Posted 10/05/2009 at 11:22:41am

The irony about this is that Microsoft themselves placed a "Vista Compatible" sticker on their own fingerprint reader that they sold. The implication of that sticker was that both 32 and 64 bit versions are supposed to be supported. Never happened. 64 bit users were left out in the cold.  Let's hope that they set a better example themselves as well.

Posted 09/18/2009 at 11:59:20am

No, reCAPTCHA originated at Carnegie Mellon University by computer scientist Luis von Ahn (now assistant professor bestowed with numerous accolades).  It was not a Google project.

Posted 09/18/2009 at 11:46:58am

who can forget Benjamin Curtis!

Posted 09/08/2009 at 11:27:04am

Quote: "One of the enhancements includes overage alerts. Once the update is rolled out, iPhone users will be able to access the new setting under the Preferences menu, where they'll be able to customize a push notification that will alert them when they're about to go over their monthly anytime minutes"

Canada's Fido network already provides a 'before you exceed your plan limit' notification service.

Link: http://www.fido.ca/web/content/whyfido/fido_always_by_your_side 

Posted 08/01/2009 at 01:34:44pm

Medical professionals have a vast arsenal of medical resources at their disposal.  Wikipedia is alright for anecdotal perusal but not when someone's health is at stake. Wikipedia requires intervention to keep the info up to date; critical changes may not be posted which may be important.  For my own research when comparing data gathered from peer reviewed journals and Wikipedia posts, huge gaps of missing information become  apparent. Wikipedia is a fun web info source, but neither complete nor is the veracity of the information presented verified. The old use-caution-when-entering or using this info should be applied.   

Posted 07/21/2009 at 12:19:15pm

Intel is slashing prices on the not-so-desirable chips.  Even the lowliest i7 hasn't been touched!  Damn! If you're aiming for Core2Quad, go with AMD; at least you'll be able to upgrade as new chips come out. Heck, you may be able to get a 6 or 8 core chip in the future that plugs right in.  Who knows.  That being said, Core2Quad is done. If you want to go with Intel, I would stay with the new current architecture - Nehalem and up. No use paying for dead end tech.

Posted 04/14/2009 at 11:40:06am

Many Intel laptops after 06 have trusted platform modules in them which when enabled can be used to encrypt the entire harddrive rendering the data useless to thieves. 

Posted 04/14/2009 at 11:36:41am

To the person inquiring about DX11. Right now there are no DX11 cards out there.  The old DX10 cards will support some of the new DX11 features, however in order to use the complete DX11 feature line - new video cards will be needed - again.

Posted 03/27/2009 at 12:00:58pm

Isn't 12.16 > 12.13???

Posted 03/24/2009 at 11:45:28am