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WikiHome - fabfi - An open-source, city-scale wireless mesh networking system with access control and monitoring. Meet the thumb-sized $23 PC. This post was originally published on Mashable.com The Raspberry Pi USB computer is tiny, and the man who made it intends to manufacture it so cheaply he says it could be given away to school children.

Meet the thumb-sized $23 PC

Created by UK game developer David Braben, the computer is about the size of a typical USB stick and will cost £15 ($23). With its USB port on one side and HDMI port on the other, it can function as a real PC. Having both those ports allows you to connect a keyboard and monitor respectively. Samsung Series 9 laptop (900X3A) The Samsung Series 9 laptop (900X3A).

Samsung Series 9 laptop (900X3A)

Photo: Supplied Samsung Series 9 laptop (900X3A)Price: $2499Rating: 4.5/5 It may have taken decades but PC manufacturers are finally matching Apple when it comes to great computer design. The Full Moon Home Screen. How to Build a Hackintosh Mini for a Less Expensive, Faster Mac. DIY Battery Reconditioner Lets You Keep Your Rechargables Longer. It can be done for laptop batteries (just run the device until shots off, then recharge) but after a point, it no longer helps.

DIY Battery Reconditioner Lets You Keep Your Rechargables Longer

They all age, unfortunately. Try the refresh cycle — some manufacturers recommend you do that one a month or so. TDL4 – Top Bot. TDSS variants The malware detected by Kaspersky Anti-Virus as TDSS is the most sophisticated threat today.

TDL4 – Top Bot

TDSS uses a range of methods to evade signature, heuristic, and proactive detection, and uses encryption to facilitate communication between its bots and the botnet command and control center. TDSS also has a powerful rootkit component, which allows it to conceal the presence of any other types of malware in the system. Its creator calls this program TDL. IBM SmartCloud Camp. Coolest Gadgets - reporting on the latest cool gadgets. Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. iFixit: The free repair manual. AMD Llano desktop APU gets reviewed: the best integrated graphics in town. Visualized: a zettabyte. Web Apps Thinks. Australian IT. Download Google Chrome OS - How to Install Google's OS - The Tech Labs.

Now that Google has officially released Google Chromium OS to the public it’s time to get down and dirty and try it out.

Download Google Chrome OS - How to Install Google's OS - The Tech Labs

Of course there will be bugs and software issues, but that’s part of being one of the pioneers. Every bug found by a user and reported to the system developers, is another chance to OS perfection. For the purpose of this tutorial on how to download Google Chrome OS (and how to install it), we are going to use the “Flow” Chromium OS build from Hexxeh, which can be downloaded here. Click here to download it now! Thanks to Hexxeh, who tweaked the Google Chrome OS source code, the OS can be easily installed from a 2 or 4GB flash drive in a matter of minutes. After you download Google Chrome OS, back up any important files on the related flash drive. First we begin by downloading all important files for the operation.

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TurnKey Hub. Secure Online Storage - Backup. Sync. Share. Access Everywhere. How To Add a Second Layer of Encryption to Dropbox [Updated] I started using BoxCryptor, which is mentioned in this thread.

How To Add a Second Layer of Encryption to Dropbox [Updated]

Free for up to 2Gb. Basically, it mounts an encrypted drive on your computer, and whatever you drop there gets encrypted and sent to another folder, which can be your Dropbox folder. Dell mini 9 parts. Ars Technica.

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TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux. Welcome to DameWare Development. Home of the DameWare NT Utilities & Mini Remote Control remote systems management software for Windows. Now Featuring Smart Card Login & Authentication. Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide. Engadget. Mobiles. Bitcoin P2P Virtual Currency. Android. Android is the mobile operating system from Google . The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005.

From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license . Australian Huawei E585 FREE Unlock. Technology Spectator. Android Developers. This is my next...

FastCompany.com - Where ideas and people meet. Delimiter. How To Bypass Turkey Internet Ban & Censorship from #22agustos. 165 Flares Filament.io Made with Flare More Info'> 165 Flares × After the announcement of internet censorship in Turkey, you might have seen various write-ups and posts on “how to bypass this censorship”.

How To Bypass Turkey Internet Ban & Censorship from #22agustos

This post would cover all of those options and will explain you in detail about what actually does each of the option mean, what are its advantages and disadvantages. If you are still not sure what #22agustos is actually, read my post on “what is #22agustos” and a follow up post on “where it can lead to“. The internet censorship and filtering announcement in Turkey has stirred immense fury and anger in the internet community of the country, they are taking it as the violation of their basic rights of internet freedom and liberty. Therefore, Turkish netizens have launched a series of protest against the ban on the social networks and on the streets as well. Protests on the social network started on 3rd of May, 2011, when people saw strange hash tag (#22agustos) trending on twitter.

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