This non-invasive technology using extremely small nanoparticles embedded in the contact lens was developed by Chemical and Biochemical Engineering professor Jin Zhang at The University of Western Ontario. These engineered nanoparticles react with glucose molecules found in tears, causing a chemical reaction that changes their color. The obvious limitations are how the person ‘sees’ colors and that diabetes damages the eye’s natural lens and nerve layer...
MakeUseOf.com has written about: “The 7 Best Powerful Netbook Applications That Don’t Chug System Resources” and named Impulse the Best Game Platform For Netbooks! The reasons given were that it is not as resource hungry as Steam which always runs in the background, that Impulse can be shut down and the games still played. Though fewer games are available, they also are less resource hungry. Mak...
Everyone loves excellent freebie alternatives to expensive software. The all to often truth is that you get what you pay for (hopefully) and “There ain’t no such thing as free lunch.” So, folks collect gems, share them, write articles about them, try and find sites loaded with them…. Here’s an alternative to that: The alternative is AlternativeTo.net . Bookmark it now. You can always come back to this article. The approach to use is easy: click on Windows...
From Technet : Microsoft today said it will issue 12 security updates next week to patch 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, its Internet server and Visio, the company's data diagramming tool. The company also announced it will provide patches next Tuesday for three bugs it has already acknowledged, including one that has been exploited by criminals for several weeks, which I’ve kept you updated about. The most important of these fixes are the ...
From Fox tech news, “Intel has found a defect in one of its chips, hurting its credibility during a major product launch and at a time when demand for microprocessors in PCs is being threatened.” The company said on Monday it stopped shipments of the chip used in personal computers with its most advanced Sandy Bridge line of processors and has already started production of a new version. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/31/intel-sandy-bridge-flaw-lau...
Backup is important, but without recovery options it’s just not enough. I noticed Paragon’s Backup on Giveaway of the day’s website today, so I went shopping (not ‘shopping’ that’s what I did for that image) to see what I could find for you. On their website I found the software in the title, and it’s free (no money). While I use Acronis, this software is far from shabby. I strongly suggest the folks without backup and recovery software cruise on over and read...
Windows (ALL current editions) is vulnerable to a hack through it’s MIME HTML handling protocol. This vulnerability would allow malicious code to be run through Internet Explorer and through Opera . This is a variant of XSS (Cross Site Scripting). Firefox requires an add-on to read and write MHTML files. In it’s default configuration it is not vulnerable, Safari and Chrome are not either. Microsoft recommended that users lock down the MHTML protocol handler by runni...
This is a valuable tool to have from AVG, a trusted name in Security software. It sniffs out links with malware in them proactively before you navigate there. There are potential conflicts. While it's stated (see below) that Microsoft Security Essentials will conflict, on my computer it did not pose any problem at all. I think the conflict comes because of the toolbar. I did not install that. Furthermore, MSE updates flawlessly. During installation it offers to install an AVG Secu...
Microsoft Safety Brochure in a variety of formats Protecting your data and information has been the focus of several of my articles. I’ve recommended software, and various steps to take to do so. Microsoft has provided a really nice and easy to understand brochure with many links in it. It’s all of two ‘pages’ and steers clear of ‘jargon’. It's a really wothwhile read. Link to download the information: http://tinyurl.com/6zep7bv ...
This just in from The Windows Club : The full test reports can be found here . Source: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/bitdefender-tops-av-test-list-of-security-software-for-2010-q4#ixzz1CKb4CCyH
To complement Island Dog’s article on Valentine’s Day Wallpapers , I bring you some fun and beautiful Valentine’s Day fonts from How-To Geek. There’s a wide selection, and some have wing-dings also! Just a screenie and a link to the page: HERE.
What could touch our hearts more than a child who’s ill? I’m sure we all have family and here, Uncle DisturbedComputer is “Family” to us all. I just read his post about his niece Brilee and thought we all could get together and sign our hopes and wishes for this beautiful little girl on a thread which her uncle could email or print and send her parents…. So please folks, add your hopes, well wishes and/or prayers for this little one to this thread. Doc says “Thank...
Recently I posted on Sticky Notes for Chrome browser . Well, good news! There’s a similar app for firefox. Internote allows you to create useful and private notes on webpages which will be there once you return. According to the extension download site, “With Internote, you can move, resize, recolor, minimize, import, export, print, delete your notes ... choose the pages where a note appears ... or manage them all at once.” So, is it secure? Yes, it is as you’r...
Norton’s put out a very powerful new tool for our armamentarium: Norton Power Eraser . It’s free, and you should probably have it onboard to be used only when all other methods of removing malware, viruses, root kits, trojans and other crimeware have failed. I installed it, and chose to scan for Rootkits as well, so it rebooted my system but gave ample time to save what I was working on (this article). The scan was very fast, and Power Eraser also presented a report ...
To an absolutely wonderful bunch of people without whom this site would not be what it is: “Home” away from home to us all. Today, 1/26/11 is being celebrated throughout Australia in commemoration of the landing of the first fleet in what is now Sydney Harbor (then Sydney Cove) not far from the base of the Sydney Harbor Bridge in 1788. starting a great endeavor which goes on to this day…. As an American, and a descendent of those who...