US Department of Transportation Loses 133, 000 Social Security & Address Records of Florida ResidentsAugust 10th, 2006 The US Department of Transportation has announced that a Dell laptop computer containing names, addresses and social security numbers of 133,000 Florida residents was stolen two weeks ago. The information on the missing laptop included people in Miami-Dade County who hold commercial drivers licenses, Florida residents who have pilot's licenses and people who got their Florida drivers licenses from a facility in Largo, Fla.
Tadalist is Slow!June 26th, 2008 We extensively use Tadalist to manage our daily tasks. Previously I wrote about the 5 missing features in tadalist.
Solution: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by package ffmpeg-libs & Error: vlc conflicts with faad2 >= 2.5March 22nd, 2008 Have you seen the error while installing a package using yum / yumex?
Error: vlc conflicts with faad2 >= 2.5
Error: Missing Dependency: faad2 < 2.5 is needed by package ffmpeg-libs
The error is because of using freshrpms repository or other repository to install recent version of faad2. Now let's see how you can solve it.
How to Solve: Dual Boot Partition Not Showing in Windows 7 January 19th, 2009 Are you a Vista user who also wants to run the Windows 7 OS? Let me tell you, installing Windows 7 on another drive on your system would crop up a mess. I did the same with my dual boot laptop and to my utter dismay, the partition of the other operating system (Vista in my case) was not showing.
WordPress Visual / WYSIWYG Editor is Now PassableJuly 10th, 2008 The WordPress Visual Editor is finally passable and I have switched to it from plain HTML editor. It saves you time from formatting text while blogging.
Classical Araknoid Game in DHTMLSeptember 19th, 2007 Scott Schiller has re-created the classical Araknoid game with DHTML. It is elegantly done and a fun to play.
Microsoft Yahoo Merger Finally a Reality?April 30th, 2008 Months after Microsoft announced its intention to buy Yahoo, it appears they are finally coming together. Microsoft appears to be willing to raise the price to 32-33$ per share while Yahoo board would be satisfied with $35.
5 Must-Have Features Missing in TadaList (Online Sharable Todo List)June 23rd, 2008 Tadalist is a popular free online todo list manager with sharing capability but without fine grained permission control. Here is a list of 5 must-have features missing from Tadalist (add yours below):
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Apache going corporate and end the volunteer model?December 2nd, 2004 Why am I not surprised?
Paying for the full-time staff requires fund raising, and the executive director must handle the challenge of retaining the ASF's independence while raising funds from individuals and companies, Behlendorf said. Currently donations to the ASF are random, he added.
A Guide to Your Computer Mainboard/ MotherboardMay 1st, 2009 Motherboards are said to be the heart of the computer. Its a matrix that holds or connects to all the important devices and peripherals of the computer such as CPU, hard disk, RAM, SATA, PCI supported cards.
The Blooker Prize, World's First Literary Prize for Blooks (Books Based on Blogs or Web Sites) AnnouncedOctober 18th, 2005 Online self-publishing house Lulu has announced the Blooker Prize - first-ever literary award for "blooks," books based on blogs or Web sites. The Lulu Blooker Prize (www.lulublookerprize.com) is the first contest to honor blooks, a hybrid literary form that has evolved in recent years from web sites, particularly the web sites known as blogs.
Finally Yahoo joins the web services posse!March 1st, 2005 Too bad their sample request url's do not work!
Their width of services is more than google - image, news and video search capability in addition to standard web search. They seem to think that location based search is a separate category.
New Site Layout & Design: Feedback PleaseMarch 26th, 2005 I use WordPress to maintain this site. After upgrading to version 1.5 I was left with a theme which doesn't do much of what I want to do with my site.
How to Do a Repair Install to Fix Windows 7February 6th, 2009 Are you in trouble with your installed Windows 7? Looking to repair upgrade install to fix Windows 7? I suggest first try out the System Restore or any other easier option to fix the installed Windows 7. A clean reinstall is not easy.
Why Doesn't Computers Get Bacterial Infections?February 17th, 2006 Why do we use "virus" to describe malicious replicating computer programs? Most of these programs are very complicated and intelligent (comparatively), which resembles more like a bacteria than a virus. Viruses are very simple organisms, very unlike todays "computer viruses".
August 17th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
And I guess the $50,000 reward is supposed to make sure whoever has their hands on the computer realize it’s definitely worth more than it looks?
August 17th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Is bounty hunting still legal?