You’re constantly hearing about how you need to make sure to use a secure password, but what are you supposed to do if a hacker can just change your password without even cracking it? That’s what users with physical access to your computer can do on OS X Lion right now. More
Microsoft mentioned a few times that Windows 8 was supposed to bring a hefty performance boost along with it, and we were curious just how much speed you’d gain just by installing it. We ran a few speed tests with each, and here’s how they compare. More
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is one of the of oldest remote desktop solutions around, and while its RFB (remote framebuffer) protocol can require a little more bandwidth than the competition, it’s long been praised for its broad cross-platform support and elegant simplicity. Last year, RealVNC teamed up with Intel to incorporate a bona fide VNC server (using hardware encryption native to vPro chipsets) into the oldest bit of PC firmware — the BIOS. As such, you can securely control a remote computer’s BIOS, mount a disk image, and install an OS from the comfort of your living room halfway across the globe. The future is now — you’re welcome. Take a look at RealVNC’s IDF 2011 demo in the gallery below and our hand-on video after the break.
Gallery: RealVNC BIOS-based server
Dante Cesa contributed to this report.
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With more than 650 changes, MediaPortal 1.2.0 is one of the biggest and exciting releases we have ever done!
Due to the huge amount of bug fixes, new features, tweaks and enhancements I can only highlight a few in this news.
With MediaPortal 1.2.0 we introduce a brand new look, that replaces Blue3 and Blue3wide which served us well during the last few years. We have made the
This has got to be the fanciest way to watch the the northern lights.
Behold the luxury glass igloos of the Hotel
Kakslauttanen in Finland’s Arctic Circle: Link
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Glass Igloo Lets You Sleep Under the Northern Lights
The Internet Archive’s Book Scanning project just added its three millionth text. Unlike Google Book Search, the Archive only scans public domain works, and, more significantly, places no restrictions on the scans’ usage. Another significant difference is the Archive’s privacy policy, which, unlike Google, promises not to release your personal information without a court order.
More than 100 people digitize books in Internet Archive scanning centers in 27 libraries in 6 countries. At 10 cents a page, we are bringing over 1,000 new books online every day.
Archive.org is visited by more than 1 million different users every day. Books are downloaded or read on archive.org about 10 million times each month, and approximately 2,000 books for the blind and dyslexic (print disabled) are downloaded every day.
Other projects use the texts archive in bulk. Researches at the University of Massachusetts have used millions of archive.org books to do digital scholarship. OpenLibrary.org integrates these books with many thousands of recent books for the print disabled and library borrowers. All of the public domain books are full text searchable, indexed by multuiple search engines, and downloadable individually or in bulk.
Please help us build the library of free books by scanning and uploading, by donating physical books to the Internet Archive, or by sponsoring the digitization of great collections!
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Internet Archive adds its three millionth scanned book
Belkin, networking, entertainment, and iPhone accessories manufacturer extraordinaire is having a massive sale today. With one simple coupon code, you can grab anything and everything from their online store for 50% off. More
This fun new app/game shows you just when and where a zombie invasion is about to occur, giving you enough time to run away as fast as you can! Appropriately titled “Zombies, Run!”, it boldly attempt to combine zombie game and exercise regimen into an interactive story experience. Sounds like a great way to let your imagination run wild, just don’t go running out into traffic!
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New Zombie App Makes You Want To Run
Astronaut Ron Garan takes photos in space and posts them to Google+. This photo was taken yesterday, aboard the ISS, and shows the Southern Lights.
Real-time astronaut photos may be my favorite benefit of social media networks.
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The southern lights from space