Archive for January, 2010

Google Toolbar Keeps Tracking Your Browsing Even After You Choose Disable?

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Security expert Ben Edelman has done some digging, and he’s discovered that Google toolbar keeps tracking your browsing even after you disable that option. He’s also noticed that Google makes it easier to enable than disable certain tracking features, all of which make the Google toolbar a somewhat shady affair if you’re concerned about your privacy.

A very detailed explanation can be found on Edelman’s blog. In addition to the problems named above, he also quotes some bits from Google Toolbar’s installation and… Read More

2010
01/26
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Everest Ultimate Edition 5.30.1900

Everest Ultimate Edition

EVEREST Ultimate Edition is an industry leading system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for enthusiasts PC users, based on the award-winning EVEREST Technology. During system optimizations and tweaking it provides essential system and overclock information, advanced hardware monitoring and diagnostics capabilities to check the effects of the applied settings. CPU, FPU and memory benchmarks are available to measure the actual system performance and compare it to previous states or other systems. Furthermore, complete software, operating system and security information makes EVEREST Ultimate Edition a comprehensive… Read More

2010
01/26
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FrostWire 4.18.6

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FrostWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing program for the Gnutella and BitTorrent protocols. FrostWire is written in Java, and is a fork of LimeWire, another popular Gnutella client from which it was originally born. Released under the GNU General Public License, FrostWire is free software.

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Developed on the basis of LimeWire, FrostWire is a completely free P2P File Sharing client. Accessible, sure and without pop-ups, it is one of the cleanest customers of the moment… Read More

2010
01/25
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Fedora 12

Fedora 12

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who works together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join.

The Fedora Project is out front for you, leading the advancement of free, open software and content.

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2010
01/25
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Your Brain Can’t Handle Your Facebook Friends

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Ever heard of Dunbar’s Number? According to British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, it’s the cognitive limit to the number of people you can be friends with. The number is 150, meaning your brain can only handle that much friends, and – shockingly enough – it also applies to Facebook.

Even if you have thousands of friends, that number is really meaningless as far as true friendships go, Dunbar told Times Online. He supports this with traffic data. “The interesting thing is that… Read More

2010
01/25
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What the ####: Google’s Nexus One Censors Your Curse Words

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It appears that the Nexus One’s speech-to-text function performs the digital equivalent of washing your mouth out with soap.

Reuters discovered that the innovative voice recognition feature converts swear words into a string of # symbols when rendered into text.

Why the censorship? A spokesperson from Google says the “feature” is less about sanitizing users’ speech and more about making sure curse words don’t accidentally appear in transcriptions erroneously, a real possibility given the early and not always accurate state… Read More

2010
01/24
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