In 1968, the Soviet Zond 5 spaceship, the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, was launched. In addition to a biological payload of turtles, wine flies, meal worms, plants, seeds, and bacteria, in the pilot’s seat was a 68.9 inches […]
Windows 8 has been touted as an operating system for all platforms and will soon appear on laptops, desktops, and tablets. We see hints today in Microsoft’s xbox and mobile platforms of the Metro Modern user interface and will more than likely see a version
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Storing one’s data in the cloud… in other words on third party networks… has been rapidly growing in popularity, both as a backup medium and a means for providing access to data from a variety of devices. The benefits and risks have been well documented
Did you ever want to Rip your favorite CD to MP3? As I’m sure you have many old music CD’s laying around there are good reasons to convert them to MP3 files that you can listen to on varying devices. Not only does it give
In 1939, the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first practical helicopter to ever successfully lift off. Designer Igor Sikorsky piloted the vehicle as it lifted off the ground to an altitude of roughly three feet for a duration of about ten seconds. Learn more at http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/sik_vs-300.php.
In my job as a Network Administrator, I’m constantly called upon to reset passwords to email, network shares and sensitive corporate resources. Up to now, it has been my standard procedure to transmit passwords and other login information only by phone, but this is tedious
In 1941, Dr. Henry Edward “Ed” Roberts was born. Considered by many to be the ‘father of the PC’, he may be more accurately described as the ‘father of the PC industry.’ His Altair 8800 appeared on the cover of Popular Electronics in January 1975
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For those who may not be familiar with the name; Puran Software was founded in India 5 years ago and has quickly established a solid reputation compliments of its very good Puran Defrag freeware. Now Puran Software has released a suite of 22 freeware maintenance
Today, Apple held its much anticipated iPhone media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco to introduce its iPhone 5. Rumors have been running rampant for months, maybe ever since the iPhone 4S was announced, about what features the new iPhone
In 1960, IBM announced the IBM 1410 data processing system. The IBM 1410 contained large volume storage facilities and fast input/output units. According to IBM’s website, initial orders for the 1410 exceeded 3,500, making it the most widely-accepted data processing machine ever produced. Learn more
Clean all drives with a single click The Disk Cleanup Tool that comes bundled with Windows Operating Systems works just fine to free up some disk space. You can use it to remove Temporary Files, Service Pack Backup Files, and a myriad of other clutter
Yesterday, I joined the ranks of smartphone users who have had to recover from a “hard reset”. My HTC EVO 3D had in issue where the 4G antenna would turn on, and then right before it obtained an IP address from the network, would shut
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In 1877, English mathematician and astronomer James Jeans was born. One of Jeans’ major discoveries, named Jeans length, is a critical radius of an interstellar cloud in space. It is a function of the temperature and density of the cloud as well as the mass
Yes folks, yet another freeware developer has gone over to the dark side, bundling undesirable software with its products. I have stated on many occasions that I have no problem with developers wishing to monetize their efforts, anything which helps keep our favorite freeware free
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