Top 5 High Tech Infantry Guns

Five of the best and most innovative weapons which could be made available to our foot soldiers.When the Pentagon announced that it adjusted its future Combat Systems Initiative, the Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates voiced his concerns regarding the slow pace of fielding weapons to infantrymen who needed them now.When the Pentagon recently tweaked its Future Combat Systems initiative, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made noise about fielding...

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101 Google Tips, Tricks

1. The best way to begin searching harder with Google is by clicking the Advanced Search link.2. This lets you search for exact phrases, "all these words", or one of the specified keywords by entering search terms into the appropriate box.3. You can also define how many results you want on the page, what language and what file type you're looking for, all with menus.4. Advanced Search lets you type in a Top Level Domain (like .co.uk) in the "Search within site of domain" box to restrict results.5. And you can click the "Date, usage rights, numeric...

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Hack Available to Download Windows XP SP3 RC from Microsoft

That's right! Now you can get your hands on the first Release Candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 3! And all it will take is the implementation of a simple registry hack designed to allow Windows XP users to access, download and install Service Pack 3 Release Candidate straight from Microsoft.You are not one of the 15,000 testers that have been so far permitted access to the RC build? No problem. And on top of that, there is no need to wait for a public version of one of the upcoming development milestones of XP SP3. If you really can't wait...

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How To Get Your Blog Ranked High on Google

1. Select Your Keywords and Keyword PhrasesChoose the keywords and keyword phrases you want your blog post to rank high for on the Google search engine results page. For example, I want my blog post to rank high for the term, "blog ranked high on Google." Currently there are approximately 286,000 pages using this term so I'll have to do everything in my power to compete with these web pages to get my blog post on the first page of the Google results page for that term.My keyword phrase also includes other keyword phrases like, "ranked high on Google"...

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Concurrent Computer posts $301K profit

Concurrent Computer Corp. was in the black in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, and it reported plans for a reverse stock split.The Duluth, Ga.-based provider of real-time Linux software and technology for commercial and government markets (NASDAQ: CCUR) had net income of $301,000 on $19.4 million in revenue. This compares with a net loss of $3.1 million on $16.1 million in revenue in the third quarter of 2007.Concurrent has break-even earnings in the third quarter, compared with a loss per share of 4 cents in the same period last year.The Company...

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Google Chrome...is Windows inside, which may be a strategic error

In a fascinating post, Scott Hanselman pulls apart the Google Chrome browser to discover Windows inside or, rather, Windows Template Library (WTL). WTL was open sourced by Microsoft back in 2004 and went somewhat silent until now, when it popped up in Google's open-source browser.Hanselman calls out the reason for WTL's inclusion: Chrome uses abstraction libraries to draw the GUI on other non-Windows platforms, but for now, what sits underneath part of ChromeViews is good ol' WTL. Makes sense, too. Why not use a native library to get native...

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Top 5 List On How To Pick The Right Motherboard

I decided to make a top five list on motherboards because, in building a computer, it’s the hardest component to pick. It’s pretty much the nervous system of the PC, so proper selection is crucial to ensure your new computer performs as well or better than expected. Anyway, on with the top five! 1. Make Sure you pick the right size motherboard for the case you have chosen to use. If you have a micro at ATX case then your motherboard cannot be an ATX. Larger cases sometimes allow you to have smaller motherboards. Check the specs on the case before...

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Strong Passwords, Passphrases, and Keys

Internet Fixes has an article this week about using passphrases instead of passwords. That would involve using Windows’ ability to utilize 127 character passwords, and using a random phrase instead of using a random password.Example: My Aunt Nellie eats cat food!Here we have 29 characters, including spaces, three capitalized letters and a punctuation mark. This is a pretty strong passphrase. In theory, it would require a supercomputer working for millions of years to solve a random key involving 29 units. Of course, that isn’t really a random...

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Top Five Tips On How To Use An Old Computer

1. Fix it up. If the computer’s not too old, you should be able to buy some new RAM and some more hard drive space to extend its life. Before you buy a hard drive, just make sure you know the right connections. If you have enough money, buy a new processor (at least a Pentium 3 or higher). 2. Turn it into a sub-woofer! I know you’re like Coolio. Well I did it by using this PC World article. I found it quite interesting. 3. Donate it or recycle it. Yeah not the coolest thing, but it’s pretty obvious. 4. Turn it into a home server. As long...

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The Weekly Source Code 33 - Microsoft Open Source inside Google Chrome

First, let me remind you that in my new ongoing quest to read source code to be a better developer, Dear Reader, I present to you thirty-third in a infinite number of posts of "The Weekly Source Code."That said, what does Microsoft Code have to do with Google Chrome, the new browser from Google? Take a look at the Terms and Conditions for the "Chromium" project up on Google Code. There are 24 different bits of third party software involved in making Chrome work, and one of them is WTL, the Windows Template Library, which was released as Open Source...

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11 Top Tips for a Successful Technical Presentation

Over five years ago I posted Tips for a Successful MSFT Presentation. Yesterday I watched the video of my Mix Presentation all the way through. It's always very painful to hear one's own voice but it's even worse to watch yourself. I never listen to my podcast and I avoid watching myself. It's like watching a person in parallel universe and it inspires self-loathing. However, if you are someone who values continuous improvement - and I am - you need to do the uncomfortable. Here's my five-years-later Updated Tips for a Successful Technical Presentation.1....

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Is HP building a custom Linux distro for home computers?

Business Week reports that sources inside HP claim the company is readying a custom operating system based on Linux for home computer users. There are practically no details about the rumored OS at this point, aside from the fact that it's supposed to be "easier" to use than most Linux distributions. Why would HP, a company that has made billions of dollars by selling machines designed to run Windows want to build its own operating system? Two words. Vista and Apple.First of all, Microsoft is in the process of killing off its most popular operating...

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The 5 most annoying programs on your PC

Elephantware. That is what we are talking about. Bloated programs that make brand new PCs boot like Pentium 2s with 64 MBs of RAM. This is software that causes your screen to freeze while it works, consumes enough system resources to display a reminder box letting you know there is a new, even bigger, version available for download. Software we've been forced to install so we can read some special document format, enjoy some DRM infected piece of media, or communicate with others who also live with the same brand of behemoth riding on their backs....

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Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games

Interview: Trent Reznor on Year Zero, Planting Clues, and What's Ludicrous About Being a Musician Today ...- .. -.. . ---: .-..-. .-. . -.. / .... --- .-. ... . / ...- . -.-. - --- .-. .-..-. ...- .. -.. . ---: .-..-. - .... . / -... . --. .. -. -. .. -. --. / --- ..-. / - .... . / . -. -.. .-..-. NinWiki: Guide to Year Zero The initial clue was so subtle that for nearly two days nobody noticed it. On February 10, 2007, the first night of Nine Inch Nails' European tour, T-shirts went on sale at a 19th-century Lisbon concert hall with what looked...

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Hackers Assault Epilepsy Patients via Computer

RyAnne Fultz, 33, says she suffered her worst epileptic attack in a year after she clicked on the wrong post at a forum run by the nonprofit Epilepsy Foundation.Photo courtesy RyAnne Fultz Internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support message board last weekend and used JavaScript code and flashing computer animation to trigger migraine headaches and seizures in some users. The nonprofit Epilepsy Foundation, which runs the forum, briefly closed the site Sunday to purge the offending messages and to boost security. "We are seeing people affected,"...

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