Security specialists are warning that Sony's MicroVault USB, which is a biometric USB storage device, cloaks driver software in a Windows directory that could be used by malware to avoid detection from security applications.
Sony blasted for helping hide malware on users' PCs
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Sony blasted for helping hide Malware
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Maintain a Consistent Workspace Across Multiple Computers
Most likely you use more than one computer in the course of a day—a work computer and a home computer, maybe even a laptop and a desktop. That means you've got at least two workspaces that can get horrendously out of sync if you don't keep them in check. The key to staying productive at all your computers is building a consistent workspace—that is, a computing environment that is the same (where it counts) everywhere you use a computer.
Maintain a Consistent Workspace Across Multiple Computers
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
How To Hide An Airplane Factory
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.
How To Hide An Airplane Factory
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It's Time to Stand Up to Your Email
Thanks to the avalanche of messages they receive every day, many professionals and office workers say they suffer from email overload. It doesn't have to be that way.
It's Time to Stand Up to Your Email
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Resources: Encyclopedias
Contains a listing of selected general encyclopedias available on the internet and selected online subject specific encyclopedias as well as selected subject and topic specific encyclopedia publications available in print, electronically or both.
These are selected titles and these lists make no pretension of being comprehensive.
General Internet and Print Resources: Encyclopedias
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Track real-time Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity
Track and explore real-time earthquakes and volcanic activity with Google Maps.
Google LatLong: Track Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity
Posted by Blacky at 11:10 am 0 comments
Monday, August 27, 2007
10 Killer Job Interview Questions and Answers
Behind every interview question there is a concern or another question. Your job is to process the question thinking about what the interviewer’s concern might be. In other words, why is the interviewer asking you this question?
10 Killer Job Interview Questions and Answers
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Deliver Better Presentations
“Tell a story that makes the audience into the protagonist, then demonstrate how your approach to solving their problem will help them win in the end.”
How to Deliver Better Presentations
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Removing Backgrounds Quickly in Photoshop
How to remove backgrounds very quickly with good results using Photoshop’s extract feature.
Removing Backgrounds Quickly in Photoshop
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Teen hacks 'useless' Govt porn filter
A Melbourne teenager who has managed to circumvent the Federal Government's internet pornography filter has described it as "completely useless".
Teen hacks 'useless' Govt porn filter
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How to Spot a Fake Rolex
They say there’s a “sucker born every minute” but you're not a sucker if you intentionally know what you’re getting into.
How to Spot a Fake Rolex
Posted by Blacky at 11:06 am 0 comments
The Manager's Cheat Sheet: Body Language
Like it or not, your body speaks volumes, even when you are silent. Here's how to express an attitude that's appropriate for a leader.
The Manager's Cheat Sheet: Body Language
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All the things not to do
Breathing ?
All the things not to do
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
14 Foods that Lower Cholesterol
1. Whole grains and oats - a five-year Insulin Resistance Athersclerosis Study showed that people whose diets contain the most whole grains “had the thinnest carotid artery walls and showed the slowest progression in artery wall thickness.” etc
14 Foods that Lower Cholesterol
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American Airlines and Wikipedia Edits
September 11 - their Wikipedia page clearly stating that Flights 11 & 77 were not scheduled on 9/11/2001. Huh ?
American Airlines - Wikipedia Edits
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How to Overcome Jet Lag
Prepare Before Your Flight
Melatonin: Often Used But Unproven
Be Healthy In Flight
Reset Your Internal Clock At Your Destination
How to Overcome Jet Lag
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Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith
Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.
— Mother Teresa to the Rev. Michael Van Der Peet, September 1979
Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith
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Searcharazzi: Salacious Wiki Edits to FAST Search & Transfer
Ever since Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith launched Wiki Scanner, it has been nonstop fun freaking out PR people everywhere. While Wired’s list of salacious edits has everyone abuzz, Searcharazzi still enjoys good, old-fashioned wiki sleuthing, as brought to our attention yesterday.
Searcharazzi: Salacious Wiki Edits to FAST Search & Transfer
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Square Watermelon
Farmers in the southern Japanese town of Zentsuji have figured out how to grow their watermelons so they turn out square.
Square Watermelon
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