Unlimited
After writing on Howard Gardner yesterday,I got so excited when I went back to the website of the Learning Revolution to read the Foreword and introduction of the new book: Unlimited. I wished that our Mauritian educationists would read about the happeings in the world of learning as described in this new book by Gordon Dryden & [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 10:31:01
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4 Cool Firefox Extensions To Capture Screens
If you are a blogger or a web content writer then I’m sure a screen capture tool is in the list of your must have tools for daily usage ... an almost indispensable tool. Apart from being in-built into most of the operating systems ... of your firefox status bar. When you click on it, it gives you the various options to save or copy the screen [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 19:04:16
Show Page Load Time
When testing performance for an individual ASP.NET page, it's often useful to be able to see how long the page took to render. The bar-none easiest way to achieve this is to simply add Trace="true" to the <%@ Page %&gt ... into the page's HTML. The code as written can have some issues with JSON callbacks from UpdatePanels [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 21:04:36
Mashable’s Guide to Conferences and Events
Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. Not on this list? ... a 20% discount with the code: “mashabletwenty” by registering here. July 2-4, 2008: IIR’s Mobile ... ; more TechCream than TechCrunch. Some Valleywags think it’s Bub.blicio.us! Instantly find yourself in a bar [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 13:25:01
Ten Big New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Daniel Eran Dilger Apple is marketing the idea of there being “no new features” for Snow Leopard and instead promising an overall improvement in how Mac OS X works under the hood, thanks to a diligent code optimization and refactoring cycle discussed in the previous article [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 04:01:55
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
Developing Client-side Content With Adobe Dreamweaver
by Andrew Whiteman Adobe Dreamweaver is a general purpose web development tool aimed at inexperienced and experienced users alike ... into the Dreamweaver at any time without the danger of the program modifying your code. In the same ... to the content on web servers using a variety of different operating systems and different browsers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 21:04:28
Mashable’s Guide to Conferences and Events
Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. Not on this list? ... . Some Valleywags think it’s Bub.blicio.us! Instantly find yourself in a bar, right smack in the center ... !) Just belly up to the bar, hangin’, talkin’, drinkin’, and maybe playing pool. And no ticket price — it’s free [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 18:14:32
Secure OS Gets Highest NSA Rating, Goes Commercial
Secure OS Gets Highest NSA Rating, Goes Commercial An operating system used in military fighter planes has raised the bar for system security as a ... guarantees that malicious code can't corrupt or harm any other application running on the system ... ." Popular operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, and MacOS, can run atop Integrity-178B, basically [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 20:59:30
12 Excellent Free Text Editors for Coders
You can make writing code as complicated as you want, but at the end of the day, all you really need is your favorite, trusty text editor ... your task bar, a powerful RegEx find-and-replace feature, code folding, support for a large array ... feature, and other features and options that make writing code just a tad bit easier. If you’re [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 04:46:24
Geotag Everywhere with Fire Eagle
Location, they say, is everywhere. Everyone has one, all of the time. But on the web, it’s taken until this year to see the emergence of location in the applications we use and build. The possibilities are broad. Increasingly, mobile phones provide SDKs to approximate your location wherever you are, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 00:00:07
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
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
Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/23/2008
I just got home. This is actually Dymphna’s October 22 news feed material, being posted early on October 24. So truth in advertising is not exactly operative right now…I’ll collect all the additional material — there’s a lot of it — and try to get it ready for Friday’s edition.Thanks to BEP, C. Cantoni, E.R.R [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 03:57:00
Buy Costco Gas without Costco Membership
A friend of mine just tipped me off on this trick where you can buy gas at Costco without a Costco membership ... is just an AMEX with a Costco bar code. I’ve confirmed that this works in Maryland and others ... card in order to authenticate in their gas station systems. It appears that you can simply use any [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 18:32:12
Google OS Is Actually a Browser: Google Chrome
Google Blogoscoped posts an interesting comic book (update: a better version) ... applying the same isolation you find in modern operating systems," says Arnaud Weber. Each process ... machine built by the V8 team from Denmark that generates code dynamically and has a better garbage [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 09:44:00
The Heller Gun Decision Week Five
By Irwin Nowick Because of the high amount of traffic that my article received last week, I wanted to address 5 issues this week. They are: (ii) the NRA Mole as reported at www.motherjones.com; (ii) the food fight at Cato-unbound.org; (iii) the DC Personal Protection Act (DCPPA); (iv) NIBN-COBIS; (v) [more...]
Date: 2008-07-31 12:06:11
Chandler 1.0 is a Serious, but Rough, To-Do Manager [Screenshot Tour]
Chandler, an open-source, cross-platform scheduling app, ... in Code, Chandler morphed into a meekly-dubbed "Note-to-Self Organizer." There's a lot of neat ideas ... for a full-size view. Tackling to-dos and events Ignore all the buttons and over-loaded top-bar [more...]
Date: 2008-08-13 11:00:00
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
leaked list of upcoming DLC that surfaced earlier this week, in the form of the 6 track Roy Orbison pack. The track listing is exactly as rumoured and contains such classic as ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Ooby Dooby’ and ‘You Got It’. For those of you that haven’t heard the genius of Roy Orbison (where have you been living?) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 11:39:19
Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/24/2008
USA5th Grader Suspended for Anti-Obama ShirtBush Calls Bailout Vital to Economy, Will Meet With McCain and ObamaHomeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your MindObama Worked Closely With Terrorist Bill AyersOnline Critics Take Aim at $700 Billion Financial Bailout ProposalSeptember 11 Suspect Grills U.S [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 00:42:00
Silverlight 2 Beta2 Released
Silverlight 2 Beta2 was released today. You can download both Silverlight 2 Beta2 and the Visual Studio and Expression Blend tools support to ... Framework or any other software to be installed for it to work, and all features work cross-browser on both ... 2 release. Silverlight 2 Beta2 supports a go-live license that allows you to start using and [more...]
Date: 2008-06-07 02:50:26
Practical Security
Practical Security Sharon August 26th, 2008 Ok, I’m going to run through a range of security options, covering both personal and community, and talk a little about the pros and cons of each. I’ve divided them into four categories - personal, preventative (ie, avoiding security issues in the first place); community, preventative [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 19:18:43
The top 10 Vista sidebar gadgets
Not everyone is a fan of Vista gadgets, but Deb Shinder has a large collection of them that she finds extremely useful ... of my desktop in a bar or scattered around, I think gadgets are cool and useful. In fact, I have 20 of them running on my Vista desktop — some on the bar and some detached and arranged on my own pseudo [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 17:22:05
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
The Mobile Internet: QR Code Marketing & Life on MARS
The internet is going mobile — moving from the computer screen to the cell phone screen. QR codes were designed to take advantage of this trend. QR codes are the newest bar codes– point your camera at one and you are connected to a website ... . You can save & tag the bar codes (like bookmarking on your computer). If it’s a coded phone number [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 18:47:23
Scrippets for Blogger
The Scrippets plug-in for WordPress seems to be working well for self-hosted blogs, but it’s no use to folks who use services like Blogger, ... , write your scrippet. We have a new Scrippets Maker that will automatically generate the code to copy ... to your bookmarks bar. Just drag the following up to your bookmarks: Scrippets Maker Do you have a [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 21:01:41
Theory of Evolution, a Pre-School Concept
Though it was too pain staking to indulge in the disgusting discussion of subjection as commitment , that was too rough and rude as topic but nevertheless, few beneficial abstract as compass reading on the subject of evolution has ordained to become understanding [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 19:06:06
Who’s Afraid of Chrome? Flock 2 Released With Even More Bells And Whistles
Design philosophies could hardly be further apart ... that browsers ought to be neither seen nor heard. Like operating systems, they should sit obediently ... to know any HTML code. The developers at Flock have been working closely with MySpace [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 04:00:26
Windows XP Pro and Downloads
Ive recently brought a 2nd hand PC which came pre installed with Windows XP Pro, from what i can gather it was orignally Windows 98 ... depending how i try and install it: Code 0x80070057 The Parameter is incorrect or Live programs cannot be installed on Windows Server, Windows Xp pro X64 edition or operating systems earlier [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 19:54:27
Symbol /Motorola LS3578-ER Barcode Scanner
Symbol /Motorola LS3578-ER Recognized for their durability and reliability, ... in the world! This large scan range means that even with bar codes on items 12ft high in a storage facility, employees will be able to scan the bar codes with ease. With the ability [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 17:47:57
Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Paul Costuros a.k.a. Special Lord B.
Name: Paul Costuros aka Paul Paul a.k.a. Special Lord B. Club nights: Saturday Night Soul Party, Club Internationale', Girl Groups Night, Lost & Found, Ska War. Style of music you spin: 60's Soul, R&B, Oldies, International Soul/Funk/Disco/Pop/Go-go/Jazz/garage/Rock-n-Roll/, Girl Groups, Jamaican/2tone ska, Rocksteady, among others [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 17:03:40
EPDM Roofing The Perfect Rubber Roofing Solution
by Ainsley Axelsson EPDM roofing is an excellent rubber roofing solution for flat roofs where inflexibility, ... the recycle bar calling for 50% of roofing materials used in any new project to be recyclable. The EPA ... -term warranties, low life-cycle costs, reduced labor costs, minimal maintenance and user-friendly code [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:19:18
here's a caveat, this journal entry is going to be sort of bourgeoisie.
here's a caveat, this journal entry is going to be sort of bourgeoisie. caveat 2: i still don't know how to spell 'bourgeoisie'. it's about hotels. and what they do right and what they do wrong. i'm writing this because: a-i stay in a lot of hotels b-i have insomnia and i'm bored c-i'm hoping that some hoteliers will read this and make [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 07:00:00
78 Ways For Your Small Business to Save Money
Written by insidecrm These easy tips will keep your finances secure during the current downturn. With the economy struggling, every business is trying to cut costs to make ends meet. Small businesses, which have fewer resources, especially feel the burn. Not to fear [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 17:42:19
Freebie Ten
Ten Things You Can Have for Free Freeware caution: always scan free downloads of anything for bugs and other threats before dumping the programs ... beginners to get results quickly. Optionally, advanced users can also use Python scripting to code [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 04:00:00
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 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
Keep your paypall account safe from hackers
From Makeuseof.com Today, Paypal is one of the most popular methods of making a financial transaction on the Internet. Unfortunately, it also remains one of the easiest systems to infiltrate for a hacker. This is why it’s important for every Paypal user to understand how to keep your Paypal account safe. Knowledge [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 00:50:09
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
EPDM Roofing The Right Choice Rubber Roofing Solution
By Ainsley Axelsson EPDM roofing is an excellent rubber roofing solution for flat roofs where inflexibility, ... maintenance and user-friendly code approvals. The sustained growth of EPDM roofing systems is attributed ... the recycle bar to call for 50% of roofing materials used in any new project to be recyclable. An EPA study [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 10:49:31
Living with backups
Everyone does backups. Usually it’s some nightly batch job that just dumps all MySQL tables into a text file or ordinarily copies the binary files ... and significantly degraded performance. Anything else? All modern systems usually use caching [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 00:47:38
vacancies appearing in different English News Papers of Arabian / Persian Gulf,Arab Times
Join 4Shared Now!Your Ad Here Great and Updated Jobs by http://www.gulfjobsbank.com/ Job Openings in Arab Times (English Daily of Kuwait) as on: JANUARY 01 , 2009 - THURSDAYAgility provides leading edge supply chain and logistics solutions to private and public sector entities worldwide [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:22:00
Daily Dose: 10/14/08
» Amendment 1 Targets Florida’s Anti-Asian Land Law » Caffeine Consumption Doesn’t Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk » Nine Candidates Meet at City ... the Legislature to ban “aliens ineligible for citizenship”—an old code word for Asian immigrants—from buying [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 21:28:42
Managing Branch Offices with Windows Server 2008 - MSDN Online Deutschland
Managing Branch Offices with Windows Server 2008 - MSDN Online Deutschland For organizations that have expanded their office boundaries to include ... - Personal Touch, Global Reach. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW Mavenir Systems Joins RCS Plenary - Earthtimes RICHARDSON, Texas , Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Mavenir Systems, provider of next generation mobile [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:00:27
Growing network connectivity—literally!—in Africa
Growing network connectivity—literally!—in Africa BUSINESS: “Logistics in Africa: Newtwork effects; ... and tracked by a logistics company’s bar code—although not impossible: in grubbier ports, officials ... and commodities, which means—for now—relying on a lot of barges and river systems—very 1820s America. The best [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 01:21:07
Dreamweaver CS4: A Powerful Tool for an Imperfect World
With the just-released Dreamweaver CS4, Adobe has conceded that web design has moved on ... in Dreamweaver CS4, and the new Related Files bar instantly displays every other code file in your site ... ; instead, Dreamweaver CS4 shifts focus to providing powerful tools for code-savvy front-end designers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 05:23:39
Israel: Cook With Politcally Correct Proportions!
If history means anything to London's Guardian newspaper then why is the British Pot calling the Israeli Kettle black? (See 1 below.)Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" will not stay down for the count! (See 2 below.)Israel's war with Hamas has become a matter of proportionality [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:10:00
20 Most Nimble and Simple X Window Managers for Linux
One of the best ways to speed up your Linux desktop is to utilize an ultra-lightweight window manager. To all speed-conscious techies, minimalist lovers, and to those who are still hoping to revive their ageing computer hardware, let me introduce you to the 20 most nimble and simple X window managers for Linux [more...]
Date: 2008-08-02 20:30:00
Adobe PageMaker 7.0
Adobe PageMaker 7.0This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 1111x906 ... not have Windows installed to run the application from MS-DOS.PageMaker relies on Adobe Systems' PostScript page description language, and in 1994 Adobe Systems acquired Aldus and PageMaker. The last version [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 01:25:00
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