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Science Two possible explanations of mysterious earthquake lights — Centuries of humans have reported strange lights moving along the ground before an earthquake strikes. Now, two different teams of scientists have two competing theories that could explain where those lights come from and how they're made. — Maggie • 5 Maggie Koerth-Baker at 6:57 am Fri, Apr 11, 2014 • 16 Oarfish are freaky sea dragons. You might remember them from the beaching incidents last fall, when two oarfish turned up on the coast of California within a week. Video Link A biologist trying to go to Mars — Biologist Chris Patil is one of the 1058 people chosen (from more than 200,000 initial applicants) to participate in the second round of Mars One astronaut selection. The side-effects of surviving HIV — There are side-effects to being an HIV controller — a person whose body naturally suppresses the virus without medication. David Pescovitz at 10:18 am Tue, Apr 8, 2014 • 18 The geology of Westeros — Here's to your health!

Home 13 alternatives pour se passer de Powerpoint (maj) Il est loin le temps où nous n’avions que la solution powerpoint sous la main pour faire des présentations. Il fallait avoir un ami instituteur, chercheur ou étudiant pour récupérer une suite bureautique microsoft et ne pas payer les prix exorbitants imposés par Microsoft. Aujourd’hui tout est gratuit ou presque et surtout, il y a de nouveaux venus qui offrent des présentations (slideshow) qui sortent des sentiers battus. Microsoft a bien sûr réagi en offrant la suite bureautique en ligne gratuitement sur skydrive.live.com Je présente dans ce billet les solutions alternatives à microsoft pour faire des présentations power point et les gérer. Open office.org La solution Open office est entièrement gratuite et réalise 99% de ce dont on a besoin pour faire des présentations dignes et réussies. Libreoffice.org Ce logiciel est issu de openoffice, mais il semble qu’il soit plus intéressant d’installer la suite libreoffice que la suite openoffice. Show.zoho.com (extraordinaire) Live-documents.com

tech Windows Phone 8.1 surprisingly great — Windows Phone 7 was Microsoft's belated entry in the smartphone wars, ushering in cool new design trends without making a huge impact on the business. Windows Phone 8 was a disappointment. But the first major point version is a big surprise, packing all the new features expected in its predecessor: "a magnificent smartphone platform," writes Peter Bright. — Rob • 16 The coming "cyberpunk" entertainment war — William Gibson's books often feature big, sinister corporations co-opting near-future technological wonders to uncertain ends. Rob Beschizza at 1:59 pm Tue, Mar 25, 2014 • 28 TempleOS is 100% open-source and 100% free of crufty 32-bit code, but "interpretation is tricky." Rob Beschizza at 7:56 am Tue, Mar 25, 2014 • 4 Debris sightings have drawn attention to a particular region, but choppy seas and rough waters deny a conclusive discovery. How to unDRM old iTunes songs — How to unhook all those apps with access to your data — Tech financiers fight —

OhGizmo! Comment désactiver le NFC sur sa carte bancaire Vous le savez, la sécurité des cartes bancaires NFC est tout ce qu'il y a de plus faible. Les données sont en clair et n'importe qui s'approchant de votre carte avec le lecteur adéquat, pourras les récupérer. Voici donc une petite astuce qui va vous permettre de désactiver la fonctionnalité NFC de votre carte bancaire. Pour cela, mettez-vous dans le noir, et plaquez une lampe torche sur votre carte afin de localiser l'emplacement de la bobine NFC. Marquez alors un point au crayon sur cette bande, en prenant soin de ne pas tomber sur la bande magnétique. Coincez la carte pour qu'elle ne bouge pas et avec un cutter, un petit foret, ou un petit tournevis, commencez à percer un trou de 1 mm de diamètre environ. Après vous pouvez reboucher le trou avec ce que vous avez découpé et passer un coup de feutre de couleur pour cacher la misère. Via SebSauvage Rejoignez les 53631 korbenautes et réveillez le bidouilleur qui est en vous Suivez KorbenUn jour ça vous sauvera la vie..

Robots Dreams - Everything Robot Gadget Reviews by Julie I guess I consider myself an avid photographer, and I have been told I take some pretty amazing shots. What I wasn’t good at was selecting my first camera. They were all so darn expensive, and while I knew what I wanted the thing to do, I couldn’t for the life of me figure out which one to get. It took me over 5 months to decide. In the end I got what I was hoping for, but let’s not kid ourselves, I was just lucky. I’m a little more camera savvy these days, but I wish back then they had Continue reading » Measy.com.

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Gadget Reviews iOS 9/iTunes 12.3 not syncing app through devices My problem is worse! After upgrading to iTunes 12.3, now it no longer syncs at all with my iPad! That is, iTunes does not recognise there is an iOS 9 iPad Air 2 linked by cable to my Win 10 PC. Prior to iTunes 12.3, just plugging the iPad into my PC autostarted iTunes which automatically began to sync with the iPad. (Is there a setting I need to adjust?) Amazing blooper, really, isn't it. Reply Helpful None of the above helped me, but did manage to fix it in the end. These detailed instructions via Apple had the fix for me: iPhone, iPad, or iPod not recognized in iTunes for Windows - Apple Support These are the exact steps that I used and that worked for me: Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8, Windows 10 Right-click the Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, or Apple iPod entry in Device Manager and choose Update Driver from the shortcut menu.Click "Browse my computer for driver software".Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".Click the Have Disk button.

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