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Database Of Executable Programs

February 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Press and hold “Control-Alt-Delete” on your keyboard and select “Start Task Manager”. You’ll see a long list of processes that you don’t recognize. How can you tell if these are harmless or malicious? Visit exeLibrary to find out. From the about page:
“exeLib is the fastest growing, most accurate, database of executable [...]

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Tags: Security · Software · Tech Blogroll · Tools

Quake Live

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

In an announcement from the Game Developers Conference this week, id Software says they will team up with IGA Worldwide (an in-game advertising network) to bring Quake, free of charge to your web browser. The game will be called “Quake Live”.
This is an interesting idea, though it’s been talked about for over a year [...]

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How To Behave On An Internet Forum

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

LOL… oh so true…

How To Behave On An Internet Forum

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Tags: Entertainment · Humorous

Award Winner Results From GDC ‘08

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

2007 Best Game Design
Portal (Valve)
Kim Swift, Realm Lovejoy, Paul Graham
2007 Best Visual Art
BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games)
Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Andrew James
2007 Best Technology
Crysis (Crytek/Electronic Arts)
Cevat Yerli, Douglas Binks, Timur Davidenko, Martin Mittring
2007 Best Writing
BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia / 2K Games)
Ken Levine, Emily Ridgway, Joe McDonagh, Susan O’Connor
2007 Best Audio
BioShock (2K Boston/2K [...]

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Tags: Entertainment · Gaming · OpenSource

Make Your Old Laptop Useful Again

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

I just came across an article on Lifehacker which mentions ways that you can salvage your old laptop. Often times people purchase a new laptop or desktop machine, and the old laptop gets boxed up or given away. Suggestions from the article include: create a no-monitor low-power spare system, convert it to a home [...]

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