Portable hardware security

With a hardened Linux-based OS, Yoggie Gatekeeper physically isolates the laptop from incoming Internet threats, protecting it from unknown attacks by dropping the connection as they are identified. Even in the unlikely event that an attack is successful, it will be the Yoggie Gatekeeper that gets hit, effectively preventing any damage to the laptop.

Crawling into the marketplace at about $200.

Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro
via redferret

From print to revolution

The change from paper-based text to electronic text is one of those elementary shifts -- like the change from manuscript to print -- that is so revolutionary we can only glimpse at this point what it entails. - Jerome McGann

Photo Scanner Technology Explained

Ken Rockwell is a professional in digital photo scanning. He's written the code and used photo scanners of all types. Here is a page that explains what to look for in a scanner and how to separate the hype from the true bits.

Secunia Software Inspector

The online Secunia Software Inspector will inspect your operating system and software for insecure versions and missing security updates.

The practice of PowerPoint

If you deliver PowerPoint presentations, check out THREE BEST LAPTOP TRICKS.

"I'll tell you how to show only your notes on the laptop, while your slides are onscreen; how to put a giant clock on your laptop so you can end on time; and how to use a laptop as a kind of cue card to live-coach other speakers during a group presentation."

[via The Raw Feed]

Central domain blacklisting?

Users can block websites using OpenDNS

OpenDNS has announced that they are now letting their users to block certain domains on their network.

What is Microsoft Windows?

A thirty two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition.

Emerging place shifting

CyberLink Live place-shifts a user’s content from their home PCs, so they can remotely access their media on any web-browsing device.

"We are building an ecosystem of digital media entertainment from inside the home that can reach out to anywhere in the world.”

USB backup mirror

The Rebit is a bus-powered, USB external hard drive which automatically/continuously mirrors your boot drive and keeps multiple versions of your files. It comes in three sizes: 60GB ($169), 80GB ($189), and 120GB ($219). Includes a bootable rescue CD for disaster recovery. (via tinyapps)

EasyUbuntu Makes Ubuntu...um...er...EASY!

EasyUbuntu is an easy to use script that gives the Ubuntu user the most commonly requested apps, codecs, and tweaks that are not found in the base distribution. download EasyUbuntu here and try it for yourself!

Online Blog Backup

If you're the owner of a blog, there's a chance that, come one day, you might lose some or all of your posts. In order to avoid this, there's BlogBackupOnline, a free solution that will grab everything you've ever done and make a backup of it off site.

Registering your blog (or anyone else's for that matter) is easy, just give it the URL, and if the site is on a popular blogging platform like Blogger, TypePad, or WordPress, it will start backing up posts right away. You don't actually need to give it your login or password to get things going, BlogBackupOnline will simply go through and scrape posts. Once blogs have been registered with the service, backup is automated, so you don't have to worry about it.

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9716209-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware

Curve already "Phone of the Year"

RIM has taken the best feature from every phone it's ever sold and built them into a single device.

ComputerWorld's review gives the BlackBerry Curve the "Phone of the Year" accolade saying "it will earn its position at the top the old-fashioned way -- not because it's the most revolutionary gadget, but because it will probably be the best phone. It has the mark of destiny upon it.

IE7 download tweak

From blognewscannel:

Lifehacker has a hugely helpful Registry fix that allows Internet Explorer 7 to have unlimited simultaneous downloads. See, IE7 only allows you to download two files at once, and makes you sit around like a dope waiting for one to finish before it allows you another. By changing this Registry key, you can increase that amount to unlimited, letting you download as you please.

The Registry key is located at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings, you need to create a new 32-bit DWORD called MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server, set the value to 3, then create another DWORD called MaxConnectionsPerServer and again set it to 3. That’s it.

Ubuntu tech support links

100 Useful Ubuntu Links

An essential bookmark for every Ubuntu beginner - and even an experienced pro is bound to find something of interest or use in this list.

From The Inveterate Observer