In 2011, Microsoft announced its plans to purchase Skype for $8.5 billion. The acquisition was completed in October of last year. It was considered by many to be Microsoft’s boldest move yet. There are 170 million active Skype users worldwide, and, in 2010, users made […]
At work, I typically work at one of three sites. It always seems that I never have the right papers, notes, or notebook with me. What I need is always somewhere else. I have thought about ‘going paperless’ in the past but never really put
Apple released iOS 5.1.1 this week. According to Apple’s release notes, the following issues were addressed with this release: — Improved reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut. — Bug fixes for issues that could prevent the new iPad
Digiarty is currently running a ‘Summer Giveaway’ promotion. The first giveaway, WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, is available for free from 10th May through to 20th May. Even if you already have the software installed, this would be a good opportunity to upgrade. If you don’t
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When it comes to productivity software/office suites we are all familiar with names such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, etc, but there is a lesser known alternative which is definitely worth checking out. The SSuite Office project is primarily a labor of love, there are
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In 1927, German physicist/chemist Manfred Eigen was born. In 1954, Eigen began using a technique to study extremely fast chemical reactions. These reactions lasted only one-thousandth to one-billionth of a second. This technique was called the relaxation technique in reference to the time it takes
Once again, it’s time for Android’s top manufacturers to refresh their flagship handsets and give customers a couple more reasons to drop $200 and extend their contracts by two long years. While new Android phones and tablets are announced what seems like twice daily, Samsung
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In 1979, Radio Shack released TRSDOS 2.3. TRSDOS 2.3 was the final release of Model I TRSDOS, and probably the most widely used version. Despite the prevalence of third-party Model I double-density upgrades, TRSDOS 2.3 was never upgraded to support double-density. Learn more at http://www.trs-80.org/trsdos-model1-versions/
PearlMountain software is giving away its CollageIt Pro software for Mothers Day. The software would normally sell for $19.90usd… giveaway expires 13th May. “CollageIt is an easy-to-use photo collage maker for Mac OS X & Windows, which makes collage automatically. In a matter of seconds,
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In 1982, IBM released PC-DOS version 1.1. One of the main features of PC-DOS v1.1 was its ability to support 320 KB 5.25” floppy disks. PC-DOS v1.0 only supported a capacity of 160 KB. Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_DOS_Comparison
Is that the year 2010? Nooooooo. Believe it or not (and most novices DO believe it), the message says that my computer has . . . drum roll . . . 2,010 CRITICAL issues on a registry scan. Do you actually think my computer WOULD
In 1949, the EDSAC performed its first calculation The EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) was an early British computer that is considered to be the first stored program electronic computer. It contained 3,000 vacuum tubes and used mercury delay lines for memory. Learn more
In 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, aboard Freedom 7. Freedom 7’s suborbital mission lasted 15 minutes, 22 seconds and reached an altitude of 186 kilometers (116 miles). Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin was the first human in space, having orbited the
If you’re tired of viewing PDF documents via traditional reader software which simply scrolls up and down pages, you may be interested in taking a look at this innovative freeware from Web Stunning. Flipping PDF Reader will transform your PDFs into flipbook format where turning
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