U.S. federal authorities arrested a 26-year-old man on Thursday for allegedly selling modified cable modems that enabled free Internet access, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Matthew Delorey of New Bedford, Mass., is charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years [...]
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Google wants to see your addresses in DNS queries
Posted: January 30, 2010 in DNS, General, GoogleTags: DNS, Google
Late Wednesday evening, Google employees posted an “Internet-Draft” outlining proposed changes to the DNS protocol that allow authoritative DNS servers to see the addresses of clients. This way, geographically distributed content delivery networks can tailor their answers to a specific client’s network location. So a client from California would talk to a server in California, [...]
With new tablet device, Apple’s Steve Jobs pushes unprecedented extension of DRM to a new class of general purpose computers SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA — Wednesday, January 27, 2010 — As Steve Jobs and Apple prepared to announce their new tablet device, activists opposed to Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) from the group Defective by Design [...]
If your business maintains a presence on Twitter, chances are you have a logo or other branding in your profile picture. You can take this one step further by creating a custom background for your Twitter page that expresses more about your business identity. Twitter allows you to upload any image as your profile background, [...]
50 Fantastic Typography Tutorials
Posted: January 25, 2010 in Adobe, free stuff, Photo, PhotoshopTags: graphics, Photoshop, Tutorial
Add Fantastic Color to 3D Text In this tutorial, you will learn how to bring a simple text to life and place everything in fantastic, colored and glowing 3D space. Some neat techniques covered here will allow you to bring your artwork to the next level. Don’t miss it! Create a Steam Powered Typographic Treatment [...]
Avoid Auto Installation Of Updates While Shutting Down The PC
Posted: January 24, 2010 in General, How to...., In The NewsTags: shutdown, update
On a notebook it is better to decide yourself when windows should install the available updates. The best time would be when it is back to the power supply from the electric socket. You should therefore change the standard option , so that you do not have to wait for the installation to be done [...]
YouTube Supports HTML5
Posted: January 21, 2010 in free stuff, General, HTML5, In The NewsTags: HTML5, youtube
YouTube just announced that it will begin supporting HTML5 video players this evening across many of the videos on the site. The feature isn’t live yet but is expected to be within the next hour or two. If this test goes live site-wide, it will be a good thing for the web. An HTML5 video [...]
Here are this months top 100 downloads 1. AVG AntiVirus Free 9.0.730a1834 Use the AVG Anti-Virus System to reliably protect your computer. 856611 2. Nexus Radio 4.2.2 Search and download over 15 million songs directly to your PC. 687932 3. Youtube Video Downloader 2.1.7 Software to download and convert YouTube videos. 643573 4. Risingware Exp+ [...]
Try Android 2.1 on Windows
Posted: January 20, 2010 in Android, free stuff, How to....Tags: Android, sdk
Android is the most talked and popular platform these days. A lot of phones and netbooks featuring Andriod are coming in the market. Recently in our post we told that half of LG Smartphones will feature Android OS. So, is Android OS suitable for you? don’t you want to test it before buying an Android [...]
We love the Linksys WRT54GL router for its extreme hackability (it’s what we used to turn our $60 router into a $600 router with DD-WRT or with Tomato), so we couldn’t help but appreciate this fun WRT54GL Lego mod. Clever DIYer Luke Anderson got an urge to do some building, and realized that his not-so-attractive [...]
