This is it. The ultimate portable toolkit for those unfortunate enough to have family members with computers and a telephone. gHacks has put together a competent review of this tool kit here: http://www.ghacks.net/2014/08/03/download-large-files/?_m=3n%2e0038%2e1325%2ehj0ao01hy5%2e1dg5 "GEGeek Tech Toolkit is a free collection of more than 300 portable freeware tools that serve a similar purpose. The collection has a size of 1.6 Gigabyte compressed and about 3 Gigabyte uncompr...
Not a topic foremost in the minds of many here at any given time, but one which affects far too many and the ones they know and love at some time…so… The way things are, for many forms of cancer, radiation (to kill the cancer cells) is a necessary adjunct to chemotherapy, immunotherapy and surgery. It has big drawbacks, though. Healthy tissue is irradiated along with the cancer. It can cause burns, inflammation, pain, nausea and vomiting and diarrhea. For infants and children, t...
OK…most of the possible exploits found and described by Joxean Kotek (COSEINC Singapore based security firm researcher) are pretty exotic and would need real experts to design bugs for, but some really aren’t, and worse…even when told of the bugs only a couple of companies bothered to ask how to fix them and only one (ESET) did so nicely. Apparently they expected him to supply the fixes free. “At the SyScan 360 security conference in Beijing earlier this m...
MS lost a battle in its strong consumer based stance regarding stored data. In short, MS has come out many times in its unyielding stance regarding data privacy. However, a New York District Court Judge has ruled a warrant ordering MS to deliver data stored in Ireland (outside the Court’s jurisdiction) legal. The reason for the request for data was not given publicly. MS intends to appeal this decision and therefore the Judge agreed to suspend the ruling until the appeal is rul...
The FBI has been using drones for some time probably about 9 years). Years, in fact. When Sen. Paul (R-KY) started asking questions about that, the FBI decided to comply with the law and did the requisite “Privacy Impact Analysis”…which is on one hand pretty funny and on the other hand pretty serious. Since the FBI started the drone business in 2005, and deployed them in 2006, there had to be a PIA (which I’m sure the FBI and any other Agency receiving one considers them)...
Regedit sucks…the drilling down and even the search…hit or miss. Registrar ( http://www.resplendence.com/registrar ) has many features which truly are excellent instead of regedit. The paid edition has features that keep track of changes an d allows multi-level undo’s as well as single changes. Not the free version. For a full list of differences check here: http://www.resplendence.com/registrar_compchart For the average person who wants to make one time edits, it’s more ...
This article is a tribute to those who were on their way to the HIV – AIDS Symposium in Australia on MH17. They will be missed. To try to explain what has been done, I’m using an image from the net which shows the process of infection of cells of the immune system and what the virus does in the cells. These researchers used human cells in culture. What these researchers (Temple U. Med School and others) have succeeded in doing is attacking the HIV virus at “4”, after viral ...
The first is an adaptable start screen. MS has learned from its faux pas with Windows 8. W9 will adapt itself to whatever you happen to be running it on: If a keyboard and mouse are attached, then W9 (codenamed “Threshold”) will give you the desktop mode. If not, and if you have a touch enabled device, W9 will load the mobile mode. The second: The Start Menu is coming back. The elimination of the Start Menu was a blunder on MSs part. Perhaps the worst of those tied to W8. So, a ...
One of the most annoying messages you can get in Windows is this one: “The action can’t be completed because the folder or a file is open in another program Close the folder or file and try again.” Or these: The source or destination file may be in use Cannot delete file: Access is denied The file is in use by another program or user There has been a sharing violation Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected Well, File Governor (32 ...
So sad…one of my most favorite actors has passed away at age 86. He was born James Scott Bumgarner on April 7, 1928 in Norman, Oklahoma, James Garner's early childhood in the Great Depression-era Dust Bowl was marked by hardships. He is the youngest of three sons. When he was only four years old, he lost his mother, Mildred Bumgarner, who was half-Cherokee. Garner’s career started with The Caine Mutiny Court Martial . He then landed several supporting roles in f...
This is data and application moving transfer software…and it’s free. It has pluses and minuses. Its features: Easily transfer data and application like music, document, picture etc from old PC to a new one without involving much effort. Easy to use and understand as the user interface of the software is very simple and impressive. Secure and reliable as it does not cause any harm to the new PC and old PC remains undamaged. No technical knowledge neede...
MSDN blog has released free ebooks…again! Last time it was 80. This time? A whole new batch of free technical ebooks that cover everything from Windows 8, to Office 2013, to SQL Server, and much more. Each Ebook is pretty long…for IT pros and home users too. A million folks grabbed within 2 days…closing in on 2 million if not there already! There’s no need to rush, though. It’s not time limited as Eric Ligman (your genial host) points out. Most are in pdf format…go get...
Yes! We have a perigee moon. So, the second will occur on August 10th and the third on September 9th. On average, though they appear once every 13 moths and 18 days…so this year we’ve had a bumper crop! The moon will be 14% larger and 30% brighter than usual. To make it seem truly giant, catch it on the rise on the horizon. To calculate your moonrise and moonset simply go here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/moonrise.html\ For me it’ll be 9:07 pm.
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Grabilla might be the one for you… It gives you: Screenshots with editing capabilities (unfortunately, not blurring). Creating screencasts including voice. Animated GIF creation. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux as well…and it’s free. It has a user manual and an options window…with the ability to set hotkeys, where to save or publish. You can capture a defined area (rectangular), a full screen, or a program window, but no codec settings...
The Chinese (5 Chinese Army officers from Unit 61398) have been accused and indicted for stealing corporate secrets. The hacking the personnel records of Federal employees however hasn’t been officially attributed yet to them. This hasn’t deterred them at all. Their specific target this time seems to have been those who applied for “Top Secret” clearance. That comprises thousands of employees. The hacking occurred in March of this year. They apparently ...