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Win 7 a winner on my new notebook
Database, James Hein, Published on 14/07/2010
» This week I'll catch up on some reports I promised for Windows 7, my new notebook and Jitbit's Macro recorder software.
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How to get around your ISP or country's restrictions
Database, James Hein, Published on 21/07/2010
» Internet control around the world seems to be settling out into a number of different camps. On the one hand there are the open Internet societies such as you might find in places like the United States. Next are those places that specifically restrict subject matter on a case by case basis if it causes some offence, like Qatar, Pakistan and Bangladesh. At the bottom of the stack or the restrictive nations that actively censor all manner of sources, like you may find in places like China and North Korea. Places like Thailand are not as free as the US but nowhere near as restrictive as China.
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Can tablets, 3D move beyond niche markets?
Database, James Hein, Published on 28/07/2010
» Forget the iPad for a moment and consider that the tablet revolution started a decade or so ago and never went anywhere. Today tablet machines occupy a fairly small niche market. People just don't want to interface with a machine using only their fingers on a touch screen. Once the novelty wears off it is back to the notebook or PC computers.
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Why PayPal indirectly supports the conmen
Database, James Hein, Published on 16/06/2010
» Some weeks I wonder what I am going to write about but something always seems to happen to give me a story.
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Notes on my notebook
Database, James Hein, Published on 23/06/2010
» So, after many years, I have a new notebook. I settled on the Acer TM 6293-A3G32Mn. It also marks my personal foray into the world of Windows 7. I like the notebook because it comes with Win 7 Pro instead of the usual Win 7 Home edition. There are a number of reasons for this including the support for the virtual Windows XP and all the other features that a Pro version of Windows brings over the generally useless Home versions.
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The symptoms of a virus, but not a virus?
Database, James Hein, Published on 04/08/2010
» What is the definition of a virus? Or, for that matter, malware? My definition would be something that stops you doing what you want to on your computer or something that has been placed on your computer to cause damage or to use your computer in a way you have not approved or intended. It is also a program that resists your efforts to remove it. Now of course there may be some security software or organisationally applied software that falls under this definition so let's focus on your home machines for the purpose of this definition.
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Of 3D, iPads and other fads
Database, James Hein, Published on 30/06/2010
» Forget the iPad for a moment and consider that the tablet revolution started a decade or so ago never went anywhere. Today, tablets occupy a fairly small niche market. People just don't want to interface with a machine using only their fingers on a touch screen. Once the novelty wears off, it is back to the notebook or desktop for any real work.
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Wade through the glut of information
Database, James Hein, Published on 07/07/2010
» When I first heard about the Internet, I was very excited. The thought of being able to access a world of information online without the need to visit a library was an amazing thought. Over the years this view has changed a little bit because there is now such a huge amount of rubbish out there in terms of no factual information.
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It all points to yet another invasion of privacy
Database, James Hein, Published on 11/08/2010
» When does information collecting become just too intrusive? Google has a patent for a new system that will track where you hover the mouse and then tailor both search results and advertising.
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The right to know - and to condemn to death
Database, James Hein, Published on 18/08/2010
» The posting of secret communications in the Afghan theatre of operations is a case of "the people have a right to know" and technology being used the wrong way.
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