Archive for March, 2010

Internet

Take A Virtual Tour Of Paris In 26 Gigapixels

March 15th 2010 | Posted by Edg3

Those of you looking to take a European vacation but lack the funds to do it can now go on your much-awaited jaunt all for free. How does Paris sound? Paris 26 Gigapixels provides you with a virtual tour of famous locations right from your desktop.
The site has stitched together 2,346 high resolution photos giving [...]

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News

Energizer Bunny Software Contains Malware

March 8th 2010 | Posted by Edg3

Those of you who have been using the Energizer DUO might want to uninstall the included software. A blog post from Symantec has confirmed that the software that comes with the DUO USB battery charger contains a Trojan that can infect Windows computers. Once installed, the Trojan remains active even when the charger is [...]

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Internet, News

IE6 Bites The Dust — Finally

March 6th 2010 | Posted by Edg3

It was bound to happen. Microsoft’s long suffering browser, Internet Explorer 6, was finally laid to rest. The funeral, facilitated by Aten Design, was an open casket affair. Check out pictures of the ceremony on Flickr. The obituary on the official page was short and sweet:

“Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 [...]

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Computers, Software

Open Hardware Monitor Shows You Everything Under The Hood Of Your PC

March 1st 2010 | Posted by Edg3

When your computer starts acting weird and you suspect that it’s a hardware problem what do you do? Download different programs to check the various parts of your rig? Call the resident tech to take a look? If you think your computer has hardware problems, you only need one app to confirm your suspicion.
Open Hardware [...]

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