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How Graphics Cards Work"
The images you see on your monitor are made of tiny dots called pixels. At most common resolution settings, a screen displays over a million pixels, and the computer has to decide what to do with every one in order to create an image.
Marketers, employers, suitors and even thieves and stalkers are piecing together mosaics of who we are.
How to Fix (or Kill) Web Data About You
Ars Technica 10 mentions — 2 weeks ago Brian Krebs has always been a trailblazer among security reporters. His exposés completely shut down a California hosting service that coddled spammers and child pornographers and severely disrupted an organized crime syndicate known as Russian Business Network. More recently, his investigative journalism has followed the money to the ... The Register
CRN Buzz – security | Apple Yanks Privacy App From The App Store
The Consumerist » 7 Things Ex-Geek Squad Employee Wishes Every Computer Novice Knew
Not all Geek Squad technicians are ex-Domino’s delivery guys trying to siphon porn from your computer, some of them actually have a heart. This guy gal does, and it keeps breaking over and over again as he she sees clueless consumers queuing up to pay for service for mundane computer issues they could have prevented with just a teensy bit of know-how. Perhaps that is why she no longer works there. In any event, he she sent us a list of 7 different money-saving tips he she wished every computer owner knew.
Silence Noisy Neighbors by Transmitting Your Music to Their Speakers
If you have a neighbor that's playing their music too loudly, you can get them back by hijacking their speakers with a little DIY project.
SOPA Emergency IP list: So if these ass-fucks in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown tumblr.com 174.121.194.34 wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201 # News bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131 aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252 # Social media reddit.com 72.247.244.88 imgur.com 173.231.140.219 google.com 74.125.157.99 youtube.com 74.125.65.91 yahoo.com 98.137.149.56 hotmail.com 65.55.72.135 bing.com 65.55.175.254 digg.com 64.191.203.30 theonion.com 97.107.137.164 hush.com 65.39.178.43 gamespot.com 216.239.113.172 ign.com 69.10.25.46 cracked.com 98.124.248.77 sidereel.com 144.198.29.112 github.com 207.97.227.239 # Torrent sites thepiratebay.org 194.71.107.15 mininova.com 80.94.76.5 btjunkie.com 93.158.65.211 demonoid.com 62.149.24.66 demonoid.me 62.149.24.67
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How the Google/Verizon proposal could kill the internet in 5 years
This is an indication of something that tends to come up in conversation in my classroom when we do social responsibility (which usually ends up with us looking at corporate wrongdoing) -- rights of property seem to trump all other rights.
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A lot of people are getting excited about the upcoming availability of the Tobii REX device, that adds eye-tracking capability to existing computers. If it’s any indication of what consumer prices will be, a Developer Edition is currently available for US$995. Munich-based startup 4titoo, however, is hoping that consumers might be swayed towards its $60 alternative. It’s called the NUIA eyeCharm, and it works with the user’s existing Kinect. <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
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Sound Types
What types of sounds can be found on the Web using Find Sounds ? Below is a partial list.