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"There's an old proverb in the video encoding world: "Speed, size, quality: pick two." It means that you always have to make a trade-off between the time it takes to encode a video, the amount of compression used, and the picture quality. Well, this release of HandBrake refuses to compromise. It picks all three."
Stuffed on turkey and doped up on tryptophan? How about some tech to clear the head! Wanna thank you Mom for that wonderful meal? How about a little tip of tech tidy-up!
(If you're a Mom reading this, then print it out and leave it somewhere conspicuous! )
Here are a few idea. Use a few or use them all, it's up to you!
Clean out the hard disk junk! This will free up hundreds of megs of disk space! Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup
Error check the drive and defragment! Open up Windows Explorer and right-click on the hard drive and choose Properties. Click on the Tools tab and there you will find buttons for Error-checking and Defragmentation.
Get your Mom decent email address! I like Gmail and I'm certain that your Mom will too! The interface is pretty easy to use and the spam filter excellent!
Set up an IM program! Take your pick - there's plenty to choose from! Best to try to standardize everyone onto the one platform, but if different members of the family use different IM programs then you might want to give Trillian a spin.
Update browsers and plugins Update all the browsers and let your Mom choose which one she likes best. Firefox | Opera | Internet Explorer | Chrome Remember also to check whatever browsers are installed for updates (and add-ons), as well as Java, QuickTimeand Flash.
Windows Update/Microsoft Update! You know what to do but your Mom might not! Make sure that you also check that things like QuickTime and Flash are also updated because these get real old real fast.
Backup! How you pull this off will depend on what kind of media your Mom has (take over your external burner if you have one and she doesn't!). A good (and free!) backup tool is Back4Win.
Introduce your Mom to the wonders of RSS web feeds/Twitter/Facebook! Whatever your Mom is into, there's bound to be ways she can better keep her finger on the pulse. Imagine all the fun your Mom can be having with RSS, Twitter and Facebook!
According to the folks at Engadget, Apple will tonight roll out two new ads that counter Verizon’s attack on the iPhone and the AT&T network it is bound to.
The VIPRE Rescue Program is a command-line utility that will scan and clean an infected computer that is so infected that programs cannot be easily run.
The VIPRE Rescue Program is packaged into a self-extracting executable file (.exe) that prompts the user for an "unpack" or installation location, then starts the scanner and performs a deep scan. The user can start the program either by opening it via windows or from the command line.
Virus definitions are included, and the program is self-running once executed. The initial scan, and all subsequent scans, include Rootkit Detection. Four command line options are available, perform a deep scan, perform a quick scan, log the events, and disabling the rootkit.
Detections are consistent with the full VIPRE, and the VIPRE Rescue Program is designed to disinfect a system so infected that a user cannot install VIPRE.
After yesterday’s Google Chrome OS announcement I’ve had a little time to think about Google’s vision for the OS and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux.
Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president for worldwide product marketing, talks about the App Store approval process. But is the process too cumbersome, tedious and does Apple take too much responsibility for the content of apps?
Got a jailbroken iPhone? Then you need to read this:
The first worm targeting Apple’s iPhone is alive and spreading in the wild. But most iPhone owners need not worry about it.
The worm, known as Ikee, is, as worms go pretty harmless in that all it does is change the lock screen wallpaper to a picture of 80’s signer Rick Astleybefore looking for other devices to infect.
If you're running a jailbroken iPhone and you didn't change the root password fro the default "alpine" (yes, the whole hacking world knows that it is) then you should change it now!
Here are instructions on how to remove Ikee variants
If you’ve read any reviews of Windows 7, you’ve seen references to its price list, which ranges from $120 for a Home Premium upgrade to $320 for a fully licensed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Well, guess what? You don’t have to pay that much. Most people have much better options available, if you know where to look.
In this piece Ed examines upgrade offers, deal for students, and subscription services.
A great piece that can save you a lot of money when buying Windows 7.
"A while ago, someone at Microsoft told me that to install Vista 64-bit on a PC with 4GB or more of memory, that I had to remove the extra memory, e.g. to 2GB, install Vista, and then reinstall the memory, because apparently there was some issue with installing Vista with 4GB of memory or more. Is there any issue with installing Windows 7 on a PC with lots of memory (e.g. 12GB)? Thanks."
I remember that problem, and it was really annoying, especially when building or reloading the OS on a system. Thankfully, that problem doesn't exist in Windows 7. In fact, it was fixed in Windows Vista as of Service Pack 1. So you're good to go!
With some 100,000 apps for the iPhone and iPod touch to choose from, it's good to have a few pointers to really good apps. Well, there's a list for that!
A fun piece over on Crave on CNET UK looking at the merits (merits which include things such as looking like a smiley face) of power plugs and plug sockets of the world.
Sure, it's a fun piece, but it does help to hammer two things home to people:
The voltage that you get your power at in your country might not be the same as the voltage in another country.
Plugs and sockets vary wildly from country to country.
Oh,and finally, no one who's ever stepped bare-foot on a UK plug (which is almost designed to lay with the metal prongs in the upright, also known as laughing, position) would give the thing 10 out of 10!
We're going to run through a basic installation of Yourls, a server-based webapp that can run pretty much anywhere a WordPress installation can. There are lots of other options, which we'll get to as well, but Yourls is a fairly smart and fast way to get up and running with your own URL shortener.
·        TCP State Manipulation Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Multiple Cisco Products.
What does it affect?: Network Router/Switch/Modem
What does it do?: Description of Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities that manipulate the state of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections in Cisco products.
How do I fix it?: Update your copy of the software with the download available from the supplier.
The latest version of Flash player is no 10.0.32.18. You can grab the update here for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. If you want to know what version you currently have installed, here is a page that will help.
If you're confused about updates then you might be better using Secunia's PSI vulnerability checking tool to find vulnerable programs on your PC and help you update them.
It's very basic. There are free tools that do a lot more available out there, such as ImgBurnand CDBurnerXP.
It tries to install the Ask toolbar and change your default search provider. You do get the option not to do this, but you need to pay attention during installation.
The most current versions of Flash player, 9.0.159.0 and 10.0.22.87, are both vulnerable to hacker. According to security companies, hackers are launching wave after wave of attacks, using both malicious websites, and websites that have been compromised.
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