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DIY WiFi Signal Boosters


Need to re-direct your WiFi signal, but don’t want to mess with the classic “Pringles” antenna?
FreeAntennas.com gives you templates for several different types of reflective parabolic antennas, which can help to re-focus the signal of your WiFi router. Perfect if you happen to have your router in one end of the house, and find yourself […]

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Interesting article on iRobot

CNN is running an interesting article/review about Helen Greiner, one of the founders of iRobot, the robotics company that makes the Roomba, as well as an assortment of robots used by the military and rescue workers; and that oddball pyramid rover they built to explore a shaft in Cheops which made news a couple […]

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Mac Mini Rip-off

No, that isn’t a Mac Mini. It is a new computer from AOpen called “Pandora”. It is based on Intel’s Pentium M processor, which was previously only used in mobile computers. It was unveiled at Computex 2005 and is slated for release in September of 2005.
I wonder how they avoided a lawsuit from Apple. Surely […]

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X-Ray, CSS and XHTML

We all know that Firefox allows us to do certain things with CSS and XHTML that we are just not capable of doing in IE usually without using some sort of Javascript trickery. Here is another cool tech example for Firefox users.
Scrolling up or down causes you to see the X-ray version of the body. […]

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McAfee Seeks VirusScan 10 Testers

BetaNews is reporting that McAfee are looking for people to participate in their Beta Program. If you want to be on the cutting-edge of Virus scan software you may want to check this out. Instead of having to pay to join the beta program, McAfee actually gives you incentives to join which include free licenses […]

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Tab X Firefox Extension

One nitpick I have with the tab system of Firefox is that to close a tab with a mouse I have to click on a tiny x in the upper right corner. Although I usually just use the Command-W combination, certain times call for a mouse click. If you don’t hit the X just right […]

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Sony and Cingular Team Up

Sony and Cingular are teaming up to offer the first widely available consumer laptop with Wireless Wide Area Network built in.
The Vaio-T series notebooks will have this technology built-in.
Ideal for highly mobile professionals who need convenient access to e-mail, data and information when on the road, Sony VAIO T-Series notebooks can connect to the Internet […]

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Hacking Yahoo Music

A security firm in Michigan has discovered a way to get unlimited burnable downloads from Yahoo’s new Unlimited Music service.
Apparently it can be done using software that is available for free on the web. He has posted a press release about it on his site, and P2PNet has also reported on it. Neither have given […]

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A Gamer’s Manifesto

This is just hilarious and yet so true. But I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard from reading a person cursing bad gaming errors that developers make.
A must read for anyone that appreciates games and has ever been upset by one.
Via Slashdot

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Internet Explorer 7 XPSP2 only bound?

I know this is a terrible presumption but bear with me and read the whole article first.
According to IE’s blog “IE7 relies on operating system functionality in XPSP2″.
If IE7 requires some of XPSP2’s functionalities (as Microsoft calls them) or as I like to say bugs, then this means that Longhorn will either:
a) Require these […]

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Windows 2000 Support ends June 30th

Microsoft announced Friday on IE’s blog that they will no longer be providing any support for Windows 2000, in other words, or straight from the horses’ mouth:
“Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the Extended support phase.”
They will however provide security updates until 2010. This editor tips his […]

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Internet Explorer - We Discovered The Web

A pretty good “spoof” site. It looks a lot like the Mozilla site, but it is touting Internet Explorer.
The wait is over. Internet Explorer empowers you to browse integrated with your entire Windows experience more than any other browser. Stay with the vast majority and continue using the default browser today — Other browsers don’t […]

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Star Wars Episode 3 Easter Eggs

Apparently Revenge of the Sith has a number of “easter eggs” in the film. Basically, just little bits and pieces that you may not notice after watching it the first few times. Some of them you may not notice at all.
Starwars.com has compiled a pretty comprehensive list of what to watch and listen for. The […]

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Microsoft RSS Feed of Knowledge Base Articles

If you own a PC, you are more than likely going to be visitin the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Now you can keep tabs on the latest KB articles using RSS. Microsoft is publishing RSS feeds of the most recently additions to their KB by product.
If you want to subscribe to all of the feeds (rather than […]

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High Definition XBox 360 Game Trailers

Microsoft has released some of the game trailers for titles that will be released on the XBox 360 in High Definition.
Make sure you check the minimum requirements before trying to play them.

Microsoft Windows XP
Windows Media Player 9 Series
2.4 GHz processor or equivalent
384 MB of RAM
64 MB video card
1024×768 screen resolution
16-bit sound card with attached speakers

You […]

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Reading PDFs On Your PSP

Have a PSP? Have a PDF you want to read on the run? Here is a tool that you can use to convert PDFs into JPEG images that are suitable for reading on your Sony Playstation Portable.
PDF 2 PSP is a simple tool for converting PDF documents and print outs into JPEG images suitable for […]

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