2006 January

When Windows XP was released, there was a whole bunch of FUD that came with it. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt rules our minds when it comes to computers and their operating systems. Within this new version of Windows, we were told that we’d have to “activate” the OS before the 60-day mark - to prove […]

EzyWin allows you to customize your computer, making it more fun and enjoyable.
EzyWin includes managers, which allow you to customize particular parts of your Windows Operating System. These managers are very easy and fun to use, and they include the “Start Menu Manager,” “XP Start Menu Manager,” “Start Button Manager,” “Right-click menu Manager,” “Icon […]

With a name like Project Dogwaffle, how could this program not be a must have? So what is it? Project Dogwaffle is paint software for the PC with built-in, user-defined, animated, and fractal particle brushes. Are there any side effects? Well, I feel a little more creative after using it. […]

Google has become the Great Satan of the week. The agreement to go along with the Chinese government and censor the material on its China-based servers has inflamed the Protectors of the ‘Net. The general position seems to be that in doing so, Google has caved in on its policy of “Don’t Be Evil,” and […]

On 6 October 1995, Didier Queloz and Michel Mayor of the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland went public with their discovery of a planet circling another sun-like star. The technique used to find that first extrasolar planet was to look for the wobble the planet made in the stars course as it moved through space. The […]

January 29, 2006
“Which English word has all six vowels in alphabetical order?” “What dries and dries and keeps getting wetter?” “How much dirt is in a hole four feet by two feet?” If you enjoy a challenge, then today’s mind bending sites are for you.

We have fantastic forums - but sometimes you really, really, REALLY need help - and sometimes you really, really, REALLY want to get paid for the information you share. Here’s an example of one of the recent questions that was asked via helpshare.lockergnome.com:

In a time when managers and executives have to cope with a constant flood of business information, analysis and discrimination can be key. Yet what tools are readily available for the task? Do we really need expensive tools and a team of analysts to do the work every time?
Gerald Knight, author of Analyzing Business Data […]

Madonna set to be first exclusive ‘Featured Artist’ on new online retail store.
In a first-of-its-kind agreement between a major music company and the leading Internet communications company, Warner Music Group Corp. has announced it will make available master recordings from WMG’s roster of world-renowned recording artists as ringtones to the more than 74 million registered […]

Tesla coils. Ball lightning. Free energy. Torsion fields. Antigravity. Thunderstorm sprites. Paranormal phenomena.
No, we’re not covering the X-Files today, although Fox Mulder would no doubt be a fan of this site. It’s called Weird Science. The site is a funky, fun experience that will leave you scratching your head and saying “hmmmm…”
The design is classic […]

It’s no Secret: I love AdSense. I talked about it at last year’s Gnomedex, and I feel even better about AdSense now. If you didn’t get a copy of today’s USA Today, you’ll have to picture a nice, juicy quote from yours truly splashed on the front of the Money section. I suppose if you’re […]

Convert, edit, and broadcast your videos with these utilities as suggested by PC World.

A graphic masterpiece that takes the match-3 genre to new heights! Embark on an adventure to the land of fairies and elves as you try and stop Spider, an evil wizard, who has cast a spell over fairy creatures and spun a web over their kingdom.
You must solve 60 mind-challenging levels while completing 12 […]

When you use your keyboard as much as I do, you begin to get tired of typing. It can take a lot of time to properly convey your message through writing, and when you’ve already spent the entire day communicating with people through e-mail and instant messaging, the last thing you probably feel like doing […]

One method of configuring computers with the same security settings is to manually configure the settings on each computer in your workgroup. The problem with this is that it can be very time consuming and there is a chance that the security settings between computers may be different. An easier method is to import the […]

As there was a lot of interest in my last item that drew attention to Gutenberg.net.au, I thought I’d let you know that more public domain books for the Google Books Library project have been loaded - thousands in the most recent batch. Google’s being cautious about copyright; many are only available in the U.S. […]

January 29, 2006
Gung Hay Fat Choy! May you be blessed with prosperity in the New Year. The first day of the Chinese lunar year is the most important of all Chinese festivals. Chinese New Year is celebrated with a sumptuous family meal, and kids are given lucky money in red envelopes. Want to learn more? […]

ATmaCA has discovered a vulnerability in Winamp that can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error during the handling of filenames including a computer name. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted playlist containing a filename starting with […]

When you try to connect to a remote share by using NTLM authentication on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, you may receive the following error message:
Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
For example, you may experience this problem when you try to connect to a remote share by using the IP address as the […]

After a long gestation, first as a Mac-only application and then as a preview-only Web-based collaboration and team support service, Near-Time has been just launched.
Near-Time is an online asynchronous collaboration platform that supports collaboration on all environments. It’s Web-based. It’s hosted, so there’s zero installation. Near-Time is based upon emerging Web standards and takes […]