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Secure and Private Browsing 2

Scott writes:So, after the Browzar fiasco, I went looking for a simple, secure, private Portable Browser that I could use to surf the net in strange places with.What I found is TorPark. It's a modification of Portable Firefox (a version of Firefox for running portably on USB sticks) with Tor built in. TorPark takes Portable Firefox and preconfigures a number of Privacy-related Extensions.

How to ping weblogs.com using XML-RPC and ASP.NET

I just implemented Weblogs.com pinging using the XML-RPC.NET library from Cook Computing.

US loosens grip on running of internet

The EU yesterday hailed a decision by the US government to back down and grant full autonomy by 2009 to the not-for-profit organisation that manages internet domain names. Almost a year after Nations Urge U.S. to Cede Internet Control, the Commerce Department agreed Friday to loosen its control over the agency that manages the Internet address system, a move that experts ...

Multiple File Upload With Progress Bar Using Flash and ASP.NET

It is difficult to find a decent upload control that handles large files, shows a progress bar, and still works in a medium-trust hosting environment. The problem with these controls is medium-trust does not allow Reflection. But this does not mean that we are out of luck.Darick_c shows us how to use Flash to upload multiple files, and in a medium-trust hosting environment.

Encrypt your files with FileBarricader 2006 Mobile

FileBarricader 2006 Mobile is primarily a file encryption utility released by Pocket PC software developers MySoCo.Features:* Easy to use, fast file encryption.* Includes only the best encryption algorithm: Rijndael (AES).* Includes only the best encryption strength setting: 256 bit.* Provides secure file deletion, making recovery of deleted files impossible.Compatibility:Windows CE, Windows Mobile...

Secure and Private Browsing

Scott writes:So, after the Browzar fiasco, I went looking for a simple, secure, private Portable Browser that I could use to surf the net in strange places with.What I found is TorPark. It's a modification of Portable Firefox (a version of Firefox for running portably on USB sticks) with Tor built in. TorPark takes Portable Firefox and preconfigures a number of Privacy-related...

Encrypt/Secure your Life

Scott Hanselman writes about using a portable drive to store sensitive information.. to encrypt important data on a disk, there's a number of options. My favorite is a fantastic Open Source system called TrueCrypt. It's also open source, and offers a number of attractive features for use with removable drivers. It can be used without installation (meaning it can be run off the USB disk directly,)...

Toronto WiFi Network Goes Live

Toronto Hydro Telecom yesterday lit up what is expected to become one of the largest wireless Internet networks in North America, and told Torontonians how much they will have to pay for the service. After an initial free period of six months, the company's WiFi zone will cost $29 a month, $10 a day, or $5 an hour for speeds of up to 7 Mbps.

Optimize Last

Lesson Learnt Today: Quote from Xtreme Programming Do not optimize until the end. Never try to guess what the system's bottle neck will be. Measure it! Make it work, make it right, then make it fast.

EU Sanctions on Zimbabwe - Interview with Chris Patten

The European Union has significantly widened its sanctions against Zimbabwe to the whole of the ruling elite. At a ruling in Brussels, ministers added 52 politicians and senior business figures from Zimbabwe to the sanctions list of last February. They too will face a travel ban and an asset freeze anywhere in the...

Solidarity Demonstration - Operation Tatambura

There is going to be nationwide mass-demonstrations in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, the 13th of September. Here is an excerpt from an email I received today. The Zimbabwe Congress of trade Unions ( ZCTU), has announced that it will embark on nationwide demonstrations on the 13th of September 2006 .The demonstrations are in protest of pertinent issues such as the shortages of basics e.g fuel,high taxation,poor...

Microsoft Web design tool moves to beta

Microsoft on Tuesday released a beta test version of Expression Web, a new design tool expected to debut next year. The tool, originally called Expression Web Designer, will compete with tools such as Adobe's Dreamweaver, and allows developers to build Web sites linked to Microsoft's ASP.NET server technology.

Attacked!

A few minutes ago, I received a guestbook entry with a link to the url http://picocouple.oldledy2001.net/index.html. Curiously, I clicked on the link, only to find out that it redirects to a page on http://xearl.com/ which contains a threat detected by NOD32 as "Win32/Agent.NDA trojan". The site xearl.com itself has the message: "This site is closed."The attack was from IP Address : 80.50.82.90 which...

Bill Cosby and the continuing debate about the black poor

By Michael Eric Dyson For more than a year, I've been embroiled in a public debate with Bill Cosby about poor blacks. Cosby has been harshly critical of the poor, blaming them for their plight and arguing that personal responsibility is the key to their success. Cosby has dismissed both social forces and the legacy of racism in berating the poor for their many failures--bad parenting, bad language...

What's In A Name

Last night I had a chance of doing some work for an Italian family. When I told them that my name was Alfero and I believe its Italian, they told me that the name meant "Iron". I got very excited because I figured that closely matches my physique and personality :), until I did a little more research, only to find out iron is actually "Ferro" in Italian. Well, that was a little close, but that only...

Patent Law Ruling Threatens Free and Open Source Software

In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed its own "suggestion test" as the main method for determining when a patent should be found obvious over knowledge in the public domain. Under this test, even the most obvious incremental advances and add-ons can be patented unless the Patent Office or a defendant in court produces a document that shows someone else suggested...

RIAA Backs Down 1 Day After Being Counter-sued

Warner v. Stubbs, in Oklahoma, the defendant filed her answer and counterclaim against the RIAA on August 23, 2006. In it she likened the RIAA's tactics to "extortion". The very next day, on August 24, 2006, the RIAA turned around and asked the Judge for permission to withdraw its case: More…

ASP.NET Articles

Stay up-to-date with the latest tips, tricks, and techniques in these articles.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and ASP.NET Developers

In this article we're going to cover some basic concepts on what you can do in order to make your ASP.NET application as spider and search engine friendly as possible.

Optimizing Your ASP.NET Pages for Faster Loading and Better Performance

In this article the author discusses some options for speeding up the loading of your ASP.NET pages. Some tips include using caching, control use, and data handling techniques.

Client-side programming with Atlas

Microsoft has developed its own approach to AJAX development called Atlas, which promises browser ubiquity as well as tight, albeit optional, ASP.NET integration. In this column, we survey the Atlas architecture to get a better understanding of how you may use it in your development work.

Advanced Caching Techniques in ASP.NET 2.0

In this article, you'll learn about many of the new caching enhancements in the ASP.NET 2.0 framework. First, you'll learn what we mean by caching and how it is done using ASP.NET Framework 1.1. Next, you’ll learn how caching support has been integrated into the new DataSource controls. Finally, you'll learn how to configure and take advantage of SQL Cache Invalidation.

Advanced C# Website Search

Explains the process of adding 'advanced' search engine features like Stemming, Stop words, etc to a C#-based web-crawling indexer and search page that can be used on any Web site. Includes solution to the problem of Binary serialization and deserialization across Assembly versions. Full source for the spider and search included.

Passing Server-Side Values to Client-Side Script

In this article Peter describes best practices for taking server-side values (whether from a database, web.config or a calculated value) and sending them to the client to be used by JavaScript.

Preventing Spam With An ASP.NET CAPTCHA Control

A CAPTCHA image displays text that is readable to humans, but not to computers. The concept is useful because it provides a means to filter out automated programs while allowing real users to pass through. Bots for example, which spam comments on weblogs and other dynamic websites, are a fairly pervasive problem and even a regularly new and low traffic blog like this was getting dozens of spam...

Call users from your Gmail

A new feature for Gmail being rolled out right now allows you to call contacts from within your Gmail account. Currently you must be signed into the Google Talk application for it to show up, but hopefully soon the feature will be available to users who don't have the instant messenger installed. More…

Internet Explorer 7 for XP Release Candidate 1

[ABC News] For those of you who've been following the saga of IE7, RC1 is another in a long line of releases preceding the browser's launch. The RC1 build includes improvements in performance, stability, security, and application compatibility. Since beta 3, the user interface has been polished, support for CSS has been enhanced, French and Spanish language support has been added, and an auto-uninstall...

A scrolling revolution?

[Macworld] Earlier today, Logitech announced a new line of mice called, with sufficient bravado, Revolution. Comprising a full-size home model, the MX, and a smaller (though still sizable) portable model, the VX, the Revolution line aims to, as the company so modestly put it, “transform the experience of finding and manipulating the vast amount of digital content on a person’s computer or on...

SanDisk Drops a Flash Bomb

[ABC News]With the new 8GB e280, SanDisk has pulled way ahead of Apple in the flash memory game. This morning, SanDisk announced something that should make lots of holiday shoppers happy: an 8GB version of the SanDisk Sansa e200 series—officially called the e280.

.NET POP 3 Component

Pop3 Component written completely in managed code.Allow you to monitor your POP3 mailbox.Support attachments, HTML email or text email.

18 ways to stay focused at work

[Blogma] We felt a little guilty after posting yesterday's item that pointed to "10 tips on doing nothing at work," so we'll try to make amends.

Linux's iPod Generation Gap

An anonymous submittor says "Today's young generation can use Linux on the desktop provided it works with their iPod. Linux on the desktop still hasn't reached that stage and has to be compatible with multimedia applications like iTunes and iPod if it has to beat Microsoft's Windows dominance on the desktop. Open source gurus at LinuxWorld discuss solutions to make Linux more consumer-friendly."...

Dell to offer More Products with AMD Inside

The PC maker will offer desktops and servers powered by AMD processors, starting in September.

Color Schemer

Color Schemer is a handy site (and software tool) for you web designers to help you pick your colors.

10 tips on doing nothing at work

[Blogma] It's not that we advocate subversion in the workplace or anything, honest. We just want to help our readers keep their bosses and co-workers on their toes. With that in mind, we offer these 10 tips on how to get away with doing nothing at work. The pointers are apparently meant as satire, but we think they could be pretty effective--if we were so inclined to try them, which of course would...

A Nation Divided Over Piracy

Wired news describes how Sweden's pirate system has gone totally out of control and how pirates, with outstanding public support, are determined to force a paradigm shift It's not the problem of the pirates to figure out how to compensate artists or encourage invention away from the current intellectual property system -- someone else will figure that out. Their job is just to tear down the flawed...

Secrets of the Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay was born in the late summer of 2003, in a plain motherboard box in Mexico with a slow radio uplink to the net. While at the center of a heated debate, The Pirate Bay neither operates in a black market nor lays claim to a loophole of international law. Like its progenitor organization, Piratbyran, the administrators of the Pirate Bay believe the law is wrong.

SQL Pocket Guide, Second Edition

Graeme Williams writes "So many dimensions are folded into this compact book that it took me more than a few moments to see what I was looking at. In the space of 184 pages, SQL Pocket Guide, Second Edition documents, explains, illustrates and compares the most common SQL statements from Oracle (10g), DB2 (8.2), SQL Server (2005), MySQL (5.0) and PostgreSQL (8.1), with occasional notes on previous...

Rocky road for mobile Linux

(InfoWorld) - Linux has great potential in the mobile arena, but establishing it there will be a tall order, industry participants told a LinuxWorld Conference and Expo audience.

Death to Caps Lock

A movement to force hardware manufacturers to eradicate the Caps Lock key from the computer keyboard is afoot on the web.

Google Analytics Now Open To Everyone

The Google Analytics Blog has announced that you no longer need an invitation to receive the Website statistics tracking for free. Just head on over to the Google Analytics site and login with you Google account. It will then take you through the steps that are needed to setup your Website.

CSS Frames

One of the arguments for using frames has always been that they allow you to keep parts of the layout on-screen at all times. This can be emulated with CSS, as described here

Microsoft Released Windows Product Key Update Tool

In the Get Genuine program from Microsoft, they released a Windows Product Key Update Tool. So after getting a legal license they can choose to keep their pirated windows installation and change the key to a genuine one. So they won't have to reinstall their PC.Linkified: http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/purchase/UpdateInstructions.aspx (actual tool)

Samuel L. Jackson on The Daily Show

"Do you die?" "No man! I'm the f*n hero!" "You know why?" "SEQUEL!"

Dell Recalls 4 Million Batteries

Sony batteries used in several Dell laptop models are being replaced because of a demonstrated fire hazard. It's the largest electronics-related recall involving the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

Bush massages Merkel, rubbing her the Wrong Way

George Bush gives German Chancellor Andrea Merkel a backrub in a "pre-emptive" strike to combat G8 stress.

Create Meta Tags Programmatically in ASP.NET 2.0

By Ashish Singhal April 07, 2006 In ASP.NET, we had an option to add head tags in HTML where we could define our Meta tags like keyword and description but in ASP.NET 2.0 if we use master page inheritated page then there is problem to add meta tags. This article explains how you can add meta tags in ASP.NET 2.0.The following code shows how to add meta tags to a page...

Enable Foreign Keys in a SQLite Database

The Problem As is ¤well documented, SQLite does not support foreign key constraints. So Theory did some research on how to add foreign key constraint functionality to SQLite databases. The Solution (There is an ¤online tool which automatically generates the triggers proposed below based on the input CREATE TABLE statement.) The trick to getting SQLite to enforce foreign key...

WMP11 WGA Workaround

Apparently, Microsoft performs a Windows Genuine Authentication check on your system before allowing you to install WMP 11. If you don’t have a genuine copy of Windows XP, no WMP 11. I don’t condone software piracy, but running a WGA check to allow the installation of a media player is just plain stupid in my book. Therefore, a work-around to bypass the WGA check, courtesy of...

Amazing tutorials on Data Access in ASP.NET 2.0

You really must check out this new set of 15 (with even more to come soon) detailed and easy to understand tutorials on working with data in ASP.NET. It covers many of the common, and often not obvious, tasks that you'd want to accomplish with data in ASP.NET 2.0. All of the tutorials are available in both C# and VB and are full of screen shots showing what needs to be done....

XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option

Fred Langa shows you how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data and without having to reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the setup.

Using the Cingular8125 as a webcam

1. You must install CoolCameraSetup.exe on Desktop PC (versions on PDA and Desktop PC should be identical).2. Connect PDA (or Smartphone) to Desktop PC via ActiveSync (through cable, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc). 3. On Desktop PC start application you need (Skype, for example), choose "CoolCamera" capture device and start video chat.4. Start CoolCamera on PDA. 5. Set 'Webcam' mode...

More on Extending the Windows CE Bluetooth Hands Free Profile

This Part 2 article discusses exactly what commands you might want to add support for and how you can shoot yourself in the foot using the AT command extension interface.

Extending the Bluetooth Hands Free Profile

This is what Vijay and sarcasmsra used to design applications that can route all audio to the Bluetooth headset.I just tested Vijay's VJVolubilis on my wizard and the results are immaculate!

SQLite 3.0 Membership and Role Provider for ASP.NET 2.0

Complete code, web.config, and sample SQLite Provider.db database to use SQLite as an ADO.NET / ASP.NET 2.0 Membership and Roles provider out of the box. Complete rework of sample ASP.NET 2.0 base provider classes for SQLite. Unzip the folder, load the web site, and it works!I hope experienced developers will get the portability picture on this - you don't need to "install" anything,...

Creating print preview page dynamically in ASP.NET

An article on creating print preview page dynamically by javascript code. You do not need to make any aspx page to view print preview and you can also print any portion of the print pageBy: Md. Jannatul Ferdous

How to make ASP.NET Applications that support mobile devices

Mobile Devices such as cell phones with web access and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA's) are becoming more common. This article explains how to make ASP.NET mobile applications by using ASP.NET Mobile Software Development kit (Mobile SDK).

HttpHandlers – Learn Them. Use Them.

HttpHandler's represent the earliest point where ASP.NET developers can take over responding to a request. This allows developers to effeciently and compactly handle requests that don't necessarily require the page framework. Learn more about HttpHandlers, where you'd use them and where you wouldn't.By: Karl Seguin [MVP]

Prepare to Be Searched

Learn how to get your site ranked near the top of search engine listings and get your site noticed by the people that matter most.By Steve C. Orr

Microsoft Money for Windows Mobile 5

I downloaded Microsoft Money for Pocket PC 2006 and ran into a major snag. It just wont sync and freezes ActiveSync hence hindering other data from synchronizing.Later on I found this information about Microsoft Money for Pocket PC. I just won't work, so we are goin to have to wait.An alternative that has been reported to work with WM5 is Cash Organizer but it's not free.

Remote Controlling your Windows Media Player from a Pocket PC

Duncan Mackenzie describes how to use remoting and a Pocket PC to create a simple remote control for Windows Media Player 9. (10 printed pages) Applies to: Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET

SMTP/POP3 email component for .NET Compact Framework for free!!!

CSLMail 2.0 is a free and feature rich .NET based email component, which supports the SMTP and POP3 protocols, completing the need to design a complete email client. Its comes with complete documentation and features include: SMTP Complete SMTP support for sending emails SMTP Authentication supported Attachments supported using BASE64 encoding Return/Delivery Receipts, Email...

Mandriva 2006 boots to CLI after updating to KDE 3.5.2

After following the instructions on http://www.linuxfordummies.org/index.php?topic=302.0I managed to update KDE to 3.5.2. However, my laptop only boots to the CLI. If I use the command "kde" or "startx", everything loads with no problems.I read around the web for possible reasons why this might be happening. One suggestion was that I needed to update my NVidia graphics drivers.....

Problem: Streaming mp3s to Pocket PC

For a while I've had some of my music accessible over the internet and I play it at my friends' house where they have older computers with smaller capacity.This is how the internet access is setup1) the file server is running XP Pro with IIS v5 as the webserver2) I have a "media" folder that is shared within the my home network3) That same folder is also shared on the IIS webserver (Read-only...

Sharing an Internet Connection without a Router

Today, Rogers Cable installed Cable internet at my girlfriend's house. I could not wait to play around with my new toy like I usually do at my place. This was my first encounter with Windows Xp's Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and it turned out to be so much fun after getting these instructions and reading this document from the microsoft website.All I had to do was go to Start > Settings...

Unlocking the new baby

After a little searching on the web, I found a way to unlock my new phone, and guess what? It's FREE! .... I know!The good people over at XDA-Developers.com have come up with ways to unlock, upgrade, and tweak this phone. It's just awesome.My nerves are wrecking as I'm about to tinker with this phone before I even use. But then again, I can't use it unless I unlock it... :\

My New Toy!

Phew! It's been a long time coming...I just received my new Cingular 8125 and I can't wait to play with it. The phone I've been using was all beaten up and everybody was hoping I'd get a new one. It was all packaged up nicely and only had the necessary accessories included:ChargerBatteryLeather pouchStereo headsetI really love this design as compared to its other variations offered by other...

How to run your own internet radio station

This is a pretty cool tutorial on how to create your own internet radio station, all done with free/open source programs in about 5 minutes.

How To Make Your XP Machine Look Like Vista For FREE

Vista Transformation Pack 4.0 was just released and it does a great job of giving your XP machine the Vista look. In December last year Windows Blinds released a new version of their software that was designed to provide Windows XP with transparent effects, however, it wasn’t free. That is where the Vista Transformation Pack comes into play.

Increase ring time on any GSM phone

You can use the following codes to control the delay from 5 to 30 seconds on any GSM phone: To get the current call forwarding status, enter *#61#[SEND] into your phone. Write down the 10-digit number(ignore the +1), this is the phone number that your calls are currently being diverted to. Enter **61*[number]*11*[delay]#[SEND] into your phone using the phone number (numbers only) as reported...

Skype On Net Neutrality: We'll be so big, they can't stop us!

"What if Internet Service Providers decide to just block Skype altogether? Some companies are working on solutions to block Skype and other VoIP-traffic. Skype's battleplan is simple. If their user base is large enough, companies will think twice about tampering with Skype traffic."

Rebuild your laptop battery and save $$$

After a brief introduction to battery technology, this site gives you a step-by-step guide on how to rebuild a bad Li-Ion battery and replace the individual cells. Hot damn! Dangerous as all hell, AND saves me money?

KDE audio player amaroK 1.4 released: Fast Forward

Version 1.4 of the popular and advanced KDE audio player amaroK was released today. The long anticipated release features enhanced support for media devices like the iPod, improved visual styles, gap-less playback, an improved rating system and a revised configurability besides others. Screenshots and more information inside.

Upload a photo of yourself, and web site will make you look old

In an attempt to draw interest in a survey on Scotland's aging population, government health officials are offering software that allows people to see what they will look like when they are 65.

Bridging the gap between Office and OpenOffice

OpenOffice 2.0 the free, open source office suite -- has many features that are very similar to Microsoft Office. The trick is knowing how to use them.

SkypeOut Free US Calls NO GO for IPs 70.x.x.x - 79.x.x.x

Thread on Skype's release page shows a good number of people who are having trouble getting the free landline/mobile US and Canada calling to work. Seems that SkypeOut doesn't like IPs in the 70.x.x.x-79.x.x.x range.

SkypeOut now FREE for US & Canada!

Yes. It is really very, very free. There’s no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no nothing. You just download and install Skype and then you start calling. Both the caller and the number called must be in either the US or Canada. There are no strings attached.

21st Century

In 21 century..Our communication - WirelessOur dress - ToplessOur telephone - CordlessOur cooking - FirelessOur youth - JoblessOur food - FatlessOur labour - EffortlessOur conduct - WorthlessOur relation - LovelessOur attitude - CarelessOur feelings - HeartlessOur politics - ShamelessOur education - ValuelessOur follies - CountlessOur arguments - BaselessOur boss - BrainlessOur Job - ThanklessOur...

Bluetooth headset comparison page

Very handy tool for those considering the purchase of a new Bluetooth headset.

Softbank, Apple to jointly develop iPod cell phones: report (AFP)

AFP - Softbank, the fast-growing Japanese Internet and telecommunications group, will work with Apple Computer to jointly develop mobile phones that have iPod music players functions, a report said.

Do you own songs bought online? Well, sort of (Reuters)

Reuters - Like millions around the world, you have an iPod, the market-leading digital music player made by Apple Computer Inc. and have spent perhaps a few hundred dollars buying songs from the company's iTunes music store.

AOL Dials Up Free Phone to PC Service

America Online is offering free phone numbers to the 41 million users of its instant messaging service, which will allow them to receive unlimited free phone calls from regular phones using Voice over Internet Protocol technology. Called AIM Phoneline, the offering is set to go live May 16.

iPod Nano with Video? Twice the Storage?

Oh! No! Not again! I seriously don't know what I'll do if Apple releases a new iPod Nano with Video......

Workarounds to disable Non Genuine Windows Warning Messages

This copy of Microsoft Windows XP is not genuine. Windows XP Pirates have again found workaround methods to bypass the latest Microsoft Anti-Piracy effort - Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications that notifies you through annonying pop-up messages if your copy of Windows is not genuine.

IT Certifications are Less IMPORTANT!

The article talks about how the IT certs are becoming less and less useful, interesting.....

Top 5 Creative Uses for Your iPod

Did you know you can play Doom on your iPod? You can also load it with unusual stuff like Wikipedia and subway maps -- even dating videos! Here's a good rundown of some unconventional ways to use your iPod that go way beyond just listening to music.

max-width in Internet Explorer

The key is using Internet Explorers relatively little known expression() property. Microsoft has their page on what they call "Dynamic properties". While being extremely useful in IE only environments, or to augment IE, it's a property I rarely see used.For example:#contentBody{width:expression(document.body.clientWidth > 800? "800px": "auto" );}

Using the PVII Min Width Command

PVII Set Min Width is a JavaScript solution to Internet Explorer's lack of support for the CSS min-width property. The min-width property is often used in fluid (stretchy) layouts so that when the browser window is made narrow, the content does not become so narrow that it becomes unreadable. The CSS min-width property establishes a minimum width, beyond which fluid content areas cease becoming...

PVII Equal Height CSS Columns

This article covers one way of doing equal-height CSS columns, using our javascript solution. It is not intended to replace any other specific method, but rather to provide you with a stable and simple option you didn't have - up until now.

Are You Liable If Someone Does Something Illegal On Your WiFi?

For years, whenever the press has written one of their fear-mongering stories about open WiFi, they almost always include some tidbit about how if someone uses your network to do something illegal, you can be arrested for it. It's one of the popular open WiFi horror stories -- but is it true?

The Men's Bill of Rights: No taxation without ejaculation.

We've spent too much time debating the reproductive rights of women. It's time to clarify the reproductive rights of men. Unfortunately, the National Center for Men offers only a "reproductive rights affidavit" (obtainable by mail in exchange for a donation), which it admits is just a "symbolic protest." What we need is a real, enforceable men's bill of rights. Here's a first draft. Send it...

DNA testing: How African are you?

DNA testing for genealogy has become increasingly popular, as a Newsweek cover story in February attests. Especially attention-getting have been efforts to trace genetic relationships along the male lineage.The newer "genetic admixture tests" examine DNA from genes inherited from all of a person's grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on. A few of these genes reflect the part of the world...

Bypass WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) for Windows Update

Before you click Express or Custom at Windows Update, paste this into IE's address bar and hit enter: javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all') This is for XP only. If it fails, try purposefully failing the validation, pasting the code when you're at the failed validation page, then hitting back on your browser (or use histoy) until you get back to Express/Custom and try Custom....

No more boring HTML tables! 70+ css designs for tables

A nice site with 70+ different designs you can do for your html tables. Click on the design name on the left to change the appearance. All are free to download and use on your own sites.

Maxtor 250GB Serial ATA150 Hard Drive $84 (no rebates)

NewEgg has the Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L250M0 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive for $84.01 or $0.336 per GB

Simpsons voice actors on Connan O'Brien.. HILARIOUS

Funny video I stumbled upon. Dan Castellaneta and Harry Shearer making an appearance on late night television. Pretty hilarious.

Swiftfox - A faster Firefox for Linux

Swiftfox is an optimized build of Mozilla Firefox for AMD processors including Athlon XP, Athlon 64, Duron and Sempron. Optimized Mozilla Firefox Build for Linux.

Thanko Silent Mouse kills the click

Of all the noisy, annoying devices in our office, our mouse has got to be fairly close to the bottom of the list. How much noise does it really make? Well, it makes enough that Japan's Thanko has decided to come out with a completely silent one, so that when you point and click, you actually point and _________. The price of silence: about ¥2,500 ($21).

Chappelle Said Unhappy With Network Plans

Comedian Dave Chappelle says he may never return to his hit Comedy Central show if the cable network goes through with plans to air new episodes culled from material he filmed before leaving the series. "I feel like it's kind of a bully move," Chappelle told the Dayton Daily News in a telephone interview for a story Wednesday. "That's just how I feel about it. I don't know if that's the case....

Linux commands you didn't know and will help you a lot

Some tools that will make your work or hobby even more interesting and productive.

Enigma code cracked by M4 project

After less than two months, the M4 project has cracked the first of three encrypted Nazi messages from 1942, which were never decoded during World War II. Using open source software, the team cracked a message that was apparently sent by a German sub, which said it was "forced to submerge" during a battle.[Complete Article]

Blonde Joke

I'm not an advocate of those jokes that dwell on stereotypes, but this is the funniest joke I've ever come across. Enjoy!!

Interesting laptop designs WITH PICTURES! (from the patent library)

Browsing through the patent library, I came across some interesting laptop designs ...[Full Article]

Make phone calls over WiFi?

Nokia is jumping on the UMA (unlicensed mobile access) bandwagon with the 6136, a GSM phone that also works with LANs over WiFi. With UMA and the operator-variant Nokia 6136 you can use the Internet for your mobile phone connection, providing excellent coverage and sound quality even in areas where mobile phone reception has previously been poor. It's technology made easy - the phone automatically...

How to Subscribe to TV Shows Using The Democracy Player, Bittorrent, & RSS

The Democracy Player is an amazing open source Internet TV application that allows you to subscribe to video RSS feeds from anywhere on the web. With a little hackery, The Democracy Player will make you wonder why you’re still paying your cable bill.[Complete Article]

Explanation of the Anomalies of Water

Liquid water (H2O) is often perceived to be pretty ordinary as it is transparent, odorless, tasteless and ubiquitous. It is the simplest compound of the two most common reactive elements in the Universe. However, it is the most remarkable substance.[Complete Article]

Rowan Atkinson: Smut

Note: You need Windows Media Player 10 to watch this movie!...and please do not play the movie if you get offended by crude humor. Very funny stuff!

No need for fuel

With a car like this.... you won't have to worry about needing any kind of fuel.

How they named companies

Lists how many of the corporations got their names. Read on, its good fun. For example: Xerox- The inventor, Chestor Carlson, named his product trying to say `dry'.

Toyota Prius: hands-free parallel parking

Bad ISPs

After weeks of severe headaches from the Rogers Canada Traffic Shaping issues, the folks at Azureus finally came through with an update that includes header encryption, encryption levels, and even a list of BAD ISPs and the settings that help resume your BitTorrent download rates to exciting 100kB/s speeds.

President Mugabe Turns 82

President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe today turns 82 and the whole nation joins the First Family in celebrating the life of the"greatest hero ever to grace Zimbabwe and Africa." ?????The old man even wished himself another 82 years....

Watch Out! We can trace that MP3 back to you

MP3 Inventor, Fraunhofer Institute, Develops Tool to Fight Piracy.Fraunhofer Institute has developed prototype technology, based on the group's own digital watermarking technology, for tracking pirated audio files in peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.The system lets content providers, such as music studios, embed a watermark in their downloadable MP3 files. Watermark technology makes slight...

FOUND a new love?

I fallen in love with a new smartphone, the Siemens SX66. Its not the fanciest, neither is it the most functional, but it seems to satisfy my desires for a smartphone, the best of them all being the price.I'll do a little more research and find out if I'll eventually break down and buy it.

LOST iPod! - My Baby is Gone

It's a very sad morning to realize that I lost my iPod last night. I don't know what I'm gonna do without it. Just in case anyone finds it, please let me know....The serial number is: 7J546AF1SZBI guess I'll just have to start savin up for another one.... :(

OMG! The Treo 700w is OUT!

I've been waiting all my life for this phone! The day has finaly come and guess what? ....its only available through Verizon Wireless.Now I'm gonna have to wait another lifetime for the GSM version