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Firefox 3.5 fails to impress me. Google Gears also missing.

July 6, 2009
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I’ve been using Firefox 3.5 for some time now – alpha, beta, rc and now final. In my opinion firefox fails to improve performance as promised. It has some new features, it has some bad new features and it misses the speed we want and need. Ajax sites seem just as slow as they...

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A free book about PIC Microcontrollers

July 6, 2009
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As you might have noticed from my posts I am always in for a free lunch. So, this would be free lunch for your brain. Even if you don’t use or plan to use Mikroelektronika products you might want to know that they have a free book about PIC microcontrolers on their website: here....

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Star Trek S.C.E.

July 6, 2009
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I have recently finished reading every novel in the Star Trek S.C.E. series (Star Fleet Corps of Engineers). Being a Star Trek fan I read and like pretty much every Star Trek novell that’s out there. But from the ones I read I found SCE very, very good. Nice characters developing in the course...

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Open office to the rescue

July 6, 2009
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Last Thursday I was happily walking to the bus station to start a prolonged weekend when a friend and client ranged. Microsoft Excel was giving her trouble: she was working on some inventory files with lots of records and pretty complex. To add to the problem the data was copied and pasted from an...

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Computer Networks, Fourth Edition by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

July 6, 2009
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To most of you this is probably old news, but if you didn’t read it go out buy a copy and read it ! I thought I knew pretty much about networks, but after I read this book I knew a lot more. There’s no way around it. If you are involved with computer...

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Permanently show the Hibernate button in Windows XP

June 27, 2009
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Easy way to always have a hibernate button when shutting windows xp down. Just a quick registry hack and you are set !

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You don’t need megapixels !

June 25, 2009
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In a fight for the megapixel count, marketing departments forced manufacturers to forget about picture quality. What to check if you buy a new camera instead of the megapixels.

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How I sync my phone

June 25, 2009
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Nokia started the Ovi online suite and I saw a bit of light. It works very well, you can send the configuration automatically to your phone and is all nicely integrated. I use Ovi to update my notes, calendar and contacts directly from a web browser. The only problem left was automatisation.

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How to watermark you pictures for free

June 22, 2009
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Ever since I post pictures on the internet I searched for a way to watermark them. I am not paranoiac but I want others to respect my work. I used to use The GiMP but that was slow, so I searched and discovered Fast Stone Image Viewer. It’s fast, free for personal use and...

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Corel DRAW X3, X4 and X5 crashes on Open, Save As, Export. A.R.M. error.

June 22, 2009
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Corel Draw is one of the most expensive pieces of junk I ever saw. I take that back Considering that still X3 was decent compared to 11 and 12 and also that X5 is pretty good considering Corel’s history and also most important because I’ve seen much more expensive piles of junk since I...

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