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 | [URL]http://www.rockbox.org/[/URL] I have been playing around with Rockbox the alternative firmware for the Apple iPod and other popular MP3 players. So im basically just going to go over some of my likes and dislikes of the software so far. [B] Likes [/B][LIST] [*]For one if you are strictly an opensource … |
| | It is now pretty much confirmed that sometime next year or in the recent future Apple will be releasing a cell phone. So far some rumors circulating around the interweb say that it is going to include two separate batteries one for the cell phone portion of the "phone" and … |
| | Recently I have decided to switch from Ubuntu linux to Freebsd and here I am going to outline why. 1. [B]The Ubuntification of linux:[/B] Lately I have noticed a trend on social bookmarking sites, mainly digg, which have people posting articles with titles like "Ubuntu Tutorials" or something similar. In …  |
| | So the long speculated purchase of Youtube by Google finally happened for a whopping $1.65 billion (pocket change for Google). However I think this wasnt the right time and that they could of gotten it for cheaper. Youtube had a cost of over a million dollars to run a month …  |
 | I disagree with most of this but I agree that tables still hold a place in web. Tables were not intended to display the design of the website but to display tabular information as one might expect. So the original intention was to have them display spreadsheet type information and … |
| | If you are a user of the popular social networking site Facebook you might have noticed the recent redesign along with the new features that they added. You also might have noticed the response from the users of Facebook whom find the new site creepy. The new home page lists … |
| | ReactOS is an open source operating system that has been in development for 10 years. The main goal of the project is to build an operating system that is completly compatible with Windows XP. It uses all free software and uses a similar directory structure and program names to Windows. … |
| | Hey guys sorry I havent been keeping up with posts lately ive been working on getting a clients website up and running/launched for a day or 2. I would like to thank everyone who voted for me in the blogging competition (win or loose still a couple hours to go) …  |
| | What im gonna do if I get a computer that comes with Vista is downgrade it to XP pro and dual boot with linux until vista is ready. |
 | It does have two scroll wheels as well one on the top and on the side whic h would seem like a major point to make. |
| | Im setting up a blogger account for my blog. Now im not gonna stop writing on daniweb or take my stories off im just settuping up sortof a mirror site to this blog on blogger. All the stories will link back to the stories here. I just wanted another place … |
| | Although most news circulating around the web about the deffective batteries has to do with Dell or Apple (including one airline not allowing Dell laptops which im sure Dell's PR is very happy about) the company that stands to loose the most seems to be Sony. They are the ones … |
| | most companies wouldnt make you buy a whole new license for a program if it is version 2.7.101 if you own the license already maybe version 2.8 or 3.  |
| | Daniweb's blogging section now has a new feature that will allow the bloggers to add tags to their blogs. This is their latest strive to encourage user blogs which so far has been going very well. Big thanks to Dani who was spent hours coding this new feature :cheesy:!! I … |
| | Recently one of the most talked about things is this Apple Wifi hack that was demonstrated by a group called SecureWorks at one of the largest security conferences, Defcon. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chtQ1bcHLZQ&mode=related&search="]Here is a link[/URL] to the video so you guys can watch the video yourselves. Now Here is a link to … |
| | So lately the Apple Fanboys have been talking about this software called Parallels which can emulate Windows inside of Mac OS X. However is this really good or bad for Apple? In the short term I would say yes, but in terms of long term success Microsoft will be hands … |
| | Apple has the same problem with some of the mac book pros its the lithium batteries they are using you will see more companies doing this if they dont come up with a solution. |
| | [B][U]Windows Live Writer[/U]:[/B][INDENT]Windows Live Writer beta is now available to download at [URL="http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/"]http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/[/URL].[/INDENT] Windows Live Writer is a desktop application for composing blog entries onWindows Live Spaces or other blog services. Some features include a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor along with an HTML editor and … |
| | Well dont people get addicted to those games all the time. |
| | Macs arent that secure as people believe and the quality of the iLife Suite has been slipping for years you can find many hardcore mac fans switching to Linux now. http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/05/30/bye-apple http://www.bryanobryan.com/?p=28 Free operating sytems and opensource is where the industry is going or should go not crazy camera effects … |
| | Recently I was at work and I needed to do some css stuff and I did most of it in notepad because the current machine I was on didnt have dreamweaver(and yes it isnt necessary) and so rather than wait for someone to find a copy of dreamweaver and its … |
| | Hmm reminds me of a story that goes a little something like [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry659.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry659.html[/URL] This is old news.  |
| | You can now put a bootable copy of windows on a USB flash drive and then use it as an easy way to recover your windows files if it crashes or just to bring your xp wherever. You need 3 things for this a USB drive with at least 256mb … |
| | After months of possible merger information it finally happens and I am surprised at the amount of money that AMD had to spend on this. This is a huge step for both companies. Currently Intel is the lead manufacturer of microprocessors, semiconductors, and graphics chips with AMD being the second … |
| | While Intel had announced awhile back that they would be making a Core 2 Duo chip AMD said they were already working on a Quad-core. Then more recently Intel announced that they would be making a Quad-core chipset as well this year so whats the difference. Well they both are … |
| | After announcing the release of the new core 2 duo conroe for desktops and merriem for laptops intel has said that they are going to release a quad-core processor by the end of this year. So if you were waiting around to buy a core 2 duo or an amd … |
| | VMware has bashed Microsofts partnership with XenSource and upcoming opensource virtualization software company. They are saying that is a "one way street" and that they are betraying their opensource roots. The deal allows better intergration for para-virtualization of Windows on the Xen software. I find this odd seeing as how … |
 | aw thats sad linux = greatness. my ubuntu with xgl on gnome and kxdocker on kde buts any vista stuff to shame and can shut up a pompous mac prick |
| | Microsoft has been pushed (Massachusetts state government) to make a document format that would be completley compliant with other word processors such as OpenOffice. This will be their Open document format. Now you might be saying well I can open my word documents in openoffice already or I can just … |
| | Ok so that latest news on the web is that Microsoft is coming up with an iPod killer which people are calling xboy. And reffered to by Microsoft as Argo (also rumours of it being called Zune?). Now there are also rumors that the release of Argo will also incorporate … |
| | I think I will just wait for the release. Whenever I have installed a bleeding edge Firefox I end up having to reconfigure most of my settings and sometimes reinstalling my extensions. So I would say its best to wait the 2 days until the release. |
| | I dont trust people who have livejournal anyone who has to resort to online postings about themselves probably is a bit emo. |
| | A lot of people always ask for people to decipher their hijackthis logs and since this is a community based upon learning from one another I would like to write a little tutorial for hjt covering the basics. Now I dont claim to be some HJT master but just some … |
| | I recently found an article that included a simple theory on how to see whether or not your computer is being watched by the nsa. Ok so basically the background on this is that the nsa has been taking information out of AT&T's San Francisco's offices in a secret room. … |
 | If you are trying to set up a PVR for your house why in the world would you be using fedora core. do a google search for KnoppMyth it is a distro of knoppix with the popular diy tivo alternative MythTv sitting on top of it. All you need to … |
| | Basically everything that was gonna be interesting about windows vista is either not gonna be in it or not gonna ship at all. Yea winFS seems like the biggest thing because it would be an object oriented file system but other things like widgets for windows, and the overall look …  |
 | well if you are a strong firefox user on windows and hate having to switch browsers every time it wont allow you to view a page than you should get the user-agent switch plugin. This plugin tricks the web site into thinking you are using IE, Opera, or Netscape. In … |
 | haha i love it when ppl dont know what they are talking about, like when my school's newspaper said if you dont want spyware swicth to firefox(i agree with that but this part) or just move to mac (sorry i like my games, plus linux is much safer and i … |
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| | did you do a virus scan? ok download hijackthis from softpedia.com and scan with that(you must close all browser windows and save hijackthis to your hd). when it finishes scanning hit save log save it as a txt file then open it and post the contents in the [U][b]security forum[/b][/U].  |
| | there is a blue shadow underneath my icons on my desktop. i looked at the visual styles but couldn't find anything how do i get rid of it. here is a pic [img]http://img150.exs.cx/img150/3243/screen8eo1.png[/img] |
| | i think that forum members should be limited to one signature with a max size that you can set. But i think it is not fair to not allow any image sigs ever other forum that i have been on allows it. |
| | Google adsense sucks. I used to have a google adsense account and everything worked fine then they sent me an email saying that i had a clicking machine and that my acount would be disabled and i would not be paid for those clicks. I did not a clicking machine … |
 | Re: Favorite Distro Obviously Ubuntu. But I should point out that a lot of people like MEPIS not me personally buy just a suggestion for your poll. |
| | Hey I am working on a database final project and I am almost done but it would be awesome if some database guru could look over my erd and my sql code and tell me if anything seems amiss. for the project we just had to design a database with … |
| | try monster.com they will send out your resume to ppl that they think you would like to work for based on what you put as your info. |
 | Re: Drivers Im pretty sure that 64 bit processors can support drivers. What you are probably thinking of is an operating system like Windows 64 or w/e which only supports 64 bit applications (I actually dont know if they sell this still or if it was ever a product). But yea a … |
| | how about the person that has the most posts without being a mod or colleague and joined within the past 6 months(i have that one down). |
| | whenever i try to run windows update i get this message [QUOTE]Windows Update cannot continue because a required service application is disabled. Windows Update requires the following services: Automatic Updates enables detection, downloading, and installation of critical updates for your computer. Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) enables faster, restartable downloading … |
 | you mean run two versions of xp on the same machine, or dual boot another operating system like linux or an older version of windows. |
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