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Brazillian enthusiast modder bullied by Creative Labs

April 19th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Daniel_K, the Creative Labs fan who fixed the company’s broken Vista sound card drivers only to be threatened by the corporate brass, shares his side of the story.
“My name is Daniel Kawakami and I’m Brazilian,” he writes. “I’m NOT a cracker, a hacker, just an enthusiast modder with basic assembly knowledge and very persistent.”
Kawakami’s expertise [...]

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Tags: Citizen Journalism · Technology



ReBlog - republish interesting posts from other blogs

April 11th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Sometimes I wish I could create a blog where I can republish interesting posts and articles I find on the net, with my comments and thoughts added to it. But I want to do it in a way that the credits for the post go to the owner.
With ReFeed and the ReBlog plugin for wordpress [...]

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Tags: Applications · Technology · Tutorials / Training · quick & easy tips

SP1 Update for Vista

March 19th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Microsoft claims this Vista update will improve stability, security and performance. It also warns that the Update could cause some software to malfunction, including some security software like the anti-virus from BitDefender and Trend Micro. The other programmes that may be affected by this update are:
BitDefender AV
Fujitsu Shock Sensor
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 2008
Trend [...]

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Tags: Applications · OS & Servers · Security · Technology



Phorm - advertising based on your browsing history…. is it good?

March 18th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

According to the web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee, it is not a good idea and it infringes upon consumer rights.
Two major ISPs in the UK (BT & Virgin) have already signed up to use (or be used by) Phorm to track user’s browsing history in order to do targeted advertising. I didn’t really like the [...]

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Tags: Citizen Journalism · Technology

Dropbox Beta Sync and share files

March 12th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

It looks impressive. With Dropbox you will be able to store, share and synchronize files between different computers and platforms.
This comes at a time when we are increasingly needing quick access to important files at anytime and anywhere. Dropbox has the potential to become a big hit once it is released, mainly for it’s intuitive [...]

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Tags: Applications · Technology

PicLens a browser slideshow

March 8th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen slideshow experience. With just one click, PicLens makes photos come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes beyond the confines of the traditional browser window.
PicLens suports a number of sites: Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums, Fotki, FotoTime, deviantART, Smugmug, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Google Images, [...]

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Tags: Applications · Technology · Web Browsers · quick & easy tips