In 1930, the planet Pluto was named. The name Pluto was suggested by Venetia Burney, an 11-year old school girl in England. Due to stricter guidelines put in place in 2006 defining what a planet is, Pluto is no longer considered to be a planet. […]
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Amanda Gore is a communications and performance expert who has made a name for herself speaking at big business conferences. Amanda is an Aussie, she is not a comedienne but she can be very funny – she is certainly entertaining. Here is Amanda’s spin on
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This software is currently available for free as a giveaway promotion and would normally sell for $29.95usd. First thing I should point out is, ignore the inference in the title of this software, it does much more than merely convert from MP4 to MP3. It
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So a few days ago, Judy posted her take on the potential Heatgate storm brewing around the new iPad. In her post, she references an article by Consumer Reports finding that, in their testing conditions, the new iPad ran 12 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than its predecessor. That Consumer
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In 1965, Gemini 3, the first U.S. 2-man space flight, launched. Gemini 3 was the first crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series. It was piloted by astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young. Learn more at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1965-024A
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One of the main problems with holding on to a favorite operating system is locating suitable freeware, especially when it comes to anything just a little out of the ordinary. Fortunately there are resources available which cater for just such circumstances. Freeware: FileHippo is probably
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The Mac Observer is reporting on a vulnerability issue related to Mobile Safari on iPhones and iPads running iOS 5.1. Earlier versions may be affected as well. David Vieira-Kurz of MajorSecurity discovered the vulnerability and has issued a security alert. The vulnerability allows malicious sites
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In 1993, Intel introduced the Pentium processor (80586). Codenamed P5, the Intel Pentium was a replacement for the 80486 processor and originally sold for $878.00. Learn more at http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/pentium.htm
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The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) recently set out to answer this very question – how many people would be willing to give up more personal information in exchange for bigger discounts or a better price. ENISA conducted its research on a cross
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In 1884, US mathematician George D. Birkhoff was born. In 1931, Birkhoff’s discovered what is now called the ergodic theorem. Ergodic theory is a branch of mathematics that studies dynamical systems with an invariant measure and related problems. Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergodic_theory
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DNSChanger is Trojan horse malware which effectively modifies DNS settings to those of rogue servers which then redirect legitimate searches and URLs to malicious sites in order to steal personal information and generate illicit ad revenue. The DNSChanger malware was first discovered around 2007, it
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So what good is an Apple product release without a little controversy? We’ve had Antennagate and Batterygate with some of the iPhone launches. Even a little Locationgate and AddressBookgate along the way. With numerous anecdotal reports of hot iPads (and I don’t mean stolen), is
I often read articles about Macs and wonder if they are talking about my MacBook Pro. With an iMac, three MacBook Pros and two MacBook Airs in the house, there’s a good chance what I am reading relates to at least one of our computers.
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In 1891, Dayton Scale Company, the first computing scale company, was incorporated in Dayton, Ohio. It was part of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and became an IBM division in 1933. The Dayton Scale Division was eventually sold to the Hobart Manufacturing Company. Learn more at http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/attic2/attic2_057.html
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