Category: Security
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PDF: Rape the protection
This secret is almost public: PDF documents protected by a password (to prohibit cut-and-paste or print functions) are badly protected. As a matter of fact, there is even a fereeware utility program available for Windows whose only aim is to run around this protection. Freeware PDF Unlocker, even if it does not do much and…
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Defragment like a God
Defragmenting your hard disc drive may not be the latest fad, but it still is useful to improve the performance of a disc drive that’s been used for months or years and now looks more like a mouldy swiss cheese than a nice little techo-gadget. The solution: defragmenter your disc drive(s). Here are a few…
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Write down everything to ease maintenance
Some have been surprised by one little habit of mine around my PC (I should say ‘my PCs”): I keep a detailled log of everything I do on my PC in a plain old school paper book. It may be a software installation, a parameter change on another software package, the update of a driver.…
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I want to drive on this highway
Presented by Dutch architects NL in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
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The old lady against the speeding car
Sometimes a fight outcome is difficult to forecast. Now, if you take an old lady and a (too) fast car. Guess who will be leaving the spot unharmed? Link to YouTube
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Replace commercial application with free ones
AceBackup: Free Windows backup Ad-Aware 2008: Free anti-spyware StarBurn: Free disc burning, audio ripping utility (download Nero for free) LogoEase: Create your own logo for free AutoGK: Rip your DVDs to DivX and Xvid formats Opera 9.5: an excellent replacement for Internet Explorer Comodo Friewall Pro Free: Free Windows firewall for Windows XP Antivir: Free…