Month: June 2009

Interesting http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm

The consumerist has a funny tale about how squirrels are eating a customers copper causing their phone service not to work. The only way to fix the problem is to upgrade to FIOS. Good story Verizon. Hopefully they don’t have fiber deficient squirrels too. http://consumerist.com/5298449/verizons-new-marketing-pitch-squirrels-eat-old-phone-lines-so-upgrade-to-fios-for-guaranteed-service

Maximum PC has a great article that explains every detail of the BIOS (Basic Input Output System.) http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/ultimate_bios_guide_every_bios_setting_revealed

Tech radar has a nice write up on the evolution of gaming graphic. It is amazing how far graphics have come in 30 years. I can remember playing some of these game when I was really young. I still would like to play some King’s Quest. http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/the-evolution-of-gaming-graphics-609050?src=rss&attr=all

Life hacker has just released their Essential Free Mac Downloads pack. http://lifehacker.com/5291841/lifehacker-pack-2009-our-list-of-essential-free-mac-downloads
Here is the list of downloads and links in the pack:
Smultron
Quicksilver
Firefox
Adium
Postbox
Unarchiver
Transmission
Apptrap
Burn
VLC
Itunes
Dropbox
Mozy

Tech radar has a nice write up on the new Asus Maximus III Formula. Here is the link: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/motherboards/in-pictures-asus-maximus-iii-formula-608402

Digital Trends has a very nice article about the 10 most influential Tech products. This is worth a read if you are into tech products from history: http://news.digitaltrends.com/feature/116/10-most-influential-tech-products/10
10: The Desktop Computer
9: The Video Cassette Recorder
8: The Gaming Console
7: The Modem
6: The Computer Mouse
5: The Laser Printer
4: The Laptop Computer
3: The Digital Camera
2: The Cell Phone
1: The Smartphone

Patching an amazing 31 vulnerabilities, including bug used in Pwn2Own hacking contest to break IE8. Here is a computer world write up on the patches. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134156
The patches contain fixes for Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Excel, Word, Windows Search and other programs, including 18 bugs marked “critical.”

If you like using Internet Explorer (IE) make sure you read this and get the security update: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-019 – Critical

Computer world has a nice timeline of Unix over the years. 40 Years and still going strong. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133628

30 neat Tux Icons. http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/30-funniest-tux-icons.html