2006 August

Share Huge Files Online with Gigasize (1.5 GB/FILE!)

Gigasize is new on the block, but compared to sites like Rapidshare and Megaupload, it is light years ahead. Without signing up, you can host files up to 1 gigabyte, or sign up to host huge 1.5 gigabyte files. Could sites like this kill P2P networks?

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Systems Connect Moves To Waters Avenue

To accommodate changing business conditions Systems Connect will be moving to an office that can better handle the challenges faced as technology changes and its customers grow. [read more]

iTunes 6 finally cracked

Remember Hymn? You should, back in the day (like, um, 2004) it allowed you to strip the FairPlay DRM right off iTunes Music Store bought files just like that; well, it’s been a long time in coming, but a new app called QTFairUse looks like it can now be used (with some amount of difficulty) to dump iTunes version 6.0.4 - 6.0.5….

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Mastering DNS: How To Set Up Your Own DNS Servers

In this tutorial two Bind DNS servers will be installed, one as the master and the other as a slave server. For security reasons Bind9 will be chrooted in its own jail. Using two servers for a domain is a commonly used setup and in order to host your own domain you are required to have at least two domain servers.

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Simple hack lets you view all comments on a PRIVATE Myspace profile

Thought your “private” myspace comments were really private? Well think again! This simple code lets ANYONE view all the comments on ANY private profile. With a simple variation you can also view “private” pictures. It’s so simple, i dont know why someone didn’t figure it out sooner.

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Jifffy Lube Scam!

Video of Jiffy Lube scamming a news team.

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Keep track of Web 2.0 with OriginalSignal

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OriginalSignal is a nice way to keep track of the top 15 Web 2.0 trackers: TechCrunch, 37Signals, eHub, and more.

Computer boots Linux in 1.69 seconds

A maker of board-level computers has released a Linux OS that can boot one of its boards in just 1.69 seconds. This allows, for example, a battery-backup/control accessory to wakeup the board, boot Linux, record data, and go back to sleep (step and repeat). Many other possibilities come to mind.

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Tips for better battery longevity and reviving dead ones

On the heels of the Dell and now Apple battery recall, the NYT has an article with tips on how to improve battery longevity and revive dead ones for a variety of devices.

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Firefox using up 1.5 gigs of RAM (screenshot)

Firefox was used for over a week and never restarted. Eventually it started to slow down, Reason: Firefox’s memory usage had gone up to 1.5 gigs. This is why you should restart Windows everyday, folks.

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