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March 11, 2011 by DrJBHL
  The Windows Club has done us all a HUGE service. You all know that your computer needs updated drivers the same as your apps need to be updated. This keeps your computer working as it should without unexpected crashes. Thanks to their article ( http://tinyurl.com/6xcgfvs ) I learned of this utility and have updated my wireless network and chipset drivers. Back up your existing drivers before installing new ones. Download only from the main site or your computer manufacturer&rsquo...
March 10, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Just a ‘quickie’, folks. Found two nice FREE image converter on the web. Faststone Image converter. Trustworthy name, and iResizer. This version of Faststone is from 4/28/2010. Features (per Faststone): “Converts and Renames images in batch mode Supports JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF and JPEG2000 Resize, crop, change color depth, apply color effects, add text, watermark and border effects Rename images with sequential number Search and replace text...
March 8, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Real Mobile Health Care Computing! Needs some “blinds” I think… anyone up for a Medical Theme? Just kidding. This is a great computing development, since it allows a great deal of information to be available as well as real time interaction between consultants and the care giver at the point of care. Everyone profits. How many times I wish I had one of these – even for the simple weekend phone call. With the iPad, and even before its advent, tablets have aided the medical field...
March 6, 2011 by DrJBHL
  From Gizmodo When JuniorCrooks posted recently about pills for weight loss , it got me curious. Meds have desirable, and undesirable side and adverse effects. Well, what about other methods? There are caloric and food type adjustments that should be made and I wondered about tech. There are surgical procedures such as stomach bypass surgery as well as “lap banding” where a balloon is wrapped around the junction of the esophagus and the stomach (done laparascop...
March 5, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Like most people, I hardly ever throw away keyboards, mice, cams, etc. Boy, now I’m glad! Logitech sent me (and a bunch of other folks) an email today that advertises up to a 35% trade in on a host of tech gear for new Logitech equipment. They’ll probably refurbish the stuff and resell it here and abroad, but hey – “One man’s trash is anothers’ treasure”, right? At least, that’s what Fred (bkGarbageman) tells me. The url is: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/34...
March 5, 2011 by DrJBHL
    Antivirals and Malware removal tools cost, and no one’s rich…so here’s how to do it for free. Malicious software (be they viruses, rootkits, trojans, worms, or malware) are so prevalent it’s ridiculous. An additional fact, 85% of attacks come via the internet. I’ve looked at Avast 6.0 and Avira and concluded that Avira is the better of the two. The “sandboxing” in Avast is spotty and not automatic. Also, Avast doesn’t ful...
March 3, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Head over to Microsoft’s Personalization Gallery and pick up the “Irish Theme” (great Celtic .wav’s in it). and while you’re there… St. Patty’s Day is coming, so get your “Shamrocks” as well !   Don’t forget though, we have some great St. Patty’s Day Themes here at WinCustomize, too! Last year, Philly0381 put together a Theme Manager Suite, “Leprechaun Majik”   from member...
March 1, 2011 by DrJBHL
    Stockholm, Sweden, Hannover, Germany—March 1, 2011—Tobii Technology today unveiled the world’s first laptop with integrated eye control. The prototype laptop has been developed in collaboration with computer manufacturer Lenovo and will be shown publicly for the first time at CeBIT in Hannover, March 1-5.     This is a true boon for accident victims, and people afflicted by various neurological problems such as MS, strokes, ALS by giving...
February 27, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Jorge must be busy, because there’s a brand new update to Winstep Extreme and to Nexus Extreme . I decided to check because I haven’t been to the Winstep Beta Forums in awhile. Winstep Extreme is a superb collection of utilities and desktop enhancements, Winstep Xtreme will change the way you work with Windows forever. Winstep Extreme and Nexus (all packages) work flawlessly with Object Desktop. Read more about it, Nexus and Nexus Ultimate at Winstep.net ...
February 27, 2011 by DrJBHL
  The Israeli 'Technion' and The College of Judea and Samaria have developed a new nanobot that will be able to navigate inside the human body with external, wireless guidance! In the last few years scientists have been making efforts to minimize robots so they will aid medical procedures: Robots are already involved in spinal surgeries today, and this new nanobot will hopefully be involved in new highly accurate medical procedures allowing minimal tissue damage. The n...
February 27, 2011 by DrJBHL
  JAroche… a very respected name in skinning is having a birthday! Getting’ old, Javier! He’s doing it gracefully: You should check out Javier’s Gallery (I want more Javier!!! Quiero mas!) HERE . Javier is a Master Skinner, and frequently worked with vStyler (PlasFan CFX, Prowler CursorFX), and so many more. Please join me in wishing JAroche “¡Feliz Cumpleaños Javier!” A small wish for me? Well, that Master JAro...
February 26, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Back about 1780, it was noted by Galvani that an electrical charge to a dead frog's leg would make it "jump". Today the same principle is used to establish if a nerve has been severed or is dead. A direct current electrical charge is supplied to test if the charge can go from the point of stimulation to the point of detection. It can tell if a nerve is ill (and from what type of cause), severed or dead. It can also diagnose muscle diseases. Today, we know that injury that disrupts t...
February 25, 2011 by DrJBHL
  Hankers sent a nice utility 30 day free availability notification to me (thanks!). You can get it here: http://www.jpgtopdfconverter.com/giveaway.html Back in 2009, Po’ Smedley wrote a great post about “ A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words ”. As it turns out, a picture from your digital camera reveals a good deal of data: Where and when photographed, etc. Not always info you wish to share, at any rate. At giveawayoftheday , a good metadata stripper is b...
February 23, 2011 by DrJBHL
  It turns out that the company sporting the motto "don't be evil" has been asking parents nationwide to disclose their children's personal information, including Social Security Numbers, and recruiting schools to help them do it, all by entering an art contest. The Contest is called "Doodle-4-Google".   The company is even offering prize money to schools to enlist their help. Google even “OK’s” and “partners with” the following after school ...
February 22, 2011 by DrJBHL
    tables reproduced from gfi software talk tech     This list of the top vulnerable Applications and Operating Systems in 2010 is really surprising! While the findings for the operating systems may be on expected lines Windows being the biggest target, the one’s for the applications really floored me. Browsers appear to be the favored targets when looking at applications. Chrome followed by Safari were the most vulnerable apps....