In 1924, Deke (Donald) Slayton, NASA astronaut and Chief of Flight Operations at Johnson Space Center, was born. Mr. Slayton was named one of the Mercury astronauts in 1959 and was originally scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission but was relieved of this assignment […]
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We recently introduced you to Toolwiz TimeFreeze, which provides an on-demand type virtual environment in which to safely install, run and test software. Trustware’s BufferZone Pro provides similar functionality except on a permanent basis – and despite including “Pro” in the name it is free.
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Today marks a turning point in Microsoft’s history. A new operating system. A new interface. A new direction, so to speak. Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system has just been released for you to try as what is called a “Consumer Preview”. It is a chance
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In 1968, the first pulsar (CP 1919) was discovered by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge. A neutron star is made up of a very compact core, which is left when massive stars explode. Pulsars are the beams of radiation that emit from a neutron star as
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Now through March 23, box (the other cloud storage solution) will be allocating 50 gigabytes of cloud storage space to anyone who downloads and installs the app from the Android Marketplace (sorry iOS users, it appears box has already offered this deal to you before,
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In 1956, Jay Forrester was issued a patent for computer core memory. Jay Forrester invented core memory in 1949. It became the dominant form of computer memory in the 1950s, and remained in use until the late 1970s. Learn more at http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blforrester.htm
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Whenever you open multiple instances of the same application in Windows 7 it will stack the Taskbar icons one behind the other with no textual indication. So, in order to switch between instances, you need to hover the mouse cursor over the icon to reveal
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Seems to be my time for new devices. I recently wrote about my experiences purchasing an eReader for the bride and now it’s the turn of the iPad. My eldest son got a brand new iPad 2 from Santa so he has given me his
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In 1998, Apple announced that it was discontinuing further development of the Newton operating system and Newton OS-based products. The MessagePad was the first in a series of Newton devices. A collaborative effort by Apple and Sharp, it weighed 1.4 lbs, had 640 KB of
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Jim tipped me off to this great promotion, so we should all be thanking him. He has a gift when it comes to finding free stuff! In celebration of adding its 100,000th user Cerberus is giving away its anti-theft program until March 1st. As our
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In 1935, Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging). The demonstration was for the British Air Ministry. RADAR played an important role in saving Great Britain from defeat in World War II. Learn more at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/02/dayintech_0226
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In 1837, the first U.S. electric printing press was patented by Thomas Davenport. Thomas Davenport designed a motor that was strong enough to run a small printing press in 1834. He later patented the motor in 1837. Read more about early applications of electricity at
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In 1955, Steve Jobs was born. Certainly in my lifetime, no one person has revolutionized so many different industries as Steve Jobs. Read more at https://davescomputertips.com/steve-jobs-a-revolutionary-man/
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