Year: 2009

How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 8 from Windows Vista or for Windows Server 2008

OpenSUSE 11.2 is now available in final form for free download. More information and links to download sites may be found here.

Google Chrome, an alternative to Internet Explorer, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox now offers a  Mac version or the Linux version now.

For the die hard geek in all of us.  Source

New liver or heart for years of drinking and eating fried food, no problem! Lungs because you couldn’t give up your 4 pack a day habit, no problem! Need a new heart as your current one is failing, No problem!   Organovo Inc has become the first company to create a Commercial 3D Bio Printer.  Link

In Tennessee, a man’s homeowners insurance apparently doesn’t cover “acts of farm animals.”

Jerry Lynn Davis called the Hawkins County Sheriff’s office on Thursday, complaining that a neighbor’s cows had been licking his house.   Davis says the cows did about $100 in damage by ripping off a screen window, cracking the glass and pulling down a gutter.

Deputy Chris Funk was able to contact the cows’ owner, who said he’d take care of the problem.

Removing malware or Windows Root kits is easily done manually. Here is how

“Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009, according to a company manager who disclosed the statistic at a non-public interception and wiretapping conference in October.” George Orwell spins in grave   Source: Wired

Ramon Alvarado, 33, and his cousin, Jose Alvarado, 37, were hired to do yard work for Lila Meizel at her home in Wheaton, Md. They worked for the woman for two years, and Meizel often gave the men soda, food and extra tips.

FireFound is an add-on for Firefox and Fennec (mobile Firefox) that helps your find your computer (or mobile phone, in the case of Fennec) if it is lost or stolen. Every time your computer’s location changes, FireFound sends a secure message to a central server with its current location. You can then log into the server and see your computer’s current location.

All of the location data is encrypted, so no one can find out where your computer is without your password

World of Warcraft, a popular MMO RPG has released patch 3.3.0 bringing in new content and making several needed adjustments to the games :looking for group” system.

For those of you wishing to get the most out of your memory hungry Windows Operating System, the guide can help disable unneeded services reducing both memory used and increasing performance.

Gabriel Alfonso Gil-Tzun age 23, has been charged by police in Novato, California with lewd and lascivious acts on a minor. He is also facing multiple charges, as he allegedly molested the 13-year-old girl on many occasions over the past few months.

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