Category: Software
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Exploding batteries kill Sony profits
The last figures have now been published: Sony finished counting the beans after several months of news of exploding laptop PC batteries and of worldwide product recalls. instead of 130 billion yens, they forecast to dive into a loss of about 50 billion yens. It is left to be seen what impact it will have…
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Windows Vista drivers are coming
Windows Vista is not yet available (still in beta test under the name of RC2), but both major 3D graphic card technology providers announced the availability of their new drivers under the WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) certification. ATI, on the 26th September NVidia, on the 19th October This announces that your graphic card, either…
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AllOfMp3.com has trouble with online payments
AllOfMp3.com, the MP3 music web site publishing from the territory of Russia is in real trouble. Probably really pissed of by the very low prices found there and because AllOfMp3 does not include Digital Rights Management (DRM) in the downloaded MP3 files (some of the copyright holders even tell that the sale is completely illegal…
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YouTube wipes 30000 out
Even if it may not really be linked to the Google buyout, YouTube announced that it had removed nearly 30000 videos from its web site after the request of Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) who detected infractions about the copyrights they manage. You had to admit that a significant part…
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Security bug in Opera 9.0
A quick security information newsbit about my prefered web browser (Opera): Security outfit iDefense just found a bug, that would have significant security implications, in the recent Opera versions 9.0 and 9.01. Version 9.02 is immediately available on the site and corrects this.
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DNS service: Pingability
A web service for those of you willing to check their DNS declaration: Pingability quick DNS check.
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Half Life 2 dominos
Getting a kill the hard way in Half Life 2: Using dominos. In Windows Media video format.
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Black & White profile for color printer
Who was not hurt by the weird colors of a digital print? Often, the solution is to use the right color profile from the printer manufacturer (depending on paper, ink, printer, etc.). But it is not always enough. If you have an old printer, you may not find the color profiles; If you use generic…
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Small online video games for the family
You don’t always find nice little online video games that would appeal to all members of the family. Nonetheless, this is what I found on the nice little Orisinal web site (Morning Sunshine). Recommended to the whole family (really from the youngest to the more mature).