About six months ago, I was sitting on the couch surfing TV, the web, my phone, and Facebook simultaneously when my wife calls out from the other room: “What’s an IRQL not less or equal error?” ~blink~ Good question, I thought to myself as […]
My iPhone battery never seemed to last long enough. I heard about cases that had a reserve battery built into them but was leery about the additional weight. I had also tried the standard things to conserve battery life (turn off Notifications and Location Services,
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In 1971, Apollo 14 Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the fifth human to walk on the Moon. He and astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell explored the lunar surface. An innovation that allowed an increase in the range of lunar surface exploration and the amount of
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In 2010, Yahoo! sold HotJobs to Monster.com for a reported $225 million. Part of the deal included a provision that installs Monster as the exclusive provider of job ads on Yahoo’s home page for three years in the U.S. and Canada. Read more at http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10447082-265.html/a>
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This is part 3 of a 4 part series evaluating and comparing 3 alternative cleaning suites. The three products are SlimCleaner, Toolwiz Care and Wise Disk Cleaner: Part 1: SlimCleaner — Part 2: Toolwiz Care — Part 4: Conclusion Third and final product for testing
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In 1966, Soviet Luna 9 accomplished the first soft landing on the Moon. Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data from the Moon’s surface to Earth, preceding the U.S. Surveyor 1 soft lander by about
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Here in Indianapolis, the city, the public, and businesses have been gearing up for the Super Bowl for over a year now. With the big game coming up in just a few days, the city is abuzz with Super Bowl news and talk. Every news
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On January 20th we reported the closing down of massively popular file sharing site MegaUpload by US Federal authorities – you can read that full story HERE. Repercussions within the industry were almost immediate with many similar file sharing sites subsequently removing all content which
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In 1996, Ray McIntire, the inventor of STYROFOAM®, died at age 77. During World War II, when rubber was in short supply, McIntire’s work focused on developing a rubber-like substance that could be used as a flexible insulator. The result was extruded polystyrene foam, or
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I am not a gamer by any means but my lovely wife is an avid fan and ‘she who must be obeyed’ makes sure I maintain due vigilance. Every now and then I come across a good game which is worth mentioning or, as in
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In 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed over Texas when returning to Earth, killing all seven crew members. The crew consisted of Shuttle Commander Rick D. Husband; Shuttle Pilot William C. McCool; Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson ; Mission Specialists David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla
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Last week Google announced its revised Privacy Policy which subsequently caused quite a stir in technical circles. The new policy will not take effect until 1st March 2012 so, if you are not happy with the revised blueprint you still have a full month to
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In 1961, Ham was the first primate in space. Ham’s name was an acronym for H olloman A ero M ed. His sub-orbital flight aboard the Redstone Mercury rocket was very similar to the flight that Alan Shepard would take later that year. Read more
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According to Dante D’Orazio at The Verge, the SlingPlayer app for the Kindle Fire will be available tomorrow for $29.95. Read his hands-on review. We have been watching for this app since my husband got a Kindle Fire when they came out in November. According
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