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Archive for July, 2006
Saturday, July 29th, 2006
Here is some weekend friction. Some interesting find and a one time opportunity to get WinRAR for free, this Sunday only. Check it out.
Software and Services
WinRAR to be free this Sunday, July 30, From WinRar: “In order to thank everyone who voted for us and made it possible for us to win this prestigious award, Read more …
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Friday, July 28th, 2006
Another blogger fired, but this time it’s really strange. Mr. Fabulous of Pointless Drivel has been fired for having a blog. Seems like someone who works with him complained that the blog was creating a hostile work environment.
The blog was never specifically about his work place though he did occasionally write about his work, Read more …
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
I’ve been pretty busy the last few days, but there is always room for some extra friction. Enjoy.
Software and Services
If you aready use Firefox, mostly likely you have the new patch already. If not it’s time to get the Firefox 1.5.0.5 release.
Hardware
iPods have 4-year life, says Apple.
Toms Hardwares Beginner’s Guide to Motherboard Selection - Motherboards Read more …
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
This is a very short Tripwire Cheatsheet with all common commands and maintainance action. No explanations or information on the command rundown. If anything is missing let me know.
Install the Tripwire RPM
Check if Tripwire already installed:
rpm -q tripwire
Install from RPM:
rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/tripwire*.rpm
Configure Tripewire by editing the twcfg.txt file
vi /etc/tripwire/twcfg.txt
Run the install Script
/etc/tripwire/twinstall.sh
Initialize the Tripwire Database
/usr/sbin/tripwire Read more …
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
Test your popup blocker, discover AMD future plans, Watch the Israel-Lebanon conflict on Google Earth, and much more on today’s Daily Friction. Enjoy.
Software and Services
Test your popup blocker software - This service provides a simple and independent source for popup window testing.
Hardware
AMD Plans a Native Quad-Core.
Save 10% on Select Digital Cameras - Web Only!
Information
Israel-Lebanon Read more …
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Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
First Lisa Goldman, an American Jew living in Israel and publisher of On The Face, suggested the new Israeli-Lebanese or rather the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict may be the most blogged war. Than came a short report from Reuter about Israeli and Lebanese bloggers exchanging views and opinions through the ragging battles. While hiding in bomb shelters, Read more …
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
Here is another installation of the Daily Friction. This one is short but sweet. Enjoy.
Software and Services
Which New Browser Is Best: Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, or Opera 9? - Interesting review of the new players in the browser field.
Hardware
Confused about high definition TV?.
Check out this $100 off Ultra 512 MB 14-in-1 MP3 Player (29.99 Read more …
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
Some new nifty applications are featured on today’s Daily Friction. Check the new Blender release, organize your music using aTunes, monitor your registry with Regmon, handle your partitions with Digital Dolly, get tanned without leaving your home using sunless tanning products, learn the differences between Dual Processor and Dual Core, find out how to build Read more …
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Here we go again…. James Governor received a cease & desist from Gartner for having the temerity to link to their site. How stupid can you get? This is 2006!!!
This seems to happen every now and than on the Web, and the company in question always end up looking like morons (in the best scenario) Read more …
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
The weekend goes on as well as the friction. Checkout the very useful Folder Size utility and a lot of interesting reading material to fill this weekend.
Software and Services
Folder Size for Windows - See the size of your folders in the status bar.
KoolIM - AJAXy browser-based instant messenger connections to AIM, MSN, Google Talk, Read more …
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Saturday, July 15th, 2006
Preloadr is a tool that offers free photo editing for your Flickr photos without the need to download them back to your computer. Preloadr fully utilizes the Flickr API to bring you very useful photo manipulation capabilities.
One of the service advantages is that you’re not required to make an account, just login through Read more …
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
Here is another installation of the Daily Friction. A lot of web development items today and other hardware and information bits. Enjoy.
Software and Services
Hardware
Prices released on Conroe.
Cook breakfast with your MacBook.
$129.99 After $50 Instant Savings HP 1020 Mono Laser Printer! Expires July 15th.
Information
Microsoft Seeks to Stop Search Spam.
MySpace Kills (and resurrects) Internet Tube Song.
Web Development
Integrating Read more …
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Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Here is another installation of the Daily Friction. We have a lot of interesting reading material today. Enjoy.
Software and Services
Wine 0.9.17 - This release features more work on Direct3D shaders, support for using the Gecko engine directly for MSHTML, better support for apps switching to full screen mode, support for multiple joysticks and more.
Apple Boot Read more …
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
Several sources around the blogsphere are reporting the finding of Google’s future offering, the almost legendary Gdrive. As of now, everyone is pointing to the same source - Corsin Camichel weblog. Unfortunately, due to extraordinary traffic the site seems to be down.
Most of what we know now is that the page containing gdrive references was Read more …
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
Tweak your new Firefox 2.0 Beta 1, edit your RSS feed, check your status for business continuity and disaster recovery planning, learn about the new magnetic memory research and much more on today’s Daily Friction.
Software and Services
Just yesterday I linked to the new Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 and we already have a tweaking guide for Read more …
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Google is rolling out two new features onto Gmail. The first allows you to delete all spam mails messages with a single click. The second will allow you to apply new filters to existing emails (retroactively) and not only new arriving mails as it was before.
A one-button click to delete all messages in the Read more …
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Check out the best whiteboard on the Internet, test the Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 release, find out about iPhoto’s secret editing menu, learn how to find bargain laptops and a good video card, and much more on this installation of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
This has been dubbed the best whiteboard on the Internet, I Read more …
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