If you’re deaf or in an emergency where you can’t speak, getting a hold of 911 is problematic. In just a few hours, the nation’s leading mobile providers will start the support of texting to 911 for emergencies in certain areas. Read more…
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You Can Text 911 in an Emergency, Starting Tomorrow
Lucas123 (935744) writes “SanDisk has announced what it’s calling the world’s highest capacity 2.5-in SAS SSD, the 4TB Optimus MAX line. The flash drive uses eMLC (enterprise multi-level cell) NAND built with 19nm process technology. The company said it plans on doubling the capacity of its SAS SSDs every one to two years and expects to release an 8TB model next year, dwarfing anything hard disk drives can ever offer over the same amount of time. he Optimus MAX SAS SSD is capable of up to 400 MBps sequential reads and writes and up to 75, 000 random I/Os per second (IOPS) for both reads and writes, the company said.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Look at this gorgeous wood plank floor. Except, wait. The floor is actually made from brown paper . Read more…
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Turn Brown Paper into a Realistic-Looking Faux Wood Floor
Ever wanted a copy of Windows you can take with you wherever you go, to use on any computer you want? It’s possible: here’s how to install a portable version of Windows 8 on a USB hard drive that you can take anywhere. Read more…
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Among the other new features in Windows 8.1’s latest update , Microsoft has also added a small rundown of what’s taking up space in your home folder and Recycle Bin. Read more…
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Usenet is a great resource for lots of things , and we’ve talked about a number of great apps to use to get the most out of Usenet. Tretflix is a custom, ready-to-install operating system that wraps them all up into an easy-to-use package. All you do is provide the hardware. Read more…
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Tretflix is a Ready-To-Install Downloading PC Packed with Usenet Tools
If you ever want to change the style of all the headings or captions in a document, bold all the italicized text, or otherwise fine-tune the formatting of your document in one swoop, Microsoft Word has a setting for that. Read more…
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Select All Text with the Same Formatting in Word (and Other Word Tips)
TechCrunch reports that your Facebook news feed is getting a design touchup. Nothing major: new fonts, “bolder” images, and a simplified left sidebar. As for the glorious overhaul we were supposed to get last year—still no word. Read more…
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TechCrunch reports that your Facebook news feed is getting a design touchup.
First time accepted submitter time_lords_almanac writes “A Canadian band has sent an invoice to the U.S. Department of Defense after learning that its music was used without permission in ‘interrogations’ of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The members of Skinny Puppy, who specialize in electronic music, were originally going to make the invoice the cover of their next album until they discovered they could bring legal action against the department. They were also none to happy to learn the purpose their music was being employed for, let alone illegally. The amount of compensation requested? $666, 000, of course.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Skinny Puppy Wants Compensation For Music Used in US Interrogations
Because anyone can create music with access to a laptop these days, Diode Milliampere decided to up the ante and make it harder for himself by making a song using MS-DOS. Yes, that command line inputting, C-drive accessing MS-DOS from 30 years ago. It turned out pretty well! Read more…
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Some guy made electronica music using MS-DOS