Archive for April, 2007
USB BB gun complete with webcam
Monday, April 30th, 2007
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OK, this looks like fun. A lot of fun! It's a USB BB gun complete with webcam. It kinda reminds me of the remote sentry guns in Aliens .
Needless to say, I want one!
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Posted in Kit! | No Comments » by the PC Doctor
How can I customize the ribbon in Office 2007?
Sunday, April 29th, 2007
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Question: I've upgraded to Office 2007 and Windows Vista and I'm getting used to things. However, I've discovered that the ribbon customization opportunities offered by Office 2007 are, well, lacking. Is there any way to seriously customize the Office 2007 toolbar?
You're right, Microsoft have severely limited the options open to users to customize the Office [...]
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Building a bulletproof PC
Sunday, April 29th, 2007
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What to build a bulletproof PC? A real bulletproof PC? Over on Modders-Inc a forum member is giving it a go!
Just like the title says, this case will be bulletproof. Literally. When we are done with this case, we are going to shoot it with a variety of firearms, from a .22 LR to a [...]
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Xbox 360 DRM bites users
Friday, April 27th, 2007
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More DRM woes for users. This time is Xbox 360 owners getting the headache - and to add insult to injury, these are folks who've had to have their Xboxes replaced because they died.
Microsoft has been pretty good about repairing/replacing 360s that have died this way, even if they are out of warranty and is [...]
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More battery woes for Apple
Friday, April 27th, 2007
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FYI - Apple is having more battery trouble :
Apple Inc. said on Friday some batteries in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers may have performance problems, but they do not pose a safety risk.
Apple said problems with affected batteries include not charging when the computer is plugged into an outlet.
The issue affects batteries in MacBook [...]
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WebRoot get’s caught up in some dodgy marketing
Friday, April 27th, 2007
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Security firm WebRoot has been caught carrying out some dodgy marketing :
This is actually pretty funny. Last week I blogged about how WebRoot was doing some really weird things to get customers, like scraping our website for names from case studies, showcase customers, etc., and then contacting these customers. We had sent them a legal letter [...]
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