visits Iraq, 'anti-war' movement comes undone

With the coming of winter, people need more elelectricity to heat water or to use the electric heaters. Most of us in Iraq (Im talking about regular people not officials) have power for four hours a day and you can imagine the crises happening in every house. There is a specific time for bathing and another time for washing thecloths [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:00:00

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Thoughts on the Past and Future of Macworld Expo

At Macworld Expo, the usual query upon meeting an acquaintance is, "So what have you seen that's cool?" This year, I didn't receive that question until late on the final day. Instead, the constant inquiry ran along the lines of, "Do you think there will be a Macworld Expo next year, now that Apple is pulling out?" For the record: Yes, I do [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:35:05

Blind Gun-Dog — Monsters of Rock

First you notice the guard towers and then you spot the guards. Bearded, tattooed men in ankle-length Driza-Bone coats. When you realise they’re holding shotguns, you understand this is going to be no ordinary music gig. We’re in convoy: me and the Deeg in the front of his snappy Japanese fastmobile with the open-top roof [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:24:34

Turn Your Ubuntu Intrepid Into Mac OSX Leopard

This is an updated version of my previous post Turn Ubuntu Hardy into Mac OSX. That post was written six months ago and many things have changed during this period of time: release of Ubuntu Intrepid, newer Mac4Lin theme, better globalmenu applet etc. As such, I have decided to rewrite this tutorial for the Intrepid platform [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:54:22

Morphing dialogs and the AJAX roadmap for Launchpad

The user experience and design team at Canonical includes a few folks dedicated to web technology ... now that we have the core capabilities for cross-project bug tracking, code publishing and translation in place ... t use capabilities in Launchpad, because they need to understand the whole system before [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:15:44

The Curious Case of the Never-Good-Enough Mother

Today I went to a mandatory court appearance with my good friend “Annie.” A month ago Annie left her two children, ages 2 and 4, in her (not-running) ... , and, oh, wasn’t that odd — according to the code on the citation, Annie was charged with “trespass and graffiti.” Today at the court appearance, the prosecutor’s case paper had the correct code [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:23:27

Quick App: Rolando for iPhone

Topple was being offered for free via the iTunes App Store. One of the reason’s why is that it’s subtly advertising the new game in town: Rolando, which is picking up a lot of very positive word of mouth. Have you tried it yet? Should we believe the hype? This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 19:00:08

CCA rejects death penalty cases over Brady violations: What statutory changes might deter withholding exculpatory evidence?

Here's something you don't see everyday, from the Dallas News Crime Blog:Two death row inmates received favorable rulings from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday, a rare occurrence, but particularly unusual because of the reasons: possible prosecutorial misconduct [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 20:01:00

The Security of Start Ups and Believing the News

The recent bout of fake Twitter updates is interesting from at least two points; ... be the reason why they were able to be exploited when their systems didn’t limit the number of login ... and tested. Compared to other social networks, Facebook presents very strong security. Bar information [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:00:00

10 Free Analytics Tools for Ministry Sites

One of the things I briefly mentioned during the large group meeting at Church Tech Camp : ... and the PC.  It hangs out on your system tray or status bar and can notify you when things happen ... , and I understand why.  It has a great interface, simple management system, and you can run multiple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 19:44:40

Crazy little thing called Privacy (1)

Privacy is such a crazy little thing. We love it, we ache for it at times, yet we throw it away like garbage every day on the internet. To most people it has become clear that the internet isn't a sunny day at the beach without worries. In the past year we've all read the stories about identity theft, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:38:02

FUN.xls

FUN.xlsThreat Level: FUN.xls is a worm disguised as an Excel spreadsheet file. FUN.xls slips into your system, and copies itself into your computer under other names, as soon ... phone, external hard drive, etc.). Before FUN.xls ruins your system, let me show you how to get rid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:33:29

KARAOKE TILL YOU DROP!

Bit by bit, the joys of real life keep moving to the virtual world ... is karaoke. Now there's no reason to haul yourself out to whatever bar in town is holding karaoke ... you can share your performance anywhere by copying and pasting the provided embed code. If you're [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:38:32

Minimize Desktop Distractions

I've always been an easily distracted person. In college I discovered the glory of the engineering library's basement: a pseudo fallout shelter whose bare bulbs dangled over solitary study cells, with nary a distraction in site for an aspiring art major [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 18:53:00

Mobile phone QR bar code tech coming to UK

It looks like QR bar codes which enable users to grab information via a swipe of their mobile phone is on its way to the UK ... bar code campaign in the UK. The QR codes have apparently been slowly creeping into the UK consumer ... . The QR bar code system is rapidly becoming a cult status in Japan and allows the scanning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:29:03

2009 Peugeot 3008 Unveiled With Video

The Peugeot 3008 is a compact and spacious crossover. It represents a new and innovative offer, not only in the Peugeot range but also in today’s car market as a whole. Manufactured in Eastern France at the Sochaux manufacturing plant, its concept and specification has draw on all of Peugeot’s expertise and values [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:45:52

Using Ruby for system scripts

So here we are, the second installment of my openSUSE+Ruby mini-series.  See this link for the first article covering installation and configuration ... on classes), but methods are relatively simple to define.  Lets put our ‘Hello, World’ code into a method [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:30:27

10 Promising Free Web Analytics Tools

Web analytics is the process of gathering and analyzing your web content’s data in order to glean meaningful information about how your site is being utilized by your users. There are plenty of Web analytics applications out there, and you probably already know the big guns such as Google Analytics, Crazy Egg, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:20:21

Expiration perspiration

All hell broke loose for me in the Program Portal and Xcode today: welcome to 2009 and the expiration of development certificates over the holiday break. It’s far from obvious what is causing these problems, hence this quick essay to help others avoid them now and in the future [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:39:39

iPhone news and reviews

iPhone updates find some interesting links including: * Refurbished iPhones * iPhone flirting * Palm's Comeback * Microsoft Tag iPhone app * Two-factor iPhone authentication and more. Refurbished iPhones Best Buy Co., is to be the first retailer to offer refreshed Apple iPhone 3Gs at store locations nationwide [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:30:15

ALLAHABAD BANK recruits Probationary Officers, Officer IT, Manager IT, Agriculture Field Officers, Managers, Security Managers, Law Managers and Clerical Posts

ALLAHABAD BANK (A Government of India Undertaking) HEAD OFFICE : 2, N. S. ROAD, KOLKATA 700001  Advt No. : REC/ 01/2009-10                          Allahabad Bank invites ON-LINE Applications from Indian Citizens for 1000 vacancies. Candidates are requested to apply on-line between 20.12.2008 and 19.01.2009 only through Bank’s  website www [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:31:19

VelaClock Deluxe 2.1.10, 44% off

VelaClock Deluxe 2.1.10 VelaClock Deluxe is a world clock widget with a highly configurable user interface ... pane has a full and a minimized version): A light level bar that gives the user a picture ... . A thin white bar indicates when the moon is visible. Daylight duration and the change in minutes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 05:00:00

Digging Deeper Into the CheckFree Attack

Digging Deeper Into the CheckFree Attack The hijacking of the nation's largest e-bill payment system this week offers a glimpse of an attack that ... registrar that CheckFree used to register its Web site name, told Security Fix Wednesday that someone had used the correct credentials needed to access and make changes to CheckFree's Web site [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 18:58:08

The Student Debt Dilemma

mediocre student, so I can understand why I wasn't accepted there; but the other school that rejected me was a huge state school. I always wondered why some of my classmates got into that school and I didn't - we didn't have particularly different grades or recommendations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 06:59:00

Privacy, tabs and web content overhaul in Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, the second development release of the first major update to Firefox 3, released about six months ago ... tabbed browsing the default mode. The tab bar is now always visible and a new tab button ... window by simply dragging the tab out of Firefox’s tab bar. You can also press the Ctrl key while [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 00:45:08

The Television Writer's Guide to Cryptography

On television shows, sometimes characters encounter encrypted data ... progress as they break through each "layer".A technically savvy villain has a computer system that the heroes wish to acquire remote access to.  In order to access this system, the hero hacker must [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:37:04

Always Imitated, Never Duplicated

Customer: “Do you have a copy of **** in stock?” Me: “Yes, we do. Would you like me to put it on hold for you?” Customer: “Yes ... .” Customer: “Should I draw the bar code for you?” Me: “I’m sorry? Come again?” Customer: “Would it help if I drew the bar code?” Me: “No…the coupon code will do just fine.” Customer: “Thanks!” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:55:39

Installing Nessus 2.0 on SuSE 9.0 Pro with KDE 3.1

Installing Nessus 2.0 on SuSE 9.0 Pro with KDE 3.1 The following is a simple how-to guide for installing the Nessus vulnerability scanner, ... that may occur during your installation is that of the network card and/or Internet connection ... that your install take place on a safe non-routable network that does not have hostile traffic. Your system [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:43:55

Bill Stead on the National Research Council’s Report

Full text of the report is available here. The report calls for a change in approach to health care IT ... to improving the health care system. The report suggests that a larger dose of today’s health care ... information system interdependencies actually slow down improvement! Instead, clinical applications [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:13:33

Card.exe

Card.exe Threat Level: Card.exe is a threat Card.exe screenshot Card.exe is a Trojan that spreads through a fake e-card email. Card.exe gets linked to from a greeting card email, subject line “An E-card from Jeff.” Sounds ... all your personal and financial information. When you click the link in “An E-card from Jeff” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:19:02

DotA Allstars 6.58

.fullpost{display:inline;}Download here : http://www.getdota.com/map_archiveChangelogs :############# Highlight #############* Remade Storm Spirit ( ... code to improve the usual performance drop that happens later in the game* Added a new experimental ... Bar: Improved damage from 75 to 80 and chance from 30- 35%* Rapier: Now requires Demon Edge [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:08:00

Scanbuy Free App for Android & Smartphones Lets Users Scan their Friends for Social Networking

Wireless_and_Mobile_News.jpg Scanbuy now offers a Google Android version of its ScanLife multi-barcode reader that uses the camera in the ... all major 2D barcode formats (Datamatrix, EZcode, QR). Then information is automatically displayed ... . Comment from Wireless and Mobile News, instead of saying "Google me, you can now say scan my barcode [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:39:54

AT&T Mobility and Motorola to Offer the Rugged Tundra VA76r from January 13

AT&T and Motorola unveiled Motorola Tundra VA76r, a rugged 3G clamshell device with a tough exterior that can withstand harsh environments ... and their teams. TeleNav Track features include GPS-enabled tracking, turn-by-turn navigation, individual ... and signature capture. With Xora, companies can track the location and activities of their workers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 09:53:57

Windows 7. The Vista “dot” release

At 6:00 AM yesterday morning I started downloading the Windows 7 x64 release. By 9:30 AM I was installing it.  Yes, I admit it, I’m a keener ... , 500G SATA hard disk and a dual-head ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics card.  The Windows 7 installer ... key drivers.  It failed to detect my HP Color Laserjet CLJ1600 printer. The Windows Vista x64 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:01:56

Cool free and premium Wordpress themes

WordPress users have thousands of themes to choose from. We hunt out the best of the best free and premium themes so you don’t have to ... column. Day Dream: Blue and white, with a page navigation bar above the fold and weblog categories ... header, neat navigation bar and simple overall presentation. Stilbruch: Dark, creative [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:02:21

BMW Engines: From M to N - Part 2

We are continuing our coverage on the BMW engines - Part 1 can be found here - and today we are going to focus on the latest and what some might ... to as chassis code E9x. For the new 3 there are 4 different designations to better describe which body style [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 13:20:35

[CodeProject] Newsletter (12 Jan 2009)

For comments or enquiries please contact webmaster@codeproject ... collaboration system for members to make the whole concept of multiple authors simpler.Versioning of articles. A more useful and easier to manage Industry Contact system. If you have a company [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:23:00

Dota 6.58 Official Map - Dota-Allstars 6.58 Download

.fullpost{display:inline;} At last, after waiting so long Dota 6.58 Official Map - Dota-Allstars 6.58 released and ready to download ... game code to improve the usual performance drop that happens later in the game* Added a new ... King Bar: Improved damage from 75 to 80 and chance from 30- 35%* Rapier: Now requires Demon Edge [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:32:00

Poor Spore Performance on Your New Notebook

Spore, the popular “casual” game from EA, has received as much sales and fanfare as it has controversy from its DRM policies ... but they definitely do. Brian Henry, a software engineer in our Performance and Experience Lab, provided [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:55:12

Microsoft Plugs at Least 28 Security Holes

Microsoft Plugs at Least 28 Security Holes Microsoft has an early holiday present for Windows users: A batch of eight software updates that plug at least 28 security holes in the widely-used ... computer code to exploit the flaw into thousands of legitimate Web sites they had hacked. Microsoft [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 19:43:18

Introduction to the “Right of Association”

Jump to CommentsThis is BIG.According to at least one Supreme Court case, the “right of association” can even trump National Security interests ... against governmental interests in National Security, the private “right of association” can win. The “right of association” can be more important than National Security. I find [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:53:26

How Much Should I Pay: 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid (Updated)

Question From Arch: How much should I pay for a Ford Escape Hybrid Limited Edition, Pre-owned, with 70 miles on it? ... a 25 to 200 mile radius within your zip code. Basically the dealerships get to compete ... . You got lucky with this deal because of that damaged bar. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:13:57

Species censorship? Paedobestiality?-Wired

]Human Hunters Genetically Shrink Their Prey By Alexis Madrigal Wired: January 12, 2009http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/hunters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:42:23

Cyb - PayPal Donate v4.8.2

Info: Advanced PayPal Donate system for vBulletin. Features: -Allow users to donate suggested or custom amounts, or both -Set minimum amount accepted -Set currency -Block usergroups from using Donate system -Donations list -Subscriptions (for Business/Premier PayPal Accounts) -Donation Bar -Mark [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:31:30

Detroit NAIAS 2009: 2010 Ford Taurus unveiled, pricing starts at $25,995

Ford will take the wraps off its 2010 Ford Taurus tomorrow during the 2009 Detroit Auto Show ... : Adaptive Cruise Control with Collision Warning, Intelligent Access with Push Button Start, MyKey ... control paddles mounted on the steering wheel. All-wheel-drive is available as an option. Ford says [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 05:42:34

"Organize It" Party - "Control It" - School Lunch

Ready for more “Control It” Kids stuff from school papers to bedrooms? Let's talk about how to "Control It" when it comes to our kids lunches ... butter and jelly it is, along with a bag of chips, an apple, a single-serve yogurt, a power bar [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:45:00

Detroit 09': 2010 Ford Taurus Officially Unveiled!

Ford has officially unveiled the all-new 2010 Ford Taurus that makes its debut at the Detroit Auto Show ... such as Adaptive Cruise Control, Intelligent Access with Push-Button Start, SecuriCode™ Keyless Entry Keypad and MyKey. The all-new Taurus will be available this summer at starting price of $25,995 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 09:28:27

Round Robin Review: T-Mobile G1

As I mentioned in my full review of Android on the G1, Android pretty much seems custom designed to fit me as a user ( ... systems, I prefer open to not. Android is Open source all the way down. As long as we're repeating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 14:06:45

AudioHijackKit2

In his post announcing Pulsar, Paul mentioned that it was our first public exposure of our new technology called AHKit2 ... meter, which is that little moving levels bar at the bottom of the Airfoil window. An astute reader [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:00:10

How do bar codes work? - a simple primer

How do bar codes work? - a simple primer 13 January 2009 How do bar codes work? — a simple primer What’s black and white and read all over? ... code. We’ve all grown accustom to seeing bar codes at the supermarket, in our shipping and receiving ... as a productivity tool for front office applications. At the supermarket, the bar code is telling the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:07:45

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