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Finally a software company who knows all about operating systems!   (VCF 2000 / 4th Ed.; 1 CD; Size: 24 MB; Network version available); (Requires Windows 98, XP, Windows Vista (32 bit), Windows 7 (32 bit) – OR for 64 bit systems, it requires Windows virtualization in XP mode; Such virtualization may be Windows Virtual PC, VMware Player or VMLite). See – Running ESO 2006 or VCF 2000 in Virtual XP mode. See Virtual machine setup – for step-by-step instructions.

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APC Android computer isn’t a Raspberry Pi
Hack a Day

VIA Technologies, ostensibly in an attempt to compete with the Raspberry Pi (if you can believe all those bloggers out there), is releasing a tiny single board computer called the APC Android PC. The VIA website for the APC is down, so just search Google News for all the details. The specs are somewhat similar to the Raspberry Pi – HDMI out, Ethernet, SD card, and a few USB ports – but that’s about where the similarities end. The APC runs a version of Android 2.3 customized for mouse and keyboard input where the RasPi runs Linux. The APC can only display 720p video (compared to the RasPi’s 1080p), and doesn’t have GPIO pins that can be used with Arduino shields. We’re pretty sure VIA is going after the media center PC market here with a low-power board that can easily stream movies or a season of TV shows over a network. At $50, we’re sure the APC will find a home in a few homebrew devices, MAME machines, and carputers. If anything, this only p

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Proof: Mac Pro not dead @5by5
BlackOctopusInc. My Digital Workbook

I believe a lot of our fears can now be quelled and we can go on knowing that the Mac Pro will live. I cut together two 5by5 shows amplified and hypercritical. Author Jim Dalrymple & Dan Benjamin

Day 111: Architectural Design: Past, Present, Future
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My new Das Keyboard
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Simple I/O handling with assembly
Lion's PRG Life

This Saturday I sat down writing a small piece of assembly to do some trivial stuff: black out the screen when a key is pushed and restore it to be blank when the key is released. Why I did this? Well, I just want to have that intimate feeling with the hardware again. A lot of folks nowadays complain about the perceived demise of low level programming. And you may think I’m one of those. But I’m not. For me, the question is never about ‘low’ or ‘high’. It’s just about the trade-off between development time and run time. I don’t mind writing 1110101010001000 if I have to, even though Ruby/Python are always preferred by me. And here’s the assembly: // Runs an infinite loop that listens to the keyboard input. // When a key is pressed (any key), the program blackens the screen, // i.e. writes "black" in every pixel. When no key is pressed, // the screen should be cleared. @prev_black M = 0 // prev_black = 0 (INFINITE_LOOP) @bl

HP vs Oracle Court Case: Itanium Is Still Dead
Channel Buzz Middle East

Image via CrunchBase Sure, HP and Oracle are locked in the Itanium legal feud. But it’s time for the media to state the obvious — yet again: Itanium was dead (or at least doomed) long before Oracle killed development for the 64-bit HP-Intel chip. So why did Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and HP (NYSE: HPQ) wind up in court over a dead, er… struggling, microprocessor? The answer involves Mark Hurd. As you’ll recall… Oracle hired Hurd as president after Hewlett-Packard’s board fired Hurd as CEO. When Oracle hired Hurd, HP sued to block the move. As part of the ensuing settlement, Oracle agreed to continue supporting HP’s technology. When Oracle pulled the plug on Itanium, HP claimed the move violated the earlier settlement involving Hurd. Got all that? Still confused? For more details on this story, read it on The VAR Guy.

MCI 730 – got root access!
smallhacks

Finally was able to get the root. It was done via “fake” update from USB + some modifications on the configuration partition. I will post more details and root package later. Now some output: # uname -a Linux (none) 2.6.10_dev-VT8610 #295 Wed Oct 13 11:48:35 CST 2010 armv5tejl unknow # cat /proc/cpuinfo Processor       : ARM926EJ-Sid(wb) rev 5 (v5l) BogoMIPS        : 151.60 Features        : swp half thumb fastmult edsp java CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 5TEJ # cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal:       110868 kB MemFree:         56164 kB # cat /proc/mtd dev: size erasesize name mtd0: 00c50000 00010000 "filesystem" mtd1: 00280000 00010000 "mini_filesystem" mtd2: 00180000 00010000 "mini_kernel" mtd3: 00400000 00010000 "font_lib" mtd4: 00050000 00010000 "sysconf" mtd5: 00170000 00010000 "kernel" mtd6: 00180000 00010000 "wifi" mtd7: 00010000 00010000 "ECD_key" mtd8: 00030000 00010000 "uboot" mtd9: 00010000 00010000 "uboot var1" mtd10: 00010000 00010000 "uboot var2" mtd11: 00

ஆண்மையை பெருக்கும் நம்ம‍ ஊர் “வயாகரா” – அதிசயம்
வி தை2வி ரு ட் ச ம் (அ-ஃ) v i d h a i 2 v i r u t c h a m (a-z)

ஆண்மையை குதிரைவேகத்தில் செயல்படவைக்கும் மூலிகை வேர் தான் அஸ்வகந்தா என்று அழைக் கப்படும் அமுக்கிரா கிழங்கு ஆகும்.   ஆண்குறின் இரத்த ஒட்டத்தை பெருக்கி உடலு றவின் போது அதீத உத்வேகத் தைத் தரும். இது சீமை அமுக்கிரா, நாட்டு அமுக்கிரா என்று இரண்டு வகை ப்படும்.  இதில் சீமை அமுக்கிரா கிழங்கு ஆண் கள் உட லுறவு கொள்ளும் போது அதிக நேரம் தாக்குப் பிடிக்க இது உதவுகிறது. இதை ஒரு மூலிகை  “வயாக்ரா”  சொ ன்னால் அது மிகையாகாது. அமுக்கிரா மூளையின் செயல்பாட்டை ஊக்குவிக்கிறது. மூளையி ன் அழற்ச்சி, வயோதிகம், போ ன்றவற்றில் இருந்து மூளை வி டுபட பெரிதும் உதவுகின்றது. சீமை அமுக்கிர பொடியை நெய்யுடன் கலந்து கலந்து சாப் பிட்டால் விந்து பெருகும். குழந்தை பேரு இல்லாத வர்கள் இதை பொடி செய்து தேனு டன் சாப்பிட்டு வந்தால் குழந்தை பேரு உண்டாகும். உடல் ரீதியாக, மன ரீதியாக ஏற்படக் கூடிய பல பிரச்சனைக ளை இது தீர்க்க உதவும்.   இது உடலின் வலிமையை அதிகரித் து  நோய் எதிர்ப்பு சக்தியை உண் டாக்க வல்லது.  மூளையின் செயல்பாட்டினை அதிகரித்து  ஞாபக சக்தியை உண்டாக்கும்.  நரம்புகளுக்கு புத்துணர்ச்சி அளி க்கும் அதே வேளையில் மூட்டு

Arijit Acharjee System Administrator & SEO Executive
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Arijit Acharjee System Administrator & SEO Executive. I’m here for my Hardware Business. You Suffer from any kind of Hardware Related Problem and Need an Hardware Engineer then don’t hesitate to contact me, my cell number is: 9804248772, you can also email me at:arijitacharjee82@gmail.com

Install arduino IDE di CentOS 6
danz0

Karena di official web-nya arduino tidak menyebutkan secara spesifik untuk installasi di centos..dan karena desktop saya sudah terlanjur pake centos….saya coba melakukan installasi sesuai petunjuk di web dan sekalian mengklarifikasi bahwa langkah2 tersebut bekerja dengan baik di centos centos yang saya pakai adalah CentOS 6.2 x86_64 beberapa tempat menyarankan untuk memakai versi java dari sun-java, sebelumnya pastikan hal ini. Langkah pertama adalah Enable repo epel, lalu : [root@danz0 ~]# yum install avr-gcc avr-gcc-c++ avr-libc ========================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ========================================= Installing: avr-gcc x86_64 4.5.0-2.el6 epel 3.4 M avr-gcc-c++ x86_64 4.5.0-2.el6 epel 3.0 M avr-libc noarch 1.7.0-1.el6 epel 1.6 M Installing for dependencies: avr-binutils x86_64 2.20-2.el6 epel 3.0 M libmpc x86_64 0.8-3.el6 epel 44 k Transaction Summary ========================================= Install 5 Package(s) Total download si

Excellent economic replacement for the name brand slider exercise tool
toolhuborg

Waxman 4704095N 9-1/2-Inch by 5-3/4-Inch Reusable Oval EZ Sliders, White Reviews For less than a third of the name brand price, you get twice as many sliders, which seem comparably sized. They are well-constructed and slide well on rug and carpet. I’m sure that they will slide as well on tile or hardwood if you tie gym socks around them. The variety of strength and core exercises you can do with these are astounding. I spent 45 minutes playing with them while watching TV last night and was drenched in sweat at the end of it. A good substitute for a great exercise device. via:Tools & Home Improvement Reviews

Best Pocket Flashlight
homeworksdocom

Maglite XL200 LED Flashlight, Black Reviews When you can get a pocket flashlight for a couple of bucks, why would you get a flashlight like this one? 1. Brightness. This is as bright as any flashlight that I have ever owned, save “million candle power models”. I own an XL100, this flashlight seems to be brighter. If you look into the light it will dazzle you, even on a bright Florida day. 2. This flashlight has every function that the XL100 does, plus the safety mode (which works exactly like the safety mode on the XL100 did). With the XL100, you needed a flashlight to look at the back of the XL100 to figure out which part of the light to aim up – the 100 went into modes by which part of the side of the flashlight was up and I frequently got it wrong. I like the 200 scheme a lot better, it can be done one handed, in the dark and counting is a lot more sure than aiming. The functions invoked by clicking the button some number of times. A quick click turns the flashligh

What is Flash Memory used for?
PC Hardware Tips

The main objective in the development of PROM and EPROM, ROM over to the EEPROM was an easier and faster writability. EPROM, you had to erase and write even more removed from the device in EEPROM was not needed anymore. The further acceleration of the writing process led to the so-called flash memory. As with all ROM flash memory storage loses data when power fails. Flash ROM can be used in many ways, including: As a USB memory stick to transport data between computers As storage in MP3 players, In Gimp-icon-zoom-verkleinern.png solid state disks as a replacement for mechanical hard drives, As memory cards for cameras, mobile phones and navigation devices. Unfortunately, there is on types of memory cards an incredible mess. It lacks a standard. There is already universal card reader that can read 36 different card. Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Texas Instruments and other manufacturers will adopt it in 2009 an industry standard Universal Flash Storage (UFS). Life Flash memory availabl