Archive for October, 2009

Speed Up Vista Boot Time

Speed Up Vista Boot Time

If you are looking for tips on how to speed up boot time for Vista – you’re in the wrong place! Back in July 2008, there was a hoax doing the rounds that involved the following procedure:

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Google Wave

Google Wave

This morning I received an invitation to preview Google Wave. Microsoft are also clamouring to dominate the realtime collaboration space too, with their new incarnation of Office. Google Wave is designed to enable those threads or conversations that gets updated immediately as and when participants contribute.

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Fixing An LCD Screen Scratch

Fixing An LCD Screen Scratch

The LCD screen is quite fragile compared to its more robust (and ancient) couterpart: the CRT (cathode ray tube). You’d be surprised at how little effort it takes to scratch an LCD screen (yes, this is what I do on those cold lonely nights). Fortunately, there is some treatment you can administer to your poor wounded monitor.

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Brute Force Attack

Brute Force Attack

In the context of computer security, a brute force attack is a particular strategy used to break your lovingly crafted password. This is the most widely used method of cracking passwords and it involves running through all the possible permutations of keys until the correct key is found. For example, if your password is 2 characters long and consists of letters and numbers – and is case sensitive, then a brute force attacj would see a potential 3,844 different “guesses” at your password. This is because:

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CodeBurner 1.5

CodeBurner 1.5

Codeburner 1.5, released on October 15th 2009 now brings the HTML and CSS reference to Firefox, Firebug, Opera, Adobe AIR, Mac OS X Dashboard … you name it:

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Screen Sharing With Crossloop

Screen Sharing With Crossloop

Crossloop seems to be geared towards providing a community of helpers who you can make contact with to sort out your computer related problems. These helpers are granted access to the users’ PCs via the Crossloop application. Andit’s this piece of technical wizardry that we can use to help our friends and colleagues with.

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